Re: Post your pick sets!
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:56 pm
Holy shit Xeo you are hooked!
Nice collection guys!
Nice collection guys!
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Neilau wrote:PG.
Nice tools.
Question: what locks are these tension tools used on? They look like the ones that come with dimple GOSO sets and I have never figured out what they are good for. Then again I don't have access to a lot of different locks.
madsamurai wrote:Looks like it's been a while since anyone has posted new pick pics, so thought I'd share my obvious sign of addiction collection... keeping in mind, I'm still in the compulsive need everything exploratory stages of lockpicking, I may have a stupid excessive amount a few more than I use regularly. However, being temporarily broke content with what I have, I haven't bought any new picks for a few weeks pretty good while...
Granted, there are definitely some in there I don't use or like all that much... I just recently got the full lineup of the Peterson hooks because I fell in love with the .018" H1 and H7 euro slenders, but I'm not a big fan of the shorter, fatter ones so will probably take those out (maybe). I much prefer the Euro-style thinner/longer shanks in general. The rest are mostly Southord and some Sparrows, and the deep reach hook is handmade by Mastersmith. You can probably tell I'm a fan of the bogata-style rakes (still convinced they're magic) and recently added the Peterson Wonder Waves set, which open lots of stuff quick. Also in there are Sparrows Abus & American bypass tools, and the King/Queen/Knight/Rook that I bought out of sheer curiosity (they open Kwiksets pretty well).
If I had to pick out a set of go-to favorites, they would be the Sparrows short hook from the SSDev set, the Peterson .018" euro slender hooks, a Southord deforrest diamond that I've rounded off a bit, Sparrows Offset Hybrid, and the mastersmith custom reach hook or the Peterson Reach for 7-pins.