[oldbumper]

Great news. No cancer. Now our lives can settle down a little!

Jim

[theopratr]

Outstanding! Time to crack open a few locks in celebration... :-D

[Customer Support]

Good news indeed!!!

I would actually suggest 'bumping' instead of 'cracking' as theopratr suggests.

[theopratr]

A crack of the wrist, a bump of a lock... it's all relative.

[crazydesigns]

hey sup im new my names greg

[alpha23]

Wassup? Im 11 years old and (DON'T JUGDE ME!) i enjoy hacking comps playing around with locks, music, video games, hanging out with friends, torturing little kids, laughing, good times, and PASTA. Phew..

[Roman]

Surprisingly, my name is Roman.

I am rapidly approaching 24 and live in Sunnyvale, a suburb of of San Jose, California in the south Bay Area.

I learned about bumping from the underwhelming espose that got lots of play on Youtube, and the next video was the HOWTO. I wonder how many others followed that progression.

Aside from bumping, I play guitar and piano, but not so much the latter anymore. I really need to get into it again.

Um, I dunno what else to say. Hello, bumpers. Thanks for the forum and the supply site, SlickJ. I'm hoping my keys arrive soon.

-Roman

[skip 2 my lou]

I'm an air conditioning man at the top of my field, but the bottom of the map (south Texas.) I bump to pass the time and learn a new skill.

[MontrealHomegrown]

Hi my name is Chris, I live in Montreal Canada.. I'm just a beginner when it comes to bumping but I understanding the basic theory behind it. I havent got any keys yet but Im planning on making some myself to see how it goes. I am also planning on learning lockpicking, seems like a tough art to learn but Im down for the challenge :) Me and a few friends are currently making a bunch of webpages and a search engine. This is our project at the moment... www.uploadaporn.com (18+). I have only been a member of this site for a few days but I really enjoy browsing the articles and learning all about lock bumping. "SlickJ" just wanted to give mad respect for creating this forum, I really enjoy it. My hobbies... :smoker:ing, drinking with friends, learning omputer languages, :fighting:ing at the firing range or up north.

Great to see so many people with the common interest of lock bumping :bow:

peace

[oldsschool]

Hey, i guess im the second represenitive from Canada here. I currently reside in Northern Ontario and due to lack of anything to do have taken up bump keying. Im too young to order keys off line so I make most of them myself. My current collection includes a working WR-3/5, Curtis KW-1 and a klassen Y-1 is under construction. The brands im using are probably not the greatest but as of yet seem to be working just fine. My other hobbies include music (currently listening to Iron Maided) cars, (Currently rebuiling a 72 cutlass supreme)

Instead of making a new thread about it i was hoping someone could give me an couple examples of locks that a Y-1 would work on so i could test it. Feel free to PM me :smile:

Olds

[skip 2 my lou]

[quote name='SlickJ']I too am addicted to digg.com, and pretty much anything 'techno' related.

Hey SlickJ, Digg rocks. What exactly do u mean by anything techno related? Maybe I'm behind the times, I thought techno died in the early 90's.

[govt1911]

Hey ya'll. My name is John. (all together now......HI JOHN!) LOL

I'm in the Army and have been for 17 yrs now. I'm currently deployed to Iraq for the third time. I got into hobby locksmithing on one of my deployments to Bosnia in the mid '90s, had a lot of time and thought it'd be fun.

I also do a bit of gunsmithing, having collected guns and just about anything that burns powder or goes "BOOOOM".

I've made my first bumpkey, it's for an American series 5200 padlock and works on SOME locks (gotten it to work on about 60% of the locks I've tried it on so far.) I ordered a "real" bumpkey for this lock from Peterson's manuf. Wonder if it'll work better than mine?? I ordered the 11 key set from bumpkey.us and am awaiting it's arrival. I've found my locksmithing hobby skills have come in handy many times during my travels. I bought my own Ilco key duplicating machine awhile back, it's been pretty handy making key copies for work. Well, I guess I've gone on long enough.

I hope to learn alot from here and improve my skills. (yeah, I already read just about every post so far, took me a couple loooooong days to do it)

SlickJ, thanks for putting this place together!

