[182] How I Practice Lock Picking

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  • @jemsncrystals
    @jemsncrystals Před 4 lety +7927

    I just say "This is the lock picking lawyer" and locks pop open.
    Works every time.

    • @wayneyam1262
      @wayneyam1262 Před 4 lety +216

      has tried, can confirm

    • @longermanstovich5738
      @longermanstovich5738 Před 4 lety +164

      holy shit i've been trying to open this 5 pin master lock no. 1 for hours and the moment I said that the lock popped

    • @mogwaisales
      @mogwaisales Před 4 lety +157

      am I doing it wrong? mine don't open until I say "and what I have for you today"?

    • @zecodking2354
      @zecodking2354 Před 4 lety +9

      jemsncrystals 😂

    • @Kontaras987
      @Kontaras987 Před 4 lety +47

      i just say "i dont really know whats keeping this closed" and after 3 seconds its open

  • @sebytro
    @sebytro Před 2 lety +1117

    ”I fear not the man who has practiced picking one lock 10,000 times, but I fear the man who has practiced picking 10,000 different locks.”

    • @jesse578
      @jesse578 Před rokem +34

      actually in the real quote its the other way around: “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”
      So you had the right spirit but the wrong execution.

    • @connoro331
      @connoro331 Před rokem +241

      @@jesse578 I think he knows and he purposely reversed it so that it would apply to lockpicking.
      Nerd.

    • @OrangeSodaKing
      @OrangeSodaKing Před rokem +18

      LMAO Bruce Lee the lock picker

    • @xx_1dreamstanlegend_xx422
      @xx_1dreamstanlegend_xx422 Před rokem

      @@jesse578 nerd

    • @ajax3310
      @ajax3310 Před rokem +24

      @@jesse578 ackshuallulyyy

  • @TacticalFemboy
    @TacticalFemboy Před 6 lety +11267

    Oh you must be a joy at the movie theater with your carabiner of locks

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 6 lety +4269

      At home...

    • @jsihavealotofplaylists
      @jsihavealotofplaylists Před 5 lety +1571

      haha yeah I can imaging someone walking in a movie theater with their massive clanking ring of locks, then minutes later is escorted out.

    • @solidus3168
      @solidus3168 Před 5 lety +361

      whats all that clanging?!?! Sounds like a freaking cat burglar!!!!!

    • @harshnemesis
      @harshnemesis Před 5 lety +121

      you could superglue locks together so they don't clang :D

    • @Darieee
      @Darieee Před 5 lety +81

      Aawhahahhaaa, I hope the lawyer didn’t get upset - love the passion!

  • @Kabodanki
    @Kabodanki Před 5 lety +6194

    If you live in Paris, there's multiple bridge with thousand and thousands of locks

    • @akaiappears
      @akaiappears Před 5 lety +329

      Visited. Saw the bridge railings and gates near the river wearing armors of locks. Armors of amors you could say, because it seems like lovers put a lock for themselves on something permanent and throw the keys into the river.

    • @fish4225
      @fish4225 Před 5 lety +827

      That tradition is actually causing big problems. The locks, after enough of them are added, weigh down on the particular bridge; some of those locks rust easily, which can cause adjacent locks and even the bridge to rust also; and it's a fucking played out, unoriginal idea that stopped being cute after the first dozen or so locks were put on a bridge.

    • @alexk6839
      @alexk6839 Před 5 lety +409

      They removed the locks from the bridges after one of the railings fell down into a river and almost hit a boat because the locks were so heavy

    • @Matthew-sp5kv
      @Matthew-sp5kv Před 5 lety +661

      @@alexk6839 sounds like the government would actually appreciate you picking and taking the locks then.

    • @klauskleber9250
      @klauskleber9250 Před 5 lety +151

      Seems like this is a thing in multiple countries, we have that in Germany too, and yes, they do actually add up to a lot of weight on a pretty long bridge.

  • @koolaidman171
    @koolaidman171 Před 4 lety +1774

    I can imagine being mrs.Lawyer and watching a movie and hearing "little click out of 1, 2 is binding, click out of 2"

    • @philldavies7940
      @philldavies7940 Před 4 lety +73

      I'd be more worried when they go out, he has two hundredweight of locks in his pockets, backpack etc

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 Před 3 lety +83

      "This is the skillet wielding wife, and what I have for you today is a cracked skull if you don't quit binding and clicking during chick flicks..."

    • @swedzilla
      @swedzilla Před 3 lety +2

      @@MadScientist267 HAHAHAHAHA!

    • @peepingmig
      @peepingmig Před 3 lety +14

      I wonder if he has ever picked a chastity belt?

