@@gary_rumain_you_peons those are just cores and practice locks though. Not the tons of huge locks etc. I'd like to see the shelf etc and explaining him how he stores them in order to find a particular lock quick.
I have yet to see a video where he ranks his top favorite locks for different purposes. He just roasts all of them without much in the way of recommendation. Maybe it comes with being a lawyer that you can't personally endorse?
And people wonder why some home hobbie engineers & builders over engineer the fuck out of everything. We work with the dolts building everything to the limits of the +- value
@@StephenGillie in Deep Space Nine, the first Defiant-class ship after the NX prototype was, in fact, the USS Valiant. If they make a new lock called the Sao Paulo I'm gonna scream.
Andy Mac has ya covered: czcams.com/video/UdhWY7zLAPA/video.html Also here (6 minute mark): czcams.com/video/4A1bK0cpnts/video.html He has others, as well; he also makes & sells custom picking tools.
@@MariamShehab I think I remember him explaining once that he started numbering the videos so it would be easier to notice if any of them was removed or missing
OK, anecdote time: this is still common practice in Germany. Through a chain of circumstances, I helped an insurance company who was reformulating all their contracts in Simple German to make them more understandable, but the clause about minimum lock security proved very tricky, because I doubt the consumer was expected to understand it in the first place. My reaction was along the lines of "Oh, that's what gates are called in German", but I have no idea how to explain it to somebody who doesn't speak the language well in seven words or less. I doubt the company would have accepted "The lock needs to be good enough", though.
They should rewrite that section of their contracts (or rehire you to do so for them) using LPL's guides on hardening locks as a starting point - false gates, anti-pick pins, and guarded keyways.
But wouldn't a well known "insurance lock" attract thieves since the potential thief knows the items behind the lock most likely are insured and the only ones losing out are the insurance companies?
True but the lock is a deterrent first and a time delay second. Third they keep the honest people out. The determined thieves will get through regardless if they got the time.
@@BD90.. Well exactly! A skilled thief will get through one way or another, so if they had to choose between a less secure lock that doesn't scream "insurance policy" and the insurance lock, my bets are they go for the insured one. Especially because something insured tends to be valuable to warrant the insurance
@@MasterMe3107 Yes, you are screwed no matter what against a skilled thief. But for the 99% of thieves who are armed with just cutting tools (and maybe a rake), this is good enough. And for that 1%, your stuff is insured anyway, so you can deal with it.
Someone will say that "locks keep honest people out." They do not. Honesty keeps honest people out. Ask me I know one. And anyhow, locks keep many dishonest people out also. Else, everything locked up would be soon stolen. The world is complexer than that, for example, cost-benefit analysis, the ability to absorb a theft without going crazy, are most local thieves opportunists or professionals, etc. It's a different situation every time. We don't all need to agree about which lock for what item. I'd be sad if someone stole my cool treasure room lock, for sure.
If LPL got zombified during "The Apocalypse", you'd have to headshot him, because there'd be no escaping him. He would be at the sanctuary gate, "Bb bbraaains! Little click on 2. Bbbbrraaaains! Nothing on 3 ..."
Thank you LPL for your educational content. Thanks to your videos I know what to look out for in the locks I see. I have broken into countless houses and sheds thanks to your content that shows how to pick common locks. Thank you for that, if not for your videos that shows how to pick them fast before owner of the thing notices, I might've been caught.
LPL walks into a pub, "THIS IS, THE LOCK PICKING LAWYER" He flicks his wrist and you hear the deafening thud of all of the women's tumblers hitting the floor. The men gasp as their belt buckles have disintegrate. He walks up to a man at the bar and declares, "What I have for you to is a court summons for Brett Finley." Brett, the CEO of Master Lock, bursts into a pile of tears and shame. He knows what he has done, and what he has failed to do. LPL turns away, "As always, have a nice day." He opens the gates of Olympus with a nearby napkin, and acendends back to the realm of the gods by the power of magnetism. Portunas incarnate.
I love how consistently classy your videos always are. Long enough to binge watch in succession without too much time spent, informative and to the point about its contents and the salutations at the end is the icing on the perfect CZcams video. I love your channel ❤️.
I just wanted to say thanks for all the great videos!. Spending allot of time at home these days allows me to watch your excellent picking and opinions on various locks. This has influenced me on what locks to purchase for better security and resistance to physical attacks. Look forward to watching new videos as soon as they are uploaded within in hours of that time. Take care and be safe.
