Hi from South Africa
I'm a new member from South Africa with absolutely no picking experience. I got bored with Netflix during lock-down and decided to try lock picking since I enjoy challenges and well crafted mechanical artifacts. I have a Sparrows Tuxedo set on the way and picked up a Master Lock 3 for practise as it seems to be a fairly standard beginner lock. I found out about the forum from Mike Gibson's Lock Picking: Detail Overkill, which is my main source of information so far (other than YouTube!).
Cheers,
Andrew