[Rogue]

Hi, I'm Ron and I've been an alcoh... wait... wrong forum, dammit!
um. anyway. I'm 23, I live in Tennessee, and I've been a locksmith for about 2 and a half years. My company also installs and services security and fire systems so i do all involved with that as well. I found out about bumping back when i first started and for a long time considered it a crude method of entry, but i seen it actually used and now i'm sold. I can still pick a lock a hell of a lot faster but bumping is just more fun, and as an added bonus it gives me an excuse to smack the hell out of a stubborn lock :D

PS: SlickJ, you are freakin awesome!

[bryjorrin]

Congrats to sigrekatonov for being our 1000th member.

[vicvelcro]

I go by the name Vic.

I've been involved with personal protection, solid state electronics, computer science, psychology, culinary arts, fugitive recovery, transportation, and the clergy. Other things, too. But that list covers the pertinent whatnot.

I've spent significant time on the gulf coast of Texas, Southeast Michigan, Southwest Kentucky, West Virginia, Northeast Ohio, Middle Tennessee, South Florida, South Carolina, and South Dakota.

Traveled other places, usually in a condition of insobriety, so all I can say is "I'm sorry. I don't recall."

I can't stand thinking that there's any place I can't get into. Not that I HAVE to get in. I just like to know I CAN get in. Cars, houses, offices, anything like that. If I see something that looks challenging, I'll figure a way around it.

I started hacking padlocks and cash register locks when I was 7. Dad was a business owner and I was the boss's kid. I got away with many things. Come to find out, Dad knew it all anyhow and just let me do my thing.

As time passed, I explored more complicated things. Like the filing cabinets, the office door, the utility room, the firearm locker, you get the idea.

Whenever dad got a new property or obtained something with a lock, BOOM I was all over it. Then came the computer. Ah yes the IBM XT. As soon as he got software that required a password, I started hacking a new kind of lock.

I never give up and therefore claim status as undefeated. Admitedly, there are some devices I've been ahem exploring for quite a few years.

I travel light, drink heavy, and don't say much unless I have a question or know an answer. I have a BS in BS, but keep it put away where nobody is likely to find it.

-Cheers.

[Customer Support]

Welcome aboard, vic.

It seems a a few bumpers here enjoy hacking computers, systems, locks, etc... I'm sure you'll fit right in.

[braines9]

whats up, i'm 15, still in highschool, and an urban explorer, so these bump keys come in handy, if i'm exploring a place with locked doors. And some lady across the street paid me 20 bucks last week to open her door for her(she got locked out)

[pappyld04]

Hello everyone! I just had to come check out this forum to hopefully learn a few million things. I started a locksmithing course a few years back but was only a few weeks into it when I was injured on my main job. I've only got a few picks and things so far but I'm hoping to hear from the courts on my disability shortly and plan on picking up some more to work with!

[IronSmith]

Howdy y'all.
I'm the principal of a research, design and training company specializing in "solutions for austerity and hostility" - We build custom kits and tools for personnel recovery, tactical and wilderness medicine, and similar concerns. We also do consulting and independent evaluation for other manufacturers, and end users, which fits our needs better as we are not primarily manufacturers so much as purveyors.
I've been an enthusiast of non-destructive entry for awhile, and with my background and my company have had lots of opportunity to learn and practice these skills. I am always hoping to get better, and thats primarily why I joined this site.
Looking forward to learning from y'all.

[Customer Support]

IronSmith said:

Howdy y'all.
I'm the principal of a research, design and training company specializing in "solutions for austerity and hostility" - We build custom kits and tools for personnel recovery, tactical and wilderness medicine, and similar concerns. We also do consulting and independent evaluation for other manufacturers, and end users, which fits our needs better as we are not primarily manufacturers so much as purveyors.
I've been an enthusiast of non-destructive entry for awhile, and with my background and my company have had lots of opportunity to learn and practice these skills. I am always hoping to get better, and thats primarily why I joined this site.
Looking forward to learning from y'all.

Wonderful -- thanks for the great introduction. :biggrin: Welcome aboard!