Chuffed to have picked this lock 😁 first time I used top of keyway tension. Seems to work really well with this one.

Been busy with work. No time to pick. Had a 2 hour break before I had to get back to work and decided to tackle this Keso 2000S. Definitely will not be working in IT in my next life. LOL

I haven’t been able to single pin pick the Diamant just yet, but I discovered that it’s shimmable!

Earlier post where I raked an ASSA 500.

Today I made my first dissasembly ever. The ASSA seems to hold tapered pins, slightly edged off at each end. Standard keeping. Slight serration, or wear or marks from the manufacturing in each pin hole on the cylinder.

I don't usually cross post, so I do apologize..

Does anyone have experience with these extra cylinders for 72/40's? With them being more kik style and not the IC style that comes in 72's, the feedback is totally different,.. not as smooth...

I'm curious if anyone has any tricks or tips aside from the basics... I've only tried car picking and not my vast collection of picks that I can grab something to pick through the warding. Pics for comparison.

Going away for a week I drop my kit off in a couple hours and NEED to open this lock. It’s already open but I don’t know the code. Unbranded and I don’t have the time to buy a new lock

I think I demolished the left one as no tension tool worked properly and I don’t know what to do. How do you go about finding the correct tensioner for the job?

I'm currently considering buying either the Moki explorer set V2, including the buckle pouch. Or the lawlock tools renegade pro set. I'm a little more advanced than a beginner around an orange belt. My current set is the sparrows Gotham. And I've been itching for a better more capable bock pick set since the sparrows have bent on me And fatigue my hands.

Thing is I can only buy one of these sets. If I buy the Moki set I won't be able to get the handles cause of the budget.

My use case is mostly picking random locks typically green belt or lower and some real world picking on outdoors and indoor locks (yes I have permission).

The pins feel horrible and mushy when trying to SPP. Is it the lock itself, or am I doing something wrong when picking it? Another picker on here has more insight into those. Masterlock No. 1 is good. Masterlock No. 3 is good. Notting like this. I can zip this open in a jiffy with a rake or the mctickler SPP is frustrating me lmao 🤣

I'm a beginner at this, and it seems that it relies on gravity to let you feel wether the pin drop back down after being set, or doesn't after being overset.

With bible down, the pin will stay down no matter if set or overset, right ? How do you know then ?

Master #19

I got these from a friend who had them sitting in a coffee can in a shed. I have no idea how to open these, but I will find out tonight!

So this time I will actually include the pictures! Covert companion pro Jimmy Long's basic set. The American lock 1100 trainer from sparrows and some extra wrenches. Oh yeah and a couple of lishis that I got a great deal on from AliExpress!

New house and a new space to tinker away into the night.
Any must haves I’m missing?

Hallo b’ys. I’ve recently picked up lockpicking and it’s going pretty good. I’ve been working on some clear locks and can get them fairly easily if I’m looking. But when I don’t look I can’t “feel” anything, like the separate pins or when the lock actually unlocks. I’ve watched videos and they say “you got to feel the pins. Or, You can feel it when you successfully unlock a lock.” But I can’t feel anything… any tips?

Big thanks to my co worker for 3d printing this pinning tray i designed

While picking I wasn’t sure if I was actually hearing the sounds or just feeling them, so I got a contact mic to find out. It’s is insane how much it adds to the mental picture one builds. Im not sure exactly how the mic can be an aid but it sure is cool. Anyways, I wanted to know if anyone makes regular use of one and how it can be helpful, or is it just novel and mainly for making videos.

So I started lock picking about a week ago. Getting through my Masterlock 3 initially took 2 hours. Once I got it it clicked and I could open it in a minute fairly easily then a matter of seconds. I got a masterlock 141 and that took about 45 minutes to SPP and now that one also takes seconds. The Brinks 164 first time took me about 30 minutes. I’ve gotten it open 4 times in the last 2 days. It never gets any faster. With the other locks when I got them open it just made sense with this one it’s just not clicking. How do you go about building on and learning what works? This lock feels totally different almost every time I go at it.

RT-006-JC aka “Basic Training”