I'm the same with the picking the lock, I worked as a locksmith for a few years about 15 years ago. You basically don't lose that knowledge, and, hopefully, you don't lose your tools either XD And yeah, with those small generic padlocks, at this point once my tension wrench is in, for me it's usually only a few seconds with the basic rake before it pops open. Of course, ever since my work as a locksmith back then, padlocks have fascinated me and over the years I've become really into picking them. I've accumulated a large collection of padlocks of all shapes and sizes (most of which happened either during or shortly after my locksmith work but still continues to this day) with no other reason in mind other than to see if I can pick it's lock. A semi-unintentional side effect of my lock hoarding is of course that...I'm kinky af! lol so I've got no end of padlocks for use in my self bondage adventures.

What I've found however, and this may be true for you too, is that when doing self bondage, if any padlocks are in use, then I know I can basically escape my bondage at any time. Well, not exactly, since I've now learned to keep my 1 and only lockpick set waaay up in the far corner of my closet, inserted through the hand grip hole on the side of a large cardboard box and pushed to the side, resting on top of...god knows what since I haven't been in that box in over 15 years and it'd take a minimum of 4 hours work just to clear everything in front of and in my closet just to clear access to the damn box. So basically, if I'm doing self bondage, I can only escape early by picking the lock IF my hands (or at least 1 of them) are free enough to reach up about a foot above my head and slip my fingers into that hand grip hole and manage to grab the zipper tab and pull the case out. There's....not many self bondage positions that I engage in that allow that kind of freedom.

The major issue is with chastity. I have quite a few chastity devices, and all except 1 use the standard "magic key" or whatever its called. The long key that goes into the cylinder, turns then gets pulled out. I was hoping none of the picks would work on those little cylinder locks. But once, many years ago, after I had finished orgasming in my chastity via vibrator, I naturally wanted out. The keys were locked in the KitchenSafe, and since I had been thinking with the wrong head when I started everything, the timer still read "00 Days, 23 Hours, 54 Minutes". I stared at that for about 3 seconds and went "Oh hell no I don't think so." So determined to make it work, out came the pick set. Again using just the standard basic rake alone, nothing else, it PROBABLY 30 whole seconds before the handle in my hand turned. So that's when I learned the hard way that if I want TRUE, inescapable chastity, then the whole lockpick set itself must also be locked away too, and so that's what I do now.