Hah! and I got my Abus 80Ti/45 open.

This was an absolute bastard, but it taught me a lot about binding order and how to use different levels of pressure.

Amazing lock. (Even if it was hand crafted by Satan to destroy my sanity).

Right, I'm going to play daft computer games for a bit.

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Hah! More boring lockpicking stuff!

I just picked an Abus 64Ti/50.

Yes, I'm a bit obsessed with this brand at the moment, because I find them so difficult.

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And in more lockpicking bore news, I managed to get another Abus lock open - my 60/50.

It's a pain in the arse, but at least I'm learning a lot about the inside of locks.

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So I tried some lockpicking way way back, but then life happened, you know how it goes. So I stopped.

Today on a whim I picked up a padlock (a simple but functional one). Not having any picking tools, I fashioned a pair from, what else, two hair pins.

It took me a long time, and I was starting to wonder if I was doing this right. I had to change hands a few times because my turning hand kept cramping.

But I finally did it! Just as I was thinking I was probably gonna stop.

So I'm back in the hobby ^_^ as unskilled as I am.

EDIT: I've just retried the same padlock to check (as Lockpicking Lawyer would put it) it wasn't a fluke.

And I managed to do it, now that I remember the kind of movement I am supposed to do, within less than 20 seconds.

Given I have no experience in this, you bet your ass I am incredibly proud of myself!

EDIT 2: nevermind, third attempt went so badly, after a while I quit and started from scratch. Fourth attempt didn't succeed either, I am done for the time being.

I guess I do not have as much talent as I initially thought ;3 but I will learn to be better.

EDIT 3: I lied. I had to try again, due to my pride.

I succeeded! And now I know my turning tool is garbage and that was the issue during two previous attempts. I had assumed I was bad at fiddling with the pins. See? I am learning what can go wrong already!

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So, the blue lock was the first American Lock 1100 that I ever picked. When I started thinking about things like the Lockpickers United belt rankings, I didn't want to risk ruining it by gutting it, so I bought the red one to gut.

But now I'm really attached to the red one, and I don't want to risk ruining it by gutting it, so I'm going to buy...

(This is how I end up with a rainbow of 1100s and still only have an orange belt.)

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And I have finally fucking picked an Abus lock.

Fucking twice, because the first time my phone ran out of battery before I could take the photo and then I dropped the tensioning tool.

Fucking Abus nonsense. It probably sabotaged my phone.

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