Fortunately lock companies do indeed watch this channel and I have seen and heard of lock companies making improvements to locks LPL has showcased, in a bad light. So it would seem he could actually lower them due to better security as a result of some of these videos. Then again other companies just turn a deaf ear to his words of wisdom.
@@bobbycratchet3958 The insurance standards in UK have been in place for many years and interestingly only 1000 differs are required. It would probably be fair to say that insurance claims for break in's where a lock was picked are very rare. In most cases the door is damaged but the lock basically survives (although a bit bent and twisted but so what). Hence there is no real incentive to require locks to be pick resistant against seasoned lock pickers such as LPL. As long as they are significantly pick resistant as far as the common burglar is concerned, that is sufficient for practical purposes. Higher security locks with enhanced pick resistance are available at a higher price such as the Union (used to be Chubb) 3G110 lock which has a sidebar type lever mechanism. These would be used for government and commercial premises rather than residences.
Those antique style locks are still viable locks in use in England and Europe today! My nephew is stationed in Italy... (of all freaking places at this time!!) The house he rented has several antique style skeleton keys to various locks.
It's supposed to be "last time I CAME this early..." followed by a sexual innuendo. Instead what you've done makes no sense, and does not even approach being a joke. I seriously question why you think what you've said is even slightly funny, and why anyone would care that you were early.
@@USSLongIslandCVE1 this was just the straw, everyone's doing this exact "joke" these days and I'm sat here tryna figure out why it's funny and all these dumb MF somehow forgot the one thing that actually makes it a joke. I'm all for meme comments, but this is only a meme if you have a hole in your head
I wonder if Squire makes a lock called "Resolute" as Defiant and Valiant are both names of wood stoves by the former Vermont Castings Company. Resolute and Intrepid are the two other names of which I know they used.
You need to get some of those warded padlocks that have the extremely intricate bitting I'd like to see how you pick those such as the type of bitting on the old Italian safe boxes
I’d like you to try to pick the Finnish security door lock BODA 428 which is the most common one used here. My dad installed hundreds of those in the 70’s. It was the only lock the Finnish insurance companies approved those days. It has similar key to safe.
The look of that lock gave me a thought could you give a rudimentary lockpick resistance by making the key require enough force to break most “particularly cheap” lock picks?.
You have created as many videos as you can easily open. It would be interesting what you think is safe by showing some very, very good padlocks that you can recommend yourself. I myself think that the BOWLEY 543 model will definitely be there ?!
Hey LPL, any chance you could do an update video on the state of the Bowley series of locks? Would also love to see some videos on what you consider to be locks that are actually viable for use.
Baughbe Lever locks are not shimmable because the gates block the bolt from moving at all. A shimmable lock is one that you can lock without the key, and you cannot lock a lever lock without turning the key the opposite way that you turn it to unlock it.
Imagine a 6 lever lock with 3 tensioning levers that activate two separate locking mechanisms and one requires precise offset engagement of two levers to allow movement 🤔
That is the claimants worst nightmare by the way, if someone picks their insurance lock open then there's no evidence of a break in and the insurance company will assume it's the claimants fault for not locking up or giving the key to the thief in some way. In other words, no insurance will be paid out if the lock is picked open. Where i live, most households have 7 lever door locks with false gates and locksmiths in the area simply say "No, we cannot open these locks. We just don't know how" so they always bring a grinding wheel to grind the deadbolts. Some doors though have hardened steel shielding making it much harder to even get to the deadbolt to grind them off. So it makes a helluva ruckus every time someone lost their only key to their front door. It takes at least 15 minutes to get the door open. The easiest (and quite possibly the least expensive for the customer) way is to simply smash a window to gain entry if the apartment can be reached from the outside. Yep, locksmiths charge ludicrous amounts to even grind a door open. Something in the order of 500 euro. While a balcony door window can be replaced for as little as 200 euro.
Imagine LockPickingLawyer is your friend and you find yourself in a bind where an obscure lock needs to be picked, and he totally McGyver's out of the situation using little but a hairpin and some gum or whatever, and meanwhile he's making his annotations while picking "Nothing on one... a little binding out of two..... there's a nice click. A wiggle out of three"....
