Thanks! What's funny is that these are the tools that worked best for me in this video, the next time I go to pick them, I might forget and pick a completely different pick and have an even better go at it (I'm a very forgetful person) :)
@@norlin76 I'm very forgetful too. Sometimes I think it works to my benefit though. Instead of learning the binding order I have to feel out every pin. It is one of the things I liked about your 1100 speed picking video. You were still super methodical even going fast. I think that is part of why I like your videos. You don't learn much from watching someone race through picking a lock. That and you are really good at explaining your thought process. The high quality audio helps too.
@@didnotwantthis for sure, in all my newer videos I point out how I'm not even sure of what pin I'm on and don't really care since I'm picking solely by feel. Appreciate the feedback and praise :)
Hello Norlin @20:40 The plugs in the 65 are counter milled, that's why they feel serrated. It's not the pins or milling which can make these tricky, it's the paracentric keyway in the 40mm and possibly below. I filed down a hook 1 to get under those pins.
As a beginner i thought the 65/20 would be easy now i know i need proper tensioning tools (mine are way too big) and a vice thank you for the vid i'm going to order a 65/60 so i can try spools
Glad to hear you're diving in! I personally do think that the larger versions are much more fun to pick as you have more room to maneuver your pick around so don't have to deal with the frustration of the lock overall just being too tight. Plus more pins = more fun!
I'm a total beginner in lockpicking, and i just happened to have an abus 65/25 laying around, so I've been trying to pick that. so far I've had no luck at all. :( it's so tiny, and I'm really struggling to feel the spools, let alone which spool it is and if I've managed to set it yet. tips/encouragement are appreciated!
As a total beginner, I don't really recommend the 65/25, the keyway is too tiny to be a good learning lock. I would highly recommend getting one of the larger ones, eg. a 65/40 or a 55/40, figure that one and then revisit the 65/25 at a later date.
@@norlin76 yeah, I was starting to come to that conclusion too, lol. I'll probably invest in a real lockpicking kit and a bit of a bigger lock sometime soon. Thank you so much! Maybe one day ill manage to get this abus 65/25 one open :)
Michael, I started lockpicking about 2 weeks ago. The only padlock I have is the Abus 65/60. It took me 4 and a half hours to pick it as a complete noob. The next day it took me 3.5 minutes, about an hour later I tried it again, took 15mins. The following day I tried it again, 15min-20min. Its been nearly two weeks and I can not pick it. Its driving me absolutely insane. I dont even have a key for it. Could I have bricked it? You seem to be the only guy on RU-vid (I have searched a LOT) that I can ask for advice. TheLockPickingLawyer hasnt even did a 65/60. I really wish you could advise me dude. I do not know where to turn to or who to ask for help. Why oh why can I not get this open? The first pin seems to be a driver pin but if memory serves me right, I picked it from 1, 5, 4, 3, 2 and it opened. Its driving me nuts man and is really off putting me on this new hobby of lock picking. Can you give me any advice, anything at all?
The way I would approach a lock like this I was having trouble with is to go back to basics. Don't use memory for anything, you'll generally end up taking the same approach over and over again which will often lead to the same results. I apply heavy tension, go from pin to pin to find the binder(s). If more than one pin is binding, I loosen up tension and check those binders until I have only one binder. I move that binder a single "click" and then go through the process again. In particular, I use the jiggle test on each pin to see if they're loose, binding, or set. I would think that it is highly unlikely that you have bricked that lock, though can't really test that without a key.
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