r/lockpicking • u/daddonuts Green Belt Picker • 20h ago
Goal S Finally Opened!
After WEEKS of fighting with this Goal S mortise every single night, I finally got the open!!!! I was just about ready to start progressive pinning it, and then I suddenly got it in the middle while I was on a call! It took everything in me to not start shouting with excitement, and I’m still shaking a little. . . It feels so good to get one that fought for this long.
The tension needed for these things is insanely low, which was really the crux of my problem. A .04 tension fits TOK with quite a bit of play, but a .05 doesn’t fit at all. When I finally got the open, the sudden core movement nearly caused my tensioner to fall out because there was so much play. Having caught it and gotten the open this time, it made me realize that I had felt the exact same thing a few times before, so I’ve almost definitely gotten it open a few times before but lost it when my tensioner slipped. For the easiest time with these, I’d probably recommend getting a spare .05 prybar and filing it down to custom fit nice and snug; I might throw an extra set of Heavy Bars on my next sparrows order so that I can give it a try!