I would not be surprised at the "security" or relative lack of it in an insurance lock. The insurer is concerned with having an acceptable level of security for the risk being insured. If one does not, at least, match the required level of security, then premiums will be higher when the policy is put into place or claims might be denied.
Would be really cool to see a lock that had a lever/pin/disc that some how reset the entire lock if you moved it into the wrong position, whether that means there is a mechanism that resets everything or some kind of trap that means you have to restart picking in order to escape the trap
@@DanielNorton Technically yes, but he has recently approved of locks simply because they required rare or modified tools to pick them, which is the same concept.
@@westcoaststacker569 It's definitely not a warded key; in fact if you look at a lever lock key it's generally straight and any warding tends to be minimal, although some locks (not padlocks, AFAIK) include an "anti-manipulation" disk that closes the keyway when tension is applied
At your rate: you may run out of locks to review, then how will I enjoy your classic monologue: "nothing on 2, 3 skipping under 4..... Back to the beginning..."
He says that "it didn't took too long to pick", but at this point we all know: if it's pickable - it's bad (unless it's a lock that requires the tool that Bosnian Bill and he made)
"If it's pickable" includes pretty much any lock ever commercialised. I wouldn't say all are bad. The question is whether it acts as an adequate deterrent. The "pick that etc." is nothing special, and *most definitely* its use it is no clue as to whether the lock is easy to pick or not. There are plenty of disc detainer lock picks; it's just that most of them are of atrocious quality/durability and the good ones tend to be quite expensive (and thus used by professionals, rather than amateur lock pickers). This is why Harry and Bill decided to make "their version".
Almost any lock can be picked. Especially with someone as high-skill as LPL. *Especially* since he's in ideal (or near-ideal) conditions. Ultimately any lock will fail, either to being picked, destroyed, or worked around (How resistant your safe is isn't determined by the lock you put on it, but rather *how resistant the safe itself is* - the lock is irrelevant if it's faster to just punch a hole around it!) The question should never be "Is this unpickable?", but rather "Is this good enough for what I'll be securing with it?" This is sufficient for a good number of things. It may not be great, but it certainly appears to be good enough for use.
All locks can be picked, it's more about how long it takes. LPL is not really a good yardstick of how quickly a lock can be picked as he is exceptionally good at what he does. Few criminals are going to spend more than a few minutes on a lock (they're more likely to bust the door down) so the majority of security locks are more than sufficient unless you're securing something priceless.
@@lockpickinglawyer That and the amount of exact lift you must give the rear lever that throws the locking bolt sideways at the same time as allowing it & the other levers to clear the shear bar. Looking at the internals, I would have thought that the tight lever tolerances & false gates make the CHUBB Cruiser pretty tough customer. I drill the rivets heads on the body and separate the rear plate from the lock and cut a key for them that way then re-assemble & re-weld the rivets and re-paint. I'm sure there must be a "proper" way to cut a key for them, probably with CHUBB factory information from the different serial number both mine are stamped with.
The key (forgive the pun) to good security is having layered security. The lock should simply be *one* of those many layers, and not the only layer by itself. If someone gets through the other layers prior to the lock, the lock's purpose is simply to delay the individual, not to ultimately keep them out. And, if security is done correctly, no evil-doer should even get to the lock in the first place.
To be fair most thieves don't have a clue how to pick a lock. It just needs to be something that would be hard to hammer, hacksaw, or bolt cutter their way into, or at least take enough time so that someone would be likely to notice the theif before they got it open.
I'm going to be honest. I'm getting into lock picking just so I can eventually learn how to defeat lever locks. The main reason is because Rogue is my favorite D&D class and the mechanics actually picking locks through playing lead me to research picking.
You're suggesting regulatory capture has been used not just to further entrench the largest in that industry, but has been twisted into profit-driving regulations? Surely something so shocking shouldn't succeed!
I very much doubt it; given the standard of many UK door locks (way lower than this), it's not surprising that insurance companies insist on at least something that requires some skill to be picked (or signs of forced entry). A typical insurance-rated padlock will cost from ~USD 70; the most expensive one I could find easily is about USD 250. They are generally very robust mechanically, Many of them have been picked by LPL, as easily as this one or thereabouts. Here is one of the most expensive ones: czcams.com/video/DheW6s3oNHE/video.html - the expense went in making it hard to break into, not super-difficult to pick - though they did use decent tolerances, security pins and a challenging bitting (which would have probably been a lot harder to pick if Harry had not seen the key).
