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Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:40 pm
by rerun12
haven't been pickin' much at all lately. found some free time today, guess i still got the magic touch. crazy bitting on this one :armed: :
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Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:25 pm
by arielschoenberg
Every time I'm on this post and see all these pictures of all the locks that you guys have pick make me just want to sit at home and pick locks all day. Thank you all for the info. :armed:

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:18 pm
by escapenrv
Some of these photos and post make me want to throw all my lock stuff away and watch TV. How sad. I hold out hope because I do get a bit better with time and effort. Funny how that works,,,,,
Steve

ps: Very nice work on that keyway. My first thought would be a drill. Glad you brought it to its knees,

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:10 pm
by davesnothere11
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I finally showed this American Lock 1105 who's the boss. It's my first of these ever!

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:29 pm
by DroppedTensionWrench
^^Awesome it's the best feeling ever. The first of many more now. Congrats!

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:05 pm
by davesnothere11
DroppedTensionWrench wrote:^^Awesome it's the best feeling ever. The first of many more now. Congrats!


Yea. I just triedd another one and got it in about 3 minutes on my first try. Time to try a 6 pin one now.

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:29 pm
by Papa Gleb
Yea I remember my first american lock. Sure felt amazing when that plug turned. Congrads

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 9:03 am
by HT4
davesnothere11 wrote:I finally showed this American Lock 1105 who's the boss. It's my first of these ever!


Great job. I remember my first American lock, and it was an awesome feeling. I wasn't on any boards yet and wanted to share it with someone... so I showed it to my wife. She said: "Wow honey, that's really great" in the same tone of voice that I would tell my 4 y/o son, "yes, that stick really is neat." I just walked away.

Keep at it. Picking on American locks taught me a great deal about picking.

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 9:27 am
by Robotnik
HT4 wrote:Great job. I remember my first American lock, and it was an awesome feeling. I wasn't on any boards yet and wanted to share it with someone... so I showed it to my wife. She said: "Wow honey, that's really great" in the same tone of voice that I would tell my 4 y/o son, "yes, that stick really is neat."


Ha, I get the same thing from my wife :smile: . To her credit, she will listen to my exhaustively technical explanation of how the lock I just opened works, and why I'm excited...every once in a while, I can get an "okay, that actually is really cool" out of her.

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:42 am
by Papa Gleb
I think we all need to thank this forum or better yet our wives need to because otherwise we would be boring them with our lock victory stories lol.

Re: Lock Slayer's Journal

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:52 am
by andrew_r
Abus 72/40 (European spec) SPP'd with my Sparrows 0.025 Offset Hybrid.

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