Any sport lockpickers ?

[Styerman]

I used to do it on a semi pro basis , now thinking about doing it for sport . Dug out my old pics , got some new stuff and got some Bogatas on order .

Chris

[Mr. Whippy]

 

All I see is "The Italian Job", and "Ocean's Eleven"

 

[JAfromMn]

I mess around with locks a little

for work mostly but sometimes for fun.

I need to get some proper tools.

[Aloha]

i watched a couple u tube videos and its looks pretty interesting. i wouldn't mind dabbling myself i guess i just need to get started is all.

[Suveges]

I just bought the Sparrows night school set.  we'll see how I can do.

[Styerman]

I have only good things to say about Sparrows . I was volunteering at a Maker's Fair in Toronto , in the lockpick village . The head Honcho came around and donated three Kickstarter sets , and six cutaway cylinders . Very nice guy , he has donated a bunch more cutaway cylinders .

The picks are very sensative , and well finished .

Chris

[JAfromMn]

I just bought the Sparrows night school set.  we'll see how I can do.

http://www.sparrowslockpicks.com/product_p/night%20school.htm

Nice 
let us know how you like it.

I'm looking at the kick start set

http://www.sparrowslockpicks.com/kick_start_p/s-0.htm

[Styerman]

It's a great set up for training pourposes .

Chris

[Styerman]

I just bought the Sparrows night school set.  we'll see how I can do.

One of the biggest bugbears is getting tension wrench pressure right . Sparrows gives you lots of options in that department , unlike some others .

Start out with just trying to get 1 , or 2 pins , get the feel , see whats happening , then add more pins .

Have fun  , the night school set is by far the best beginners set I've seen .

Chris

[styx]

It's fun to do it. Although improvised tools sometimes suck

[Etherealicer]

I did play around a bit though mostly with padlocks. However, padlocks are easiest opened with a shim.
But if you ever need a challenge, I think I have a KABA20-cylinder lying around somewhere 

[lister]

I used to do it. But that was in dial-up internet times. That limited number of resources I could choose from, and I didn't understand english all that well yet. So I spent most of the time reinventing methods of making lockpicking tools. And the fact that even the cheap door locks in my country have two spool pins didn't help either.

By now I have pirated quite an extensive library of pdf-s on the subject of lockpicking, safecracking and similar topics, but have no time to actually do it.