[Jolly Amaranto]

I taught myself to pick locks back in high school. I fashioned my own kit of tools out of spring steel. I don't remember how or where I got the information to do so. The internet was way in the future. In biology and chemistry labs, we all had our own drawers to keep our stuff in. When kids would forget their keys I would help them out and open their drawers. One day the biology teacher caught me and confiscated all my tools. I guess he figured that I was up to no good. He did return them upon graduation.
I have quite a collection of old locks and pins. I used to go to a home hardware salvage place in Houston and buy up old locks. High quality stuff that I use to change locks for family members. I volunteer at various railroad museums in the region repairing locks on old passenger cars and cabooses. Really simple stuff once you get them apart. I have quite a collection of skeleton keys, some that I made myself for locks that no keys are available.