Lockpicking

[meameajones]

Hi I am a new opper on this forum and I think of everyone else who has opped before as "pros"

Anyways, I need help lock picking. Can anyone suggest me a set of lock picks to buy and also some guides on where to start? I'm planning on opening simple doors, ones with only one lock, although there may be some d doors with two locks, one on the bottom and one on the top.


Any help is appreciate

[Sanctum]

http://southord.com/Lock-Picking-Tools/ ... -Sets.html

That's where I got mine from,excellent quality.

I got my first...and second..and third set there. The 5 piece set comes with a nice little guide,I don't know how good you are at picking but it's excellent for beginners thought me how to pick,very short and educational.
Of course there's some guides on this site also if you're getting another set...

Also I don't know if it still works but "lp101" used to be a 10-20% off coupon,have fun and stay hidden. :mrgreen:

[meameajones]

http://southord.com/Lock-Picking-Tools/ ... -Sets.html

That's where I got mine from,excellent quality.

I got my first...and second..and third set there. The 5 piece set comes with a nice little guide,I don't know how good you are at picking but it's excellent for beginners thought me how to pick,very short and educational.
Of course there's some guides on this site also if you're getting another set...

Also I don't know if it still works but "lp101" used to be a 10-20% off coupon,have fun and stay hidden. :mrgreen:

Thanks, but do you have any other sites? Where I can pay with Paypal.

[Sanctum]

It does take Paypal,it's how I bought all of mine.

[Pentagonal_Iris]

I second that, southord makes quality picks, for a good price. If you want to get a set even more discretely than on the internet a lot of local gun shows or those random guys who sell bullshit ninja weapons, swords, etc. often carry lockpicking sets, even small southord sets sometimes.

[meameajones]

It does take Paypal,it's how I bought all of mine.

It doesn't give me Paypal as a checkout option. It only says:

Mastercard
American Express
or Visa

for the payment options.

[Xanatos]

lockpicks.com

That's where I got mine.

[meameajones]

lockpicks.com

That's where I got mine.

Thanks for the site, I ordered this set

http://www.lockpicks.com/mpxs-08withbook-mpxs-08b.aspx


Do you think this will be enough for a beginner?

[Xanatos]

That's the same set I got I think, although it didn't come with a manual.

[Illusion]

I see this was posted back in May, but you're still posting - how are you getting on?! If you're having any issues I may be able to post up some ebooks and videos I found - otherwise, there's the excellent MIT guide!

BTW - In another thread you seemed to want some assistance about making it for your first op; if thats still an issue post up a thread on here and we'll try and help!

[meameajones]

I see this was posted back in May, but you're still posting - how are you getting on?! If you're having any issues I may be able to post up some ebooks and videos I found - otherwise, there's the excellent MIT guide!

BTW - In another thread you seemed to want some assistance about making it for your first op; if thats still an issue post up a thread on here and we'll try and help!

Will do, thanks for the reminder for me to make another thread.

[Illusion]

This thread on Lockpicking reminds me - I have a friend who used to work with a Locksmith, I think he even took a lot of their equipment when they closed down. So he's pretty good with lockpicking, but more importantly - he knows a fair bit of stuff (albeit, some is UK specific - Fire Brigade Padlocks etc) about general methods of entry, locks and tools.

He is the one that I generally op with, if I get him to sign up on here I will get him to try and post up in these topics!

Failing that, I will try and record some videos when my new lockpicks arrive. Bear in mind, I messed around with picks about 4 or 5 years ago and since then I've been a bit lazy - but this is the point to be honest, I hope to do a few videos every couple of days so you can actually see the progress!

The idea being, if I get the lockpicks videos done by April/May - I will begin doing some SRT & Ropework videos... As for uploading them, maybe I'll use a second dropbox account and post the public link on here?

[Illusion]

Im having a modicum of success by using a half-diamond pick as a form of rake surprisingly, then just using a hook pick to manipulate any pins that are left.

Rather strangely though, on one or two locks I appear to have set all the pins and the cylinder turns around 15/20 degrees, but then I'm unable to turn it anymore! Must be missing a pin or something.. :|

[Gogeta70]

Sorry to revive a dead thread, but i thought i could add something.

Rather strangely though, on one or two locks I appear to have set all the pins and the cylinder turns around 15/20 degrees, but then I'm unable to turn it anymore! Must be missing a pin or something.. :|

You've probably run into a security pin or a trap pin. These are usually found in higher security locks. You may have better luck with trying to rake these locks instead

Here's a video that demonstrates security and trap pins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywRDBM9py6o