    • @vedanadleeh3908
      @vedanadleeh3908 Před 2 lety +3

      @@peepingmig He did boyo

  • @brothyr
    @brothyr Před 5 lety +2820

    I have the opposite problem. I got about 200 keys and 0 locks.

    • @varkokonyi
      @varkokonyi Před 5 lety +392

      Then learn how to pick a key... duh

    • @NoMoreTagsLeft
      @NoMoreTagsLeft Před 5 lety +127

      Keymaster, I believe Zuul is looking for you.

    • @NoMoreTagsLeft
      @NoMoreTagsLeft Před 5 lety +17

      @Herbert Wingfield I see 8 thumbs-up so I'm going to go with a response of "8 people got my obscure quip , Herbert. Thanks for asking." Actually I think someone had left a related comment too but it is gone now.

    • @s4tchm0j0n3s
      @s4tchm0j0n3s Před 5 lety +9

      NoMoreTagsLeft I was going to say that it really isn’t that obscure a reference, then I remembered what year it is... This getting old lark isn’t fun.

    • @s4tchm0j0n3s
      @s4tchm0j0n3s Před 5 lety +5

      @IamMe Someone is always discovering something new on good old CZcams.

  • @peterthinks
    @peterthinks Před 5 lety +1836

    "Nothing on two.... little click out of three... Thanos has another infinity stone... nice deep false set on four...."
    "SHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

    • @scooterdosh777
      @scooterdosh777 Před 4 lety +33

      peterthinks underrated comment

    • @stickmanunited4061
      @stickmanunited4061 Před 4 lety +4

      @@scooterdosh777 it's only underrated because the likes are at 666

    • @nander1988
      @nander1988 Před 3 lety

      This has got to be one of the best CZcams comments I've ever seen

    • @Tobez
      @Tobez Před 3 lety

      incredible comment my friend

  • @josoveys649
    @josoveys649 Před 5 lety +1575

    Me) what you up to?
    Him ) Netflix and lock-picking
    Me) yeah same

  • @shotgunsam9700
    @shotgunsam9700 Před 5 lety +661

    Besides being a expert at lock picking, but also an expert at eBay bargain hunting?
    Damn, good trait good sir.

    • @jorceshaman
      @jorceshaman Před 5 lety +62

      Don't forget that he also passed the Bar to become a lawyer.

    • @jackfables3470
      @jackfables3470 Před 4 lety +25

      100 Lockpicking, 90 Speechcraft.

    • @friday145
      @friday145 Před 2 lety +3

      He’s also a CZcams with millions of subscribers 🤯

    • @cvspvr
      @cvspvr Před rokem +5

      i use my lockpicking skills to get the best bargain of them all: 100% off

  • @thatrealba
    @thatrealba Před 5 lety +1570

    Being a recently disabled man who has had to give up EVERY hobby and type of work I had learned, (there were several), I think I am going to look into lockpickong as something I can pick up and put down as my various issues pop up throu ghout my days and weeks. Thanks, LPL.

    • @RoamingAdhocrat
      @RoamingAdhocrat Před 5 lety +91

      From the sound of it you could also become a lawyer.
      Good luck going through this!

    • @thatrealba
      @thatrealba Před 5 lety +49

      @@RoamingAdhocrat the thought has crossed my mind over the years. Thanks for the kind words, they are appreciated.

    • @Turbo_ej1
      @Turbo_ej1 Před 4 lety +28

      @@thatrealba I'm from the future, how has lockpicking been for you

    • @Cynsham
      @Cynsham Před 4 lety +16

      BA Hey man, Idk if you ended up doing it, but good luck. Hope you find something that gives new meaning to your life 😃

    • @thatrealba
      @thatrealba Před 4 lety +16

      @@Cynsham not yet, but hopefully soon. Too much going on atm for anything new haha. And thanks!

  • @MrCacarocha
    @MrCacarocha Před 5 lety +714

    if i could only have a quarter of his dedication at the gym...

    • @thatoneguy9473
      @thatoneguy9473 Před 5 lety +75

      Just do what he does with locks and just do one rep of every machine in the gym and go home. 😂😂😂

    • @DzSwipe
      @DzSwipe Před 5 lety +6

      Just start going to the gym

    • @banditcountry3232
      @banditcountry3232 Před 5 lety +60

      Go to the gym at night time.. pick your way in and out... kill two birds with one stone.

    • @asdfghyter
      @asdfghyter Před 5 lety +9

      There are a ton of locks to practice on over at the gym. Is that what you meant? :P

    • @nothankyou5524
      @nothankyou5524 Před 4 lety +2

      Why can't you? Is there someone chasing you out. Looks like this gentleman enjoys this. Sounds like you're spending time doing something you don't. BTW, when some around you have moved on to endeavors that actually improved their life over time, IF you haven't, you'll probably know why. Just sayin".

