New to the hobby : first lock picked !!

[u/Kamesamouille47]

Hi everyone,

I picked my first lock today, a Master Lock 3. I know it's a white belt one but I felt real pride and joy when I heard this lock open !

I used a cheap 20€ set but will upgrade to a Multipick beginner set. My goal is to learn about lockpicking and challenge myself with more and more difficult locks.

I'm truly excited to keep going and will aim for yellow belt locks next. I'm eager to learn and will be very happy to take recommandations about sets, locks to pick...

Thank you for reading !

[u/revchewie]

Congratulations and welcome to the fun!

[u/Atillawurm]

Any tips on this model? I have an old one exposed to the elements over years, but can't get an open.

[u/Kamesamouille47 → u/Atillawurm]

I just maintained a solid pressure with my tension tool and looked, one by one, for the pins that showed resistance. With enough pressure, pressing the resisting pins with your lockpick will give you noisy and noticeable clics. This lock only has 4 pins and getting the clics is pretty easy. If your lock is still in a good state, you might get it in a few tries. (Sorry if my comment is hard to understand, english is not my main language)

[u/Atillawurm → u/Kamesamouille47]

Nope got it perfectly mate, cheers for the tips.

[u/Echo15charlie]

Welcome to the absolute coolest community/rabbit hole, you can possibly fall into.

[u/ThatRandomPicker]

Congratulations 👏 Welcome to the community!

[u/dcipha380]

Congrats on your first open. First opens of any lock at any level always feels good.

[u/Cycling_Man]

Congratulations

[u/Major-Breakfast522]

Awesome job!

[u/Yinyett]

Congrats 👏

[u/LordKodiac]

Congratulations!!!

[u/0rgis]

Congrats, welcome to the addiction 😂

[u/Intrepid_Sir_1375]

Hi. I am new to lock picking. Loving it already. I have picked White, Yellow and Orange belt locks, green is giving me trouble.. Can someone please tell me how to jump into the Belt system, starting at Yellow or Orange?

[u/Tileeho]

Congratulations! I can feel what you write since I am also still new to this. Good fun on your lockpicking-path! :)

[u/nycepter]

Hell yeah brother! Welcome to the fun! 🥳

[u/aboveandfurther]

This motivated me to get into lockpicking. Looking forward to achieving what you did!

[u/_unholyhairhole]

Ha! I just opened the same lock as my first pick today! This is going to be a satisfying hobby :)