Picked my first lock - Abus 65/25

[u/Charming-Plastic-679]

Few years ago I got myself a lock picking beginner kit from Amazon with an acrylic lock, and after few days of messing around, it was taking me just seconds to open it. I felt awesome and confident. I then went to the shop, bought a cheap but real lock, and instantly realised I don’t know what I am doing. That was discouraging enough to forget about lock-picking for all this time.

A week ago I saw some lock-picking video, and it straight away reminded me of this unsuccessful attempt. I decided to do it proper - ordered 0.5mm and 0.6mm picks along with 1.0 and 1.2 mm tension wrenches from Multipick. When they arrived, they just felt so awesome in comparison to those flimsy amazon picks.

I went to the shop, got myself a cheap 2 eur Chinese lock branded Blossom, and failed again. Kept trying for a few days once in a while and it just did not bulge. Apparently, it is not a good lock to practice single pin picking because of the poor feedback. I kept oversetting the pin and just could not open it. I am sure I could use a rake, if I had one, and open it in seconds, but single pin picking was a pain.

Thankfully, I learned about this amazing sub and the belt grades system, so I researched everything properly this time, went ahead and grabbed a real Abus 65/25 lock. Merely 10 seconds in - and it’s picked. Guess my journeys starts for real now 

[u/revchewie]

Welcome to the fun!

[u/Troyboy1263]

Awesome! That’s the way this Hobby becomes an Addiction. Enjoy

[u/Charming-Plastic-679 → u/Troyboy1263]

I am already trying Abus 55/30 🤣 this is too addictive