@@JoeMarGonzales Because people get defensive and afraid that someone can break into their doors/locked boxes and start attacking the messenger instead of accepting the reality that anything can fail in one way or another. The only way to make a lock better is to make it take longer to break into (usually forcefully because most thieves of this nature aren't that skilled because if they were, they could become a locksmith to earn money without the risk of prison time)
I was thinking that maybe LPL found a lock that challenges his lockpicking skills since the title had "5/6 levers". I should have known..... I. Should. Have. Known.
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You must have accumulated thousands of locks by now. Could you do a special episode on how you store and organize them?
See his video on "How I practice lock picking".
@@gary_rumain_you_peons thank you, I haven't seen that one
@@gary_rumain_you_peons those are just cores and practice locks though. Not the tons of huge locks etc. I'd like to see the shelf etc and explaining him how he stores them in order to find a particular lock quick.
This
I have yet to see a video where he ranks his top favorite locks for different purposes. He just roasts all of them without much in the way of recommendation. Maybe it comes with being a lawyer that you can't personally endorse?
Insurance lock: bare minimum security for coverage
"The worst lock you would use."
Way more than Master Locks
"They paid us to say they were acceptable."
And people wonder why some home hobbie engineers & builders over engineer the fuck out of everything.
We work with the dolts building everything to the limits of the +- value
After the Defiant and Valiant comes the Stubborn and Disappointing locks.
Sound like HMS ship names.
Sounds like Star Trek ship names (of which many came from the HMS ship names)
Don't forget the 4th generation on the drawing board. The whybother.
@@StephenGillie in Deep Space Nine, the first Defiant-class ship after the NX prototype was, in fact, the USS Valiant. If they make a new lock called the Sao Paulo I'm gonna scream.
@@pennygadget7328 I was so disappointed when the Sao Paulo appeared. Like, how do you go from names like Defiant and Valiant to...Sao Paulo?
I wish we could get a camera inside the lock to see the picking process
Talk the lock into buying a lock pin sized GoPro... or they could just use their phone.
I think Bosnian Bill did one. If not, then there are plenty of vids picking Lever locks with "see through" covers. Try Brummielockpicker.
Andy Mac has ya covered:
czcams.com/video/UdhWY7zLAPA/video.html
Also here (6 minute mark):
czcams.com/video/4A1bK0cpnts/video.html
He has others, as well; he also makes & sells custom picking tools.
hasnt the locks been violated enough.
Small print on insurance policy: If our insurance lock should ever fail please refer to LockPickingLawyer video #1146.
@@MariamShehab I think I remember him explaining once that he started numbering the videos so it would be easier to notice if any of them was removed or missing
"Defiant" until he faced the LockPickingLawyer.
OK, anecdote time: this is still common practice in Germany. Through a chain of circumstances, I helped an insurance company who was reformulating all their contracts in Simple German to make them more understandable, but the clause about minimum lock security proved very tricky, because I doubt the consumer was expected to understand it in the first place. My reaction was along the lines of "Oh, that's what gates are called in German", but I have no idea how to explain it to somebody who doesn't speak the language well in seven words or less. I doubt the company would have accepted "The lock needs to be good enough", though.
They should rewrite that section of their contracts (or rehire you to do so for them) using LPL's guides on hardening locks as a starting point - false gates, anti-pick pins, and guarded keyways.
As a rule of thumb, a lock can be termed as pick resistant, when it takes LPL longer than 60 seconds to open it. This is very comprehensive language.
"Use a abloy"
But wouldn't a well known "insurance lock" attract thieves since the potential thief knows the items behind the lock most likely are insured and the only ones losing out are the insurance companies?
I appreciate that next-level thinking!
R. Hood
True but the lock is a deterrent first and a time delay second. Third they keep the honest people out. The determined thieves will get through regardless if they got the time.
@@BD90.. Well exactly! A skilled thief will get through one way or another, so if they had to choose between a less secure lock that doesn't scream "insurance policy" and the insurance lock, my bets are they go for the insured one. Especially because something insured tends to be valuable to warrant the insurance
@@MasterMe3107 Yes, you are screwed no matter what against a skilled thief. But for the 99% of thieves who are armed with just cutting tools (and maybe a rake), this is good enough. And for that 1%, your stuff is insured anyway, so you can deal with it.
