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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] Erasmus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So got a question for you. I have wanted to get in to this - just as a curiosity. Is there an inexpensive set of picks a person can buy to get started with to play around with?

I tried googling and ran across about a hundred different suggestions and Amazon was the usual (no help).

[–] shiftenter@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're familiar with the Lock Picking Lawyer, he has his own store and has some good kits.

https://covertinstruments.com/collections/lockpicks/products/learn-lockpicking-bundle

I'm not getting any sort of kickbacks from the link. I picked one of these bundles up and I like it. The lock it comes with is super handy because it's designed to be re-pinned. You can change the pins without disassembling the entire lock.

[–] Erasmus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ah thank you for the suggestion!

[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Covert Instruments sells a kit with a pick, rake, turning tool, and a practice lock for about $10

Covert Instruments FNG

[–] Erasmus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I will check it out.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bought the Covert Instruments FNG (* new guy) set for $10. The Genesis set is $28 and is more full featured.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You almost only need the tension prybar + like 2-3 pins IMO. U bought a whole kit (cheap) and I use only the orybar + one of the pins.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Well...I enjoy what I have. Some locks are smaller so smaller rakes and torsion bars would help.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

I've had this small 5 piece set in my backpack since before instructions for anything could be easily found on the internet. It had to have been $10 or less.