As a left handed picker, I appreciate you making videos like these!
@HelpfulLockPicker4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words and I am glad they help :)
@StephenMooreOfficial Жыл бұрын
8:45 every residential house door I've seen has a deadbolt and a latch lock. Deadbolt is right side up latch lock is upside down. 😁
@timer00825 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips coming from newb lefty
@HelpfulLockPicker5 жыл бұрын
thank you for the kind words, I am glad it helped :-)
@ChristmasLore4 жыл бұрын
Oh, thank you! That's not a topic often talked about...yet we exist, and love Locksport too! For a beginner, such tips are so few... handling the lock, tensioning, picking... My chance is, for manual work, I'm pretty ambidextrous, so I will try either way, till I find what's both most comfortable for me, and... efficient for actually picking locks! Thank you again for your dedication to help others, that's very commandable. (Some mishap happened, and I won't be picking tool Sunday: my first set, a Southord Cola, is perfect, but...no top of the keyway wrench, and way too small for the transparent educational lock...so, I accidentally binded the core trying, when the wrench slipped hardly horizontally in the beginning of the keyway...and, core binded🤦🏼♀️ Had to order a cheap set for 1o€ on amazon to get some cheap thicker picks and tension wrenchs. Nicely enough: this set comes with 17 picks, 6 wrenchs including top of keyway, large as I need them, and...a new transparent lock, but: repinnable! So, kind of a bargain, feeling lucku in my misery. Can't wait to begin picking, after weeks of thetorical approach here on KZbin, with you, LPL and Bill! ) Be well and take care!
@HelpfulLockPicker4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out!
@Melds5 жыл бұрын
One thing I like with the inverted/Euro-style picking is that you can use the top of your hand as leverage on the pick instead of just where you grab it. I pick both US and Euro style. Thanks for the video.
@HelpfulLockPicker5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@kylefreemason7 жыл бұрын
Seems most deadbolts open to Counter CW while the lock in the door knob turns CW to unlock. Also, which plug spinner do you recommend? I have looked at Rytan, Huk and Goso.
@HelpfulLockPicker7 жыл бұрын
kylefreemason Deadbolts always open away from the door frame. I have the GOSO which is bulky but works well. The one made by Peterson is great, and is more portable but it is more expensive
@TheLordArion3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Haven’t seen much at all about left handed picking. Funnily enough the grips are the same that I ended up doing myself trying to figure it out. Including trying to do it upsidedown in the beginning 😅
@HelpfulLockPicker3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out! Definitely something that takes adjusting
@knghtbrd Жыл бұрын
I'm a data security guy, and I'm legally blind. I picked up my first basic set of .025 picks in December because I decided that it was kind of embarrassing that I, the guy who can't depend on my eyes, had never so much as learned to pick open a Master #3. Well, I managed that brilliant accomplishment within moments of inserting a pick. Being left-handed, I find myself picking padlocks upside down, I push the pins down or toward me … and I apply tension with my thumb for bottom of the keyway. Top of the keyway doesn't work for me so well, but I know my three little tensioners aren't really ideal for top of the keyway-I'd want dedicated tools of more precise thicknesses for that, and ideally my lock in a vice rather than my hand. Dunno how far I'll take my interest in the sport … it's fun, but I've basically satisfied my need to not embarrass myself, at least.
@HelpfulLockPicker Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words. We have had several blind / poor sighted people who have been quite successful in the hobby. I hope you are still enjoying it. It can be quite fun
@scottperson94874 жыл бұрын
Thank you my fellow southpaw picker!
@HelpfulLockPicker4 жыл бұрын
there are a few of us out there and we all figure it out :-) to a little tough at first
@ogiejii78857 жыл бұрын
Lefty here. I tried it left handed, then switched. After so many years of calculators on the right. Typing, circular saws, transmission shifting, dual joystick equipment and most importantly, 50 years ago, a snappy right handed Vulcan salute a lockpick just wasn't that difficult for me. I still can't write a recognizable X right handed. LOL.
@ogiejii78857 жыл бұрын
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@HelpfulLockPicker7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@HelpfulLockPicker7 жыл бұрын
d Ogie I have talked to several people that are left handed and they seem to have had your approach as well. Trying to tension with top of the keyway especially counterclockwise can be a nightmare for someone starting out. The most important thing is you found your approach and it's working! We all find our way eventually. Some people are quite successful picking ways I could never open a lock like the approach when someone holds the pick by the handle and just picks off the warding I feel like that has no control but one of my friends is quite good and that's how he does it.
@m956737 жыл бұрын
Lefty here also. I feel your pain for sure. It can be impossible it seems. Mad Bobs curved tension wrenches sometimes help to get the correct angle at times. Sometimes I bend by home made wiper blades into a comfortable position. Whatever it takes. Tension is 90% of the problem.
@DouglasTaylor980113 жыл бұрын
Late to the video, relatively new to the hobby. Thank you for the tips! I’ve spent the weekend so far “unlearning” the upside-down grip. It’s frustrating struggling with locks that, held upside down, I can pick in seconds (I’m looking at you, Abus 64ti/50).
@HelpfulLockPicker3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad it helps :-)
@Leonslockpad7 жыл бұрын
cool info buddy im a lefty and ive learned to pick all type of ways depending on the lock.good video mate👍😊😊😊😎😎
@HelpfulLockPicker7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am hoping to make some more videos that will hopefully be helpful to people starting out.
@billbacardi32627 жыл бұрын
Great video very informative for new pickers my friend. I'm left handed but I've been picking a long time.
@HelpfulLockPicker7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I just hope it will be useful to someone. I just remember how challenging TOK was to learn when starting out with lock-in-hand especially CCW. Thank you for the kind words!
@billbacardi32627 жыл бұрын
HelpfulLockPicker Ok I'm old so I have no idea what TOK or CCW is but i learned tensioning all by myself.
@HelpfulLockPicker7 жыл бұрын
No problem! BOK = Bottom of keyway tension, TOK = Top of keyway tension, CW = clockwise tension, CCW = counter clockwise tension.
@billbacardi32627 жыл бұрын
HelpfulLockPicker Ha ha that's great thank you for explaining it to me. I don't understand why we just can't spell out what we mean my friend. Have a great evening sir.
@HelpfulLockPicker7 жыл бұрын
I can see that. Typing out the word is not much harder it is just the only way I see it written on www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking
@815scorpius75 жыл бұрын
My right hand and thumb go numb holding the tension bar
@HelpfulLockPicker5 жыл бұрын
That happens you just need to fight through it, lol
@815scorpius75 жыл бұрын
@@HelpfulLockPicker I'm fairly new at this but I've been successful so far. I just picked an Ace lock that I've been working on for a couple of weeks.
@HelpfulLockPicker5 жыл бұрын
@@815scorpius7 congrats on the open!
@815scorpius75 жыл бұрын
@@HelpfulLockPicker thanks! What a rush lol
@815scorpius75 жыл бұрын
@@HelpfulLockPicker I went and bought a ProSource 50 mm lock with precision solid brass tumbler cylinder for maximum pick resistance. Opened it in 5 minutes. Lol
@lokpikr9996 жыл бұрын
You know Help,despite being left-handed I’m an ambidextrous picker.
@HelpfulLockPicker6 жыл бұрын
That is pretty cool, that must be very useful. TOK left handed is quite tough at times lock in hand, I am jealous!