Someone will say that "locks keep honest people out."
They do not. Honesty keeps honest people out. Ask me I know one.
And anyhow, locks keep many dishonest people out also. Else, everything locked up would be soon stolen.
The world is complexer than that, for example, cost-benefit analysis, the ability to absorb a theft without going crazy, are most local thieves opportunists or professionals, etc. It's a different situation every time. We don't all need to agree about which lock for what item.
I'd be sad if someone stole my cool treasure room lock, for sure.
If LPL got zombified during "The Apocalypse", you'd have to headshot him, because there'd be no escaping him. He would be at the sanctuary gate, "Bb bbraaains! Little click on 2. Bbbbrraaaains! Nothing on 3 ..."
Put a masterlock on the door - no brains inside
Thank you LPL for your educational content. Thanks to your videos I know what to look out for in the locks I see. I have broken into countless houses and sheds thanks to your content that shows how to pick common locks. Thank you for that, if not for your videos that shows how to pick them fast before owner of the thing notices, I might've been caught.
LPL walks into a pub, "THIS IS, THE LOCK PICKING LAWYER" He flicks his wrist and you hear the deafening thud of all of the women's tumblers hitting the floor. The men gasp as their belt buckles have disintegrate.
He walks up to a man at the bar and declares, "What I have for you to is a court summons for Brett Finley."
Brett, the CEO of Master Lock, bursts into a pile of tears and shame. He knows what he has done, and what he has failed to do.
LPL turns away, "As always, have a nice day."
He opens the gates of Olympus with a nearby napkin, and acendends back to the realm of the gods by the power of magnetism. Portunas incarnate.
Good meme
Yes
This reminds me of those posts on Twitter where they give an AI hundreds of scripts and has it make its own
This made my day
Brett Finley is binding...
I love how consistently classy your videos always are. Long enough to binge watch in succession without too much time spent, informative and to the point about its contents and the salutations at the end is the icing on the perfect CZcams video. I love your channel ❤️.
I'm looking for "The lock Bosnian Bill and I made."
I swear with every video I watch I'm closer and closer too just welding my doors shut and cutting through them every day!
I just wanted to say thanks for all the great videos!. Spending allot of time at home these days allows me to watch your excellent picking and opinions on various locks. This has influenced me on what locks to purchase for better security and resistance to physical attacks. Look forward to watching new videos as soon as they are uploaded within in hours of that time. Take care and be safe.
As the concept of ”insurance lock” was created before the advent of ”LPL” any and all markings on the lock body is null and void.
All hail LPL !
Insurance premiums rise due to lock picking lawyer lol
And he own the insurance company. It's all working out!
Fortunately lock companies do indeed watch this channel and I have seen and heard of lock companies making improvements to locks LPL has showcased, in a bad light. So it would seem he could actually lower them due to better security as a result of some of these videos. Then again other companies just turn a deaf ear to his words of wisdom.
@@bobbycratchet3958 The insurance standards in UK have been in place for many years and interestingly only 1000 differs are required. It would probably be fair to say that insurance claims for break in's where a lock was picked are very rare. In most cases the door is damaged but the lock basically survives (although a bit bent and twisted but so what). Hence there is no real incentive to require locks to be pick resistant against seasoned lock pickers such as LPL. As long as they are significantly pick resistant as far as the common burglar is concerned, that is sufficient for practical purposes. Higher security locks with enhanced pick resistance are available at a higher price such as the Union (used to be Chubb) 3G110 lock which has a sidebar type lever mechanism. These would be used for government and commercial premises rather than residences.
Those antique style locks are still viable locks in use in England and Europe today!
My nephew is stationed in Italy... (of all freaking places at this time!!)
The house he rented has several antique style skeleton keys to various locks.
I’m confused, I thought we all counted the same. This guy really is the lock guru.
You should start designing locks!
I would be very interested in what mechanisms he would come up with. surely better than 99,9% of the pad lock manufacturers!
A fast and smooth open as always from the LPL. Impressive
As it's a British lock you have to say leevers not levers LOL!
