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how many locks have you done?

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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Postby helix » 18 Jun 2005 11:53

I am a bit of a beginner and I find Ilco, Abus and small Lockwood
padlocks pretty easy.

I have a tri circle that is being a pain and about one kg of brass
that says Lockwood on it that I drilled the pins out of and now
it has one pin to pick and I can open it, hehe.

Deadlocks (Lockwood mostly) I find very easy but key in knobs
are challenging for me.

Small one dollar padlocks point at me and laugh :oops:
Paipaz is a little hard for me as well.

I have about forty padlocks and picked most of them twice with
homemade picks (hook, half diamond, snake.) My other picks
work as well, but these three are usually a sure bet.
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Postby n2oah » 18 Jun 2005 14:31

helix wrote:Small one dollar padlocks point at me and laugh


I hate those things too. My tension tool takes up the whole keyway and then some, I tried to make some really small picks for those but they keep breaking :x
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Postby digital_blue » 18 Jun 2005 20:41

Mind you, half the time those can be opened with just the tension tool because the bitting is so terrible on them. ;)

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Postby skold » 18 Jun 2005 20:44

digital_blue wrote:Mind you, half the time those can be opened with just the tension tool because the bitting is so terrible on them. ;)

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You will also find that its a "one key opens all" thing
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Postby Chrispy » 18 Jun 2005 23:13

Mind you, half the time those can be opened with just the tension tool because the bitting is so terrible on them.

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Exactly right. My 2.5 mm allen key tension wrench opens them with a jiggle and a turn. I don't even consider these pickable cause they're so easy to open.
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Postby helix » 19 Jun 2005 2:48

*walks with head held high again*

I'm glad I'm not the only one.
...was starting to get a complex, hehe.
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Postby Chrispy » 19 Jun 2005 6:38

It's surprising, because these small, cheap locks are the ones that people choose to put on things like their lockers, laptop bags and luggage when they travel overseas. The ease in which they open is scary and makes you seriously rethink your security choices.
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Postby digital_blue » 19 Jun 2005 7:34

Chrispy wrote:The ease in which they open is scary and makes you seriously rethink your security choices.


And so it should. :)

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Postby kspec » 2 Jul 2005 16:58

thats the purpose of having all this information out there, so that we know how secure(mostly not secure) locks are. its kinda rediculus that you cen use almost anything to open a lock. from a coathanger to a plastic tie strap.
it has opened my eyes and made me make a few changes on how i see security that relates to my own life.
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Postby Birdflyer » 3 Jul 2005 16:02

Hmm, Im very new to this but began with safety pin and paper clip. had 2 padlocks and they got picked, some days later my first tools arived (like 4 days ago from now) and I began to pick the lock to our garage, this was supricingly easy, an old Assa lock.
I picked this lock some times, then tryed out our front door and that was nearly as easy as the other door.
We have one more door to both the garage and the house, but these where more difficult, coz of an other sort of pins in the lock I suppose (It didnt at all feel the same way the other locks did), but today I picked them :] So all the doors around the house have now been picked.
Oh, when we where out with a bout I found one more padlock and just had to pick that one too :]
So, hmm, lets count. 3 padlocks and 4 doorlocks = 7 locks ^^ Haha, well, now in the days Im on my way to the locksmith in town for some advice where I can find cheap locks.
Im into buying a cheap deadbolt where I can remove pins and so, I really want to begin from the beginning but duo to no such locks at home I had to start with the "real" locks :S

Well, thats how I began, and Im still in the very beginning but this is some really addictive shit so I wont stop :]
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Postby kemicul » 8 Aug 2005 7:11

[quote="SFGOON"]I did this one lock the other night, a real hottie...[/quote]

:twisted: GOOD ONE
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Postby jamesphilhulk2 » 12 Aug 2005 16:51

hi Romstar i wonder if you could do me a really big favour and give me the templates for those alboy picks pretty pleasssseeee :) :wink: :wink:
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Postby TOWCH » 12 Aug 2005 17:23

What are you on about? Reply to the wrong topic or something?
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Postby yippeegollies » 14 Aug 2005 2:25

Just from my own experience as a locksmith, lockpicking is NOT the most important skill in my arsenal. I just practise a lot for personal satisfaction. On the job I only use it on maybe 10% of my jobs. I would say impressioning is more important, especially on cars and office equipment.

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Postby triman247 » 15 Aug 2005 1:09

How many locks have I opened?

I guess...
My garage door lock: old 5 pin tumbler lock schlage
5 three wafer wafer locks: almost all the same. Their on our cabinet doors in our garages.
A Master Lock #7
Some small padlocks that I found in my garage like 3 pins
And I just found a nother 3 wafer wafer lock in my treehouse in my backyard which I dismantled today to go in the dumpster. :D Glad I saved it from certain death. :lol:

I guess 10 ish locks? most of them were really easy, but i guess dtarting with small locks is good enough for me right now. :D


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