Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:48 pm
Single handed picking
Got a sstory for ya,
I herd somewhere that someone did a video where they picked a lock with one hand, i remember thinking "wow impressive, i doubt I could do that"
but
I was testing some new LockNewbie21 picks and I almost dropped my lock
when I recovered my slip I realized how I was holding everythin... (attempting to describe it without pictures)
I hold my pick with 3 fingers.my thumb is on the bottom of the pick and my forefinger is on the top(imagine the OK signal... sorta)
My middle finger is on the pick shaft usually touching the face of the plug, but not always.
my ther 2 fingers are ether sticking straight up out of the way or sometimes my ring finger will be on the lock face...
for the tensor I use my pointer finger of my other hand(im not a thumb guy) and wrap the rest of my fingers around the lock(when applicable, and at this point this is how I was holding the lock)
now when I almost dropped my lock, I gripped the lock with all of my fingers and almost dropped my tensor(I was using top tension at the time) so I used my ring finger on my picking hand to grab the tensor... the realized
I can pick like this, So I continued to pick the lock using just one hand to pick...
Its quite exilarating.
I can remember watching people play Super Smash Bros. (somthing I go to tournaments for) with one hand and was always impressed, I even practiced doing that with one hand but never got good enough to only use on in a tournament... Picking with one hand is almost natural. It is a bit hard to insert the tensor and situate your pick before you start picking but once you begin its easier than 2 hands(due to mass amounts of feedback in one hand)
hope you enjoyed the story, no go pick locks with one hand... its fun
I herd somewhere that someone did a video where they picked a lock with one hand, i remember thinking "wow impressive, i doubt I could do that"
but
I was testing some new LockNewbie21 picks and I almost dropped my lock
when I recovered my slip I realized how I was holding everythin... (attempting to describe it without pictures)
I hold my pick with 3 fingers.my thumb is on the bottom of the pick and my forefinger is on the top(imagine the OK signal... sorta)
My middle finger is on the pick shaft usually touching the face of the plug, but not always.
my ther 2 fingers are ether sticking straight up out of the way or sometimes my ring finger will be on the lock face...
for the tensor I use my pointer finger of my other hand(im not a thumb guy) and wrap the rest of my fingers around the lock(when applicable, and at this point this is how I was holding the lock)
now when I almost dropped my lock, I gripped the lock with all of my fingers and almost dropped my tensor(I was using top tension at the time) so I used my ring finger on my picking hand to grab the tensor... the realized
I can pick like this, So I continued to pick the lock using just one hand to pick...Its quite exilarating.
I can remember watching people play Super Smash Bros. (somthing I go to tournaments for) with one hand and was always impressed, I even practiced doing that with one hand but never got good enough to only use on in a tournament... Picking with one hand is almost natural. It is a bit hard to insert the tensor and situate your pick before you start picking but once you begin its easier than 2 hands(due to mass amounts of feedback in one hand)
hope you enjoyed the story, no go pick locks with one hand... its fun
Pokey wrote:"Come and get me, loser! Spankity spankity spankity!"
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