advice on Sparrows pick sets, Military or Basic?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:10 pm
While I'm not a complete noob, I am new to the site. So here's where I'll post my quandry.
After years of making my own lockpicks out of everything from paperclips to strapping I want to get a bit more serious. Long story short, since I'm buying some spool and serated practice locks from anyway, I may as well get a set of dedicated picks at the same time. Petersen and Falle are abit outside hobbyist. While Southord has a better variety and individual picks, I want to go with Sparrows (slightly better rep, support the local businesses, CanPost instead of UPS or FedEx...)
Sparrows offers great kits for the money (I know US suppliers are cheaper but my savings gets eaten in shipping)
The choices are:
A) Military SF...whatever 8 picks 6 wrenches and a cool Molle case.
http://www.sparrowslockpicks.com/produc ... %20blk.htm
1 x Best Buster Snake rake 0.025 Thick
1 x Worm Rake 0.025 Thick
1 x Small Half Diamond 0.025 Thick
1 x Steep Hook 0.025 Thick
1 x Offset Hybrid 0.025 Thick
1 x Standard Short Hook 0.025 Thick
1 x City Rake 0.025 Thick
1 x High Reach 0.025 Thick
6 x Tension Wrenches
B) The other option is to get the kick starter and expansion sets. For about the same money total I could order the case seperately and get both sets. It's 8 picks but has a very close copy of a bogota instead of the worm rake (the worm looks like an 8-bit bogota). I know I won't use a city rake, and I have a set of bogotas so it's more about the conventional picks.
1 x City Rake 0.025 thick
1 x Offset Hybrid 0.025 thick
1 x Triple Rake 0.025 thick
1 x Shallow Euro Hook 0.025 thick
6 x Tension Wrenches
1 x Small Half Diamond .025 thick
1 x Standard Short hook 0.25 thick
1 x Best Buster (Snake Rake) .025 thick
1 x Twin Peak .025 thick
6 x Tension Wrenches
The other option is one of the other kits in the 40-80 dollar range. But I'd like a kit small enough to throw in my pocket, or my satchel. I could buy one of the larger kits and get more picks, but I'd prefer to edge to the EDC sizes. A
I'd appreciate any input on these options or any of the kits that they offer. What don't I know that I should?
After years of making my own lockpicks out of everything from paperclips to strapping I want to get a bit more serious. Long story short, since I'm buying some spool and serated practice locks from anyway, I may as well get a set of dedicated picks at the same time. Petersen and Falle are abit outside hobbyist. While Southord has a better variety and individual picks, I want to go with Sparrows (slightly better rep, support the local businesses, CanPost instead of UPS or FedEx...)
Sparrows offers great kits for the money (I know US suppliers are cheaper but my savings gets eaten in shipping)
The choices are:
A) Military SF...whatever 8 picks 6 wrenches and a cool Molle case.
http://www.sparrowslockpicks.com/produc ... %20blk.htm
1 x Best Buster Snake rake 0.025 Thick
1 x Worm Rake 0.025 Thick
1 x Small Half Diamond 0.025 Thick
1 x Steep Hook 0.025 Thick
1 x Offset Hybrid 0.025 Thick
1 x Standard Short Hook 0.025 Thick
1 x City Rake 0.025 Thick
1 x High Reach 0.025 Thick
6 x Tension Wrenches
B) The other option is to get the kick starter and expansion sets. For about the same money total I could order the case seperately and get both sets. It's 8 picks but has a very close copy of a bogota instead of the worm rake (the worm looks like an 8-bit bogota). I know I won't use a city rake, and I have a set of bogotas so it's more about the conventional picks.
1 x City Rake 0.025 thick
1 x Offset Hybrid 0.025 thick
1 x Triple Rake 0.025 thick
1 x Shallow Euro Hook 0.025 thick
6 x Tension Wrenches
1 x Small Half Diamond .025 thick
1 x Standard Short hook 0.25 thick
1 x Best Buster (Snake Rake) .025 thick
1 x Twin Peak .025 thick
6 x Tension Wrenches
The other option is one of the other kits in the 40-80 dollar range. But I'd like a kit small enough to throw in my pocket, or my satchel. I could buy one of the larger kits and get more picks, but I'd prefer to edge to the EDC sizes. A
I'd appreciate any input on these options or any of the kits that they offer. What don't I know that I should?