You mean livers
I picked a lock yesterday with a Yankee screwdriver by jamming it in there and turning it and it opened. I didn't even have a tension wrench
wow last time i was this early the lock was still locked
It's supposed to be "last time I CAME this early..." followed by a sexual innuendo. Instead what you've done makes no sense, and does not even approach being a joke. I seriously question why you think what you've said is even slightly funny, and why anyone would care that you were early.
Bruh, why are you triggered at a joke, or at least an attempt at one. Lol.
@@USSLongIslandCVE1 this was just the straw, everyone's doing this exact "joke" these days and I'm sat here tryna figure out why it's funny and all these dumb MF somehow forgot the one thing that actually makes it a joke. I'm all for meme comments, but this is only a meme if you have a hole in your head
Been trying to get hold of one of these for a while now....it's the onlu squire lever padlock I don't have.
I wonder if Squire makes a lock called "Resolute" as Defiant and Valiant are both names of wood stoves by the former Vermont Castings Company. Resolute and Intrepid are the two other names of which I know they used.
You need to get some of those warded padlocks that have the extremely intricate bitting I'd like to see how you pick those such as the type of bitting on the old Italian safe boxes
this is so interesting and i like the explanation for the locks history
Here in Australia, there is a type of car called HSV. Awesome cars!
I’d like you to try to pick the Finnish security door lock BODA 428 which is the most common one used here. My dad installed hundreds of those in the 70’s. It was the only lock the Finnish insurance companies approved those days. It has similar key to safe.
I always hold my breath when you're picking, that's how much I trust you.
You're gonna hit 2 million subs, soon. Wow! That was QUICK!
The look of that lock gave me a thought could you give a rudimentary lockpick resistance by making the key require enough force to break most “particularly cheap” lock picks?.
😎Great video my friend love the lock..I am running out of SPACE IN MY LOCK VIDEO LIBRARY..LOL.😎
You have created as many videos as you can easily open. It would be interesting what you think is safe by showing some very, very good padlocks that you can recommend yourself. I myself think that the BOWLEY 543 model will definitely be there ?!
Of course, in the UK we pronounce it "lever"
Like "fever", for the confused!
Yes, but here in America we pronounce it "lever" instead.
In Australia it’s actually pronounced “lever”.
I'll clear this up for the confused .... British : Leever .... American : Levver. You're welcome.
Hey LPL, any chance you could do an update video on the state of the Bowley series of locks? Would also love to see some videos on what you consider to be locks that are actually viable for use.
Could that be picked with the equivalent of a shim? It looks like a simple latch on the shackle.
Really want to see you open locks on actual things to see if it changes anything
Neat lock, when are you gonna set off the alarm from video 1130?
I've got one exactly the same but so far I've never tried to pick it.
Can you disect a lever style lock? I think it would be a cool video idea as I am having difficulty understanding how the lever mechanism operates.
I could watch this man pick locks forever
"Depending on how you count"
*sweats nervously*
Is the video showing LPL gutting one of these types of locks?
Looks like the key on my stand up gun safe. Have you done one of those? The shank is probably 4" long, curious if that would make it harder.
Looking at the indentations on the shackle (whatever the term for that is) That looks like it might be shimmable.
Baughbe Lever locks are not shimmable because the gates block the bolt from moving at all. A shimmable lock is one that you can lock without the key, and you cannot lock a lever lock without turning the key the opposite way that you turn it to unlock it.
Imagine a 6 lever lock with 3 tensioning levers that activate two separate locking mechanisms and one requires precise offset engagement of two levers to allow movement 🤔
How does a lock like this work? Have you cut open before? What do the insides look like?
I already have a nice lock pick set but I've never seen that particular one before where do I find one!
That is the claimants worst nightmare by the way, if someone picks their insurance lock open then there's no evidence of a break in and the insurance company will assume it's the claimants fault for not locking up or giving the key to the thief in some way.
In other words, no insurance will be paid out if the lock is picked open.
Where i live, most households have 7 lever door locks with false gates and locksmiths in the area simply say "No, we cannot open these locks. We just don't know how" so they always bring a grinding wheel to grind the deadbolts.
Some doors though have hardened steel shielding making it much harder to even get to the deadbolt to grind them off. So it makes a helluva ruckus every time someone lost their only key to their front door. It takes at least 15 minutes to get the door open.
The easiest (and quite possibly the least expensive for the customer) way is to simply smash a window to gain entry if the apartment can be reached from the outside.
