Lockpicks by Open Locksport
A project in Boston, MA by Schuyler Towne000days
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A pre-sale of custom lockpicks designed by a competitive lockpicker to bring "Open Locksport" to market.
Backers: 1159
Average Pledge Per Backer: $75
Funded: $87,407 of $6,000
Dates: Jul 15th -> Sep 24th (71 days)
Project By: Schuyler Towne
Backers: 1159
Average Pledge Per Backer: $75
Funded: $87,407 of $6,000
Dates: Jul 15th -> Sep 24th (71 days)
Project By: Schuyler Towne
$87,407
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 28 @ 12:12 -0400 GMT
1456%
of goal
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Latest News
The (Rough) Distance 
February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Jason Scott, speaking for the board. A bunch of people have asked for some sort of indication of how things are going, so they know how the line is going. Here's an attempt to do that. It's going to be very rough, so don't treat it as scientific... (Read More)
Store Bundle Mailed Out - Looking Forward
January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
The first batch of items from the new Open! Locksport Surplus store have gone out. Not surprisingly, this cleared out the lockpick sets set aside for fundraising. T-shirts, practice locks, and cases are still in healthy supply. Most people in the US... (Read More)
Quick Clarification on Rewards Sent Out: No Lockpicks Went Out Below $500 Level
January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Jason Scott, speaking for the board again. First, thanks to everyone ordering from the store. It has meant a lot to have so many people willing to purchase items for the good of the project. Orders will be fulfilled overnight and mailed out tomorrow... (Read More)
Open Locksport Store is Open (And Other Info)
January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Jason Scott, speaking for the board. This morning, we opened the Open! Locksport surplus store, which allows the purchase of practice locks, t-shirts, cases, and the 20-pick lockpick set. All proceeds from this store are going into the account for... (Read More)
It's On Me
January 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Jason Scott, speaking for the board, and apologizing. There were a dearth of updates and information between the October update and now. That is entirely my fault. The repair board defaults to me as the speaker, and I'm the only one who has... (Read More)
The Long March Begins - And Short Ends
October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Jason Scott, speaking for the board. The first set of what will hopefully be many backer-directed picks have come in from Schuyler. They'll start being distributed shortly. I wanted to talk about the logistics of this, and how we're going about... (Read More)
First Batch Handled
September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
The first batch is now sold/spoken for. That was fast. Since there appears to be additional backers interested, we'll mention when new picks are available from the for-sale batch - otherwise, the rest of the to-backers batch will be made and... (Read More)
On Selling Picks to Backers
September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Jason Scott, speaking for the board. Today, I received the first batch of lockpicks from Schuyler. It is twenty-five sets of 20 lockpicks, the largest set offered. So, these are real. 5 have already been sold and are set aside, leaving 20 as of this... (Read More)
Picks Exist
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Jason Scott, speaking for the board. Schuyler is finishing up the first batch of picks. We lost a very small amount due to a manufacturing issue with metal that will be fixed, and the rest have been going through this first round very well. Schuyler... (Read More)
The Lock Libraries
September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Jason Scott, again. Schuyler has one other set of physical rewards due - lock libraries. He sent me one to pass to backer in Canada, and we're still working on the best way to mail it, but before I packaged it all away, I took some photos of the... (Read More)
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January 8th - via: boston.com
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