Bought me a #44DELTA kik holder, when really I wanted an LFIC or SFIC holder but I didn't pay attention to anything that day. Eric from 44 Delta bailed me out. Because I jacked up the order. But anyway is this how the Kik supposed to sit or is this for a Larger KiK?
Just got the FNG from Covert Instruments today, been wanting to learn since I was a kid. Got it open and started looking around the house for something else, got this storage unit padlock open to. The Master lock and the letter combo on the table in the second pic are beyond me for now, but I’m getting pretty quick at the two I can do! I’m sure it ain’t shit for y’all around here, but I’m pretty happy with with it, living this new hobby
Only started about a month ago, but you could say I'm having a great time learning and improving a skill I've wanted to have since I was a little kid. After some successful opens, my collection of locks and picks/tensioners is growing, and I wanted a way to keep track of successes and failures and be more aware of what I'm doing on each attempt as I get better. Queue this little template that I made for my Paperwhite notebook. Now I have notes and "maps" for each lock I've attempted thus far. Just thought it was cool enough to share and possibly be helpful to other noobs out here. Happy picking!
I had a nice surprise in my mailbox today.
Thanks u/SheaLemur for hosting this cool challenge.
The full video is here:
Looking at getting a pair of handcuffs to practice on. GF wants some for spicy time, I want some to practice picking. Let me know what you got.
Ok, ya'll.
Background: I placed a couple of Sparrows orders last week. One was a pair of cutout locks - check pins and a replacement standard pin (I gave the one from my Night School set to my brother to try out). That order arrived and both locks came in boxes that were labeled correctly but both contained standard pin locks. No biggie - Sparrows is sending me a check pin lock and letting me keep the extra. (Anyone in the Boulder, CO area want a standard pin cutaway? )
The other order I placed contained a set of black flag picks - my first foray into dimple locks. I pulled them out to find a better container for them (I'm a nerd worth a nerdy picking desk setup) and, upon investigation, it appears that they're are 4 scooping to the right (not sure if that'd be considered right or left handed), 1 that appears neutral, and 2 scooping to the left. I tried using Claude to help me make sense of them and it said that "everyone who buys these thinks that".
Before I reach out and let Sparrows know that this order was wrong, too, I need some help to determine if that's try or if I'm eating crazy pills. The one offset in the photo is the neutral and the left and right facing are on either side.
Thoughts? Can that even be determined in a/ this photo? I'm as frustrated as a dog trying to bury a bone in a hardwood floor. Please help.
Still new to this whole thing but Im having fun!
The little No.7 is giving me hell.
Hi everyone,
I am interested in buying a TOK tensioner to test different lockpicking methods. I want to buy some on Multipick, but I see that several forms are available, and I don't know the difference. Is there a real difference between the forms ? Should I choose one type of TOK over the others ?
Thank you for reading !
Quick to pick, long to gut. First time gutting a 90 A-Pro. With all the wrong tools 😆
Single-handed picking a green and orange level lock at the same time while waiting on my Paclock 90A Pro to come in. It took a couple days of practice and figuring out which tension tools to use because I kept dropping my normal ones. Shoutout to u/LordKodiac for giving me the idea to use my vise in my garage that I forgot existed. HUGE QOL improvement over sitting on the floor with them clamped to my desk xD
Cross your fingers for me buddy's.
I feel like I Rocked It! We'll see.
Thanks for all the votes of confidence.
Love this community!
Hi everyone,
I'm totally new to the obsession, but have been lurking here over the past month or so. Today I just had to post, because I finally managed to crack a "real" padlock.
I first had a little transparent practice lock that I got open easily and picked over and over til it didn't open anymore. Then I bought a small titalium 64ti/30 that was a completely different beast and needed about 0 tension and lift, so that took me about 3 or 4 days.
And then I got cocky and bought a lot of 25 locks for €25 euros of off the Dutch ebay equivalent. Mostly cilinders, but it also contained an abus 85/40, 85/50 and a 50mm viro lock. None of which I was able to open. Not a single cilinder or padlock.
So I've been at it for about a month and read all of this reddit in the meantime. Eventually I decided to focus only on those abus locks, trying to understand them.
Yesterday I finally figured out that 85/50 and picked it 2 or 3 times in a row. I couldn't be happier!
Anyway, just had to celebrate here, since I felt you guys have been helping silently throughout with all your posts and keeping me motivated, so a big thanks!
Just picking around waiting on call-lights in between rounds. American Lock series 1105
Im new to this and it seems pretty common for people to get these open relatively early in their picking journey, but man...these are so much freaking fun to learn and get that CLACK sound when its picked.
I picked an abus 60/30 small padlock and definetly have counter rotation. I always have to go back to the forst pin because it drops as a result of counter rotation. Does anybody know if it has security pins. It’s the only lock i picked so far😅
I am new to this community but this Federal lock came into my possession. Is it normal for this much play in the core? I have opened it up and looked inside but am not experienced enough to know a) if I should do anything and b) what to do. I know it is a higher level lock and I’m not there yet but I just wanted to know for when I do arrive there!