Practical Lock Picking

Chapter 3. Beginner training

How to get very good, very fast

Information in this chapter

• A word on equipment

• The basics of field stripping

• Starter exercises

• Learning exercises

• Challenging yourself further

• Using rakes and jigglers

• Wafer lock exercises

• Extra hints

If you want to become a highly skilled lockpicker, there is nothing that can take the place of dedicated, consistent practice. However, few things can be more frustrating than trying to jump directly into this field by ordering a set of tools from the internet and buying an armload of locks at your local hardware store. If you simply dive right in, you might pop one or two locks (perhaps out of sheer luck), but you are likely to encounter significant frustration much of the time. ...