Yep, locksmiths charge ludicrous amounts to even grind a door open. Something in the order of 500 euro.
While a balcony door window can be replaced for as little as 200 euro.
Imagine LockPickingLawyer is your friend and you find yourself in a bind where an obscure lock needs to be picked, and he totally McGyver's out of the situation using little but a hairpin and some gum or whatever, and meanwhile he's making his annotations while picking "Nothing on one... a little binding out of two..... there's a nice click. A wiggle out of three"....
Hey are ignition barrels easy to pick on bikes or cars.?????? If you don't know how to hot wire of course
The defiant and valiant are the two defiant class ships from ds9 🤔
Can you try over lifters in these locks please?
Defiant looks like it has a lil smiley on it :3
I would not be surprised at the "security" or relative lack of it in an insurance lock. The insurer is concerned with having an acceptable level of security for the risk being insured. If one does not, at least, match the required level of security, then premiums will be higher when the policy is put into place or claims might be denied.
Is there any video to understand what mean all the terms he uses? Like gates, false gates, when a pin is binding, etc.
your sill is great
Have you ever been able to pick an Abloy protec 2?
Would be really cool to see a lock that had a lever/pin/disc that some how reset the entire lock if you moved it into the wrong position, whether that means there is a mechanism that resets everything or some kind of trap that means you have to restart picking in order to escape the trap
Sound like a patentable idea. I think I'll start working on it.
Hey LPL, when are we going to see you make your own lock?
I bet these would be more effective here in America due to the fact that people won't have seen these kind of locks
That's called the "Security by Obscurity" fallacy.
Seems at first glance just to be a warded key. Having watched studied them for a their history as with Chubb etc is fascinating .
@@DanielNorton Technically yes, but he has recently approved of locks simply because they required rare or modified tools to pick them, which is the same concept.
@@westcoaststacker569 It's definitely not a warded key; in fact if you look at a lever lock key it's generally straight and any warding tends to be minimal, although some locks (not padlocks, AFAIK) include an "anti-manipulation" disk that closes the keyway when tension is applied
@@DanielNorton Have not heard of that. But why is it a fallacy?
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Lock you would recommend for storage unit???
Nice to see an actual attempt at making a good lock instead of the super shitty ones
You should try and pick a lock with an action figure
Love playing with levers. I need WAY more practice. I work in healthcare, so not a whole lotta time to pick, lately :-(
At your rate: you may run out of locks to review, then how will I enjoy your classic monologue: "nothing on 2, 3 skipping under 4..... Back to the beginning..."
Still a excellent padlock for use.
He says that "it didn't took too long to pick", but at this point we all know: if it's pickable - it's bad (unless it's a lock that requires the tool that Bosnian Bill and he made)
"If it's pickable" includes pretty much any lock ever commercialised. I wouldn't say all are bad. The question is whether it acts as an adequate deterrent.
The "pick that etc." is nothing special, and *most definitely* its use it is no clue as to whether the lock is easy to pick or not. There are plenty of disc detainer lock picks; it's just that most of them are of atrocious quality/durability and the good ones tend to be quite expensive (and thus used by professionals, rather than amateur lock pickers). This is why Harry and Bill decided to make "their version".
Almost any lock can be picked. Especially with someone as high-skill as LPL. *Especially* since he's in ideal (or near-ideal) conditions.
Ultimately any lock will fail, either to being picked, destroyed, or worked around (How resistant your safe is isn't determined by the lock you put on it, but rather *how resistant the safe itself is* - the lock is irrelevant if it's faster to just punch a hole around it!) The question should never be "Is this unpickable?", but rather "Is this good enough for what I'll be securing with it?"
This is sufficient for a good number of things. It may not be great, but it certainly appears to be good enough for use.
All locks can be picked, it's more about how long it takes. LPL is not really a good yardstick of how quickly a lock can be picked as he is exceptionally good at what he does. Few criminals are going to spend more than a few minutes on a lock (they're more likely to bust the door down) so the majority of security locks are more than sufficient unless you're securing something priceless.
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How much would you pay for a lock as beefy as the the Squire _with_ the added pick resistance?
I'm having doubts that maybe the insurance policy didn't cover non-destructive opening of the lock.
L.P.L, Have you picked open a CHUBB Cruiser type lever padlock without viewing the locks key beforehand?
