Hello,

My name is Josh, I'm 20 and live in Calgary AB,

I have always had a fascination with locks and recently began researching some of the nitty - gritty as to how they work.

I am hoping to buy a pick set to learn, and share in the learning experience of the workings of every day locks. But upon further research I have found that I need some sort of liscence to own a set of picks.

I dont want to own a set illegally, so I am hoping to find more details about this "pick liscence"

Things like cost, how to, where to etc.

I have tried to do my own Google'ing, but All I seem to find is apprenticeship locksmith information,

While this would be interesting, I am not in a position to go back to school full time.

Basically, is there a way to get a pick liscence without having to become an apprentice?

I again want to stress that I want a pick set for completely legal reasons, nothing bad.

If anyone could help shed some light in this regard it would be greatly appreciated!.

Josh