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Lockpicking Book?
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The MIT lockpicking guide is readily available online and is where a majority of people get their start.
You can learn a great deal from the lockpicking101 and keypicking forums, enough to make many of the available books
not worth buying. Do not waste your money on "Easy Pickings" or any of the Steven Hampton books.
Two that I do recommend are the Visual Guide to Lockpicking and Deviant Ollams' excellent Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide.
Have fun. Spend more money on practice locks than picks.
You can learn a great deal from the lockpicking101 and keypicking forums, enough to make many of the available books
not worth buying. Do not waste your money on "Easy Pickings" or any of the Steven Hampton books.
Two that I do recommend are the Visual Guide to Lockpicking and Deviant Ollams' excellent Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide.
Have fun. Spend more money on practice locks than picks.
blademaster01
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yeah there are a lot ,get the mit one by ted the tool, i am a charter member of
http://www.lockpicking101.com/
my advice would be do it man,its a lot of fun,
get locks from stores like habitat for humanity,on the forum guys will ship you box full of locks,you pay postage
be glad to see you over on lp101
marc weber tobias is a must see guy
http://www.lockpicking101.com/
my advice would be do it man,its a lot of fun,
get locks from stores like habitat for humanity,on the forum guys will ship you box full of locks,you pay postage
be glad to see you over on lp101
marc weber tobias is a must see guy
For a beginner, get a SMALL set from Southord or Southern Specialties. Ignore the big sets that are full of duplicates and little used picks like the double ball "snowman".
You want a medium sized hook, a medium sized half-diamond and a "c" or "snake" rake, and really that's enough to get started. The "c" rake will convince you to never buy a
laminated master lock again after 20 seconds of learning to use it.
As you get better, you might look at Peterson or HPC picks, as well as a set of Bogotas from Serepick.com.
There are a number of stickied threads on this very topic on lockpicking101.
You want a medium sized hook, a medium sized half-diamond and a "c" or "snake" rake, and really that's enough to get started. The "c" rake will convince you to never buy a
laminated master lock again after 20 seconds of learning to use it.
As you get better, you might look at Peterson or HPC picks, as well as a set of Bogotas from Serepick.com.
There are a number of stickied threads on this very topic on lockpicking101.