Yes, several times. They do have false gates, which makes them a trickier... but not overly so.
@@lockpickinglawyer That and the amount of exact lift you must give the rear lever that throws the locking bolt sideways at the same time as allowing it & the other levers to clear the shear bar. Looking at the internals, I would have thought that the tight lever tolerances & false gates make the CHUBB Cruiser pretty tough customer. I drill the rivets heads on the body and separate the rear plate from the lock and cut a key for them that way then re-assemble & re-weld the rivets and re-paint. I'm sure there must be a "proper" way to cut a key for them, probably with CHUBB factory information from the different serial number both mine are stamped with.
@@lockpickinglawyer What about a Bramah? Have you tried one of those?
Would be pretty cool to see what locks you have bought that you use yourself.
I use OpSec. 😋
The key (forgive the pun) to good security is having layered security. The lock should simply be *one* of those many layers, and not the only layer by itself. If someone gets through the other layers prior to the lock, the lock's purpose is simply to delay the individual, not to ultimately keep them out. And, if security is done correctly, no evil-doer should even get to the lock in the first place.
Let's put it this way: what lock do you have on your front door, LPL?
I have a pitbull dog next to mine.
Give the Link to buy that tension tool
"The wire BosnianBill and I made"
This must be the only channel where v judge the content based on the video time
Instagram brought me here and I am pleased
Shackle springs open.
LPL: "It looks like we got it open."
You don't say...lol
To be fair most thieves don't have a clue how to pick a lock. It just needs to be something that would be hard to hammer, hacksaw, or bolt cutter their way into, or at least take enough time so that someone would be likely to notice the theif before they got it open.
Looks like the shackle is held in place by two pawls.
What if right come along the LockPickingLawyer makes his own locks for us to buy
How much is a lock like this? I'd love one.
Can this lock be shimmed? The latch looks like it is spring loaded, is this correct?
Is there a lock he can’t break or unlock?
How do you know to skip the 4 pin?
I'm going to be honest. I'm getting into lock picking just so I can eventually learn how to defeat lever locks. The main reason is because Rogue is my favorite D&D class and the mechanics actually picking locks through playing lead me to research picking.
I laughed when he said " and pick resistance which we will look at in just a moment."
Does It Raise Insurance Company Standards ?
considering how fast LPL picked that lock, I suspect the certification is just a money-making scheme by insurance companies
You're suggesting regulatory capture has been used not just to further entrench the largest in that industry, but has been twisted into profit-driving regulations? Surely something so shocking shouldn't succeed!
I very much doubt it; given the standard of many UK door locks (way lower than this), it's not surprising that insurance companies insist on at least something that requires some skill to be picked (or signs of forced entry).
A typical insurance-rated padlock will cost from ~USD 70; the most expensive one I could find easily is about USD 250. They are generally very robust mechanically, Many of them have been picked by LPL, as easily as this one or thereabouts. Here is one of the most expensive ones: czcams.com/video/DheW6s3oNHE/video.html - the expense went in making it hard to break into, not super-difficult to pick - though they did use decent tolerances, security pins and a challenging bitting (which would have probably been a lot harder to pick if Harry had not seen the key).
Considering how long it took him to pick that lock, it is probably a better security option than 95% of the locks out there.
@ChrisHallett83 how did this turn into a "prove you're a better lockpicker than LPL" thread? lol
@@JoeMarGonzales Because people get defensive and afraid that someone can break into their doors/locked boxes and start attacking the messenger instead of accepting the reality that anything can fail in one way or another. The only way to make a lock better is to make it take longer to break into (usually forcefully because most thieves of this nature aren't that skilled because if they were, they could become a locksmith to earn money without the risk of prison time)
I was thinking that maybe LPL found a lock that challenges his lockpicking skills since the title had "5/6 levers". I should have known..... I. Should. Have. Known.
I wonder how many times lpl practices before making speed demon runs.
If i ever lose my Keys i will call for you. xD
Still took the master 1 minute 6 seconds to pick. Much better than most other locks.
I've decided to wait for LPL's retirement before investing in the bad-consumer-lock business.
Can it be shimmed?
1:09 Tenision Bar Inserted
1:59 Opened
Hmmm 6 minutes before I have an online meeting to attend. LPL never disappoints for videos when you don't have a lot of time left