  • @devinebeast720
    @devinebeast720 Před 5 lety +2933

    Can you please make a video explaining the terms you use in your videos like “false set” what it means when a pin is “loose” etc. just an idea

    • @recless8667
      @recless8667 Před 5 lety +364

      A "loose" pin has no resistance when you push up on it with the pick; you're looking for the "binding" pin, which is simply the pin that has the most resistance when you push up on it.

    • @xxXthekevXxx
      @xxXthekevXxx Před 5 lety +132

      Here’s a great video demonstrating the basics of lockpicking using a clear plastic core for demonstration purposes: czcams.com/video/cjuT_63Ioig/video.html
      The bobby pins are kind of silly, but the concept is still the same when you use real tools.

    • @goodvibes4891
      @goodvibes4891 Před 5 lety +92

      Think devine means for newer visitors or ones looking to get educated, no him himself. There are countless people who watch lockpicking lawyers videos who dont care about locks lockpicking or anything else related to the channel, would be neat for him to leave a link at the top of the desc for new viewers to get educated and possibly stick around

    • @gumonthepants
      @gumonthepants Před 4 lety +9

      This is a great thread - Following!

    • @sed6
      @sed6 Před 4 lety +15

      I agree! All these videos and nothing on the basic basics like terms, etc.

  • @guyanello7201
    @guyanello7201 Před 4 lety +1341

    Huge waste of money buying locks, people just leave these things everywhere: sheds, lockers, luggage

    • @tylerblubaugh5549
      @tylerblubaugh5549 Před 3 lety +36

      @@croxion you aren't looking hard enough just go into the neighbors back yards you'll find at least 1 a neighborhood (at least in the suburbs)

    • @fredsmith1970
      @fredsmith1970 Před 3 lety +15

      I actually laughed out load reading this. :-D

    • @tylerblubaugh5549
      @tylerblubaugh5549 Před 3 lety +1

      @Etcetera idk about you but the areas I've lived have plenty of locks

    • @maskettaman1488
      @maskettaman1488 Před 3 lety +7

      @@croxion Check white houses and sheds near a black neighbourhood

    • @operator8014
      @operator8014 Před 3 lety +1

      Hahahahaha.

  • @Gay_Jesus
    @Gay_Jesus Před 4 lety +287

    imagine sitting down to watch a movie with this guy and he just pulls out all his locks and start picking

    • @niccatipay
      @niccatipay Před 4 lety +17

      He is the movie.

    • @NexxtMeme
      @NexxtMeme Před 4 lety +9

      Lmfao I'd be like "Are you done?"

    • @elbuena
      @elbuena Před 2 lety +1

      Would be like "Click on 1... Click on 2... Nothing on 3" lol

    • @EdekaKuchen
      @EdekaKuchen Před 2 lety +4

      @@elbuena "Nice click on 4..."

    • @MrStudio15
      @MrStudio15 Před 2 lety +2

      The comment I came to see

  • @skyr3x
    @skyr3x Před 5 lety +457

    This video is just him flexing on us with the amount of metal pieces in a plastic box he has.

    • @diarykeeper
      @diarykeeper Před 3 lety +6

      LPL at the checkout:
      Lock'd! I forgot my purse, can I pay in lockcylinders ?

    • @tylerlondon5052
      @tylerlondon5052 Před 3 lety

      That bastard

  • @jzthegreat
    @jzthegreat Před 3 lety +44

    This is like a professional athlete going through their routine

  • @Senn3x
    @Senn3x Před 3 lety +26

    "while you were watching movies, I was studying the lock"

  • @pathfinder4627
    @pathfinder4627 Před 7 lety +281

    Outstanding theory. I teach a particular set of topics in an industry overflowing with "experts," who have absolutely mastered a singular tool and hammer CZcams with their videos. The problem is, they are essentially, "one trick ponies." The repeatedly use the same tool(s) and only marginally change the circumstance they apply them in. It makes for great footage but doesn't really "teach." A new person to the topic will benefit most when they are guided towards an understanding of the bigger context. How to do that? Offer a more diverse set of tools and situations. He'll then build a more universal understanding/ experience so they can then apply that accumulated knowledge to everyday success. Thank you for reminding me about how to learn my new interest; if even briefly.

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 7 lety +106

      Thanks for the kind words. We all fall into our comfort zone, an resist expanding our abilities. I'm there right now in my picking, and still haven't decided which uncharted (for me) waters to explore next.

    • @nothankyou5524
      @nothankyou5524 Před 4 lety +13

      Took me many years to convince myself the best place to be comfortable is in the Uncomfortable Zone. And I still have to remind myself several times a day on most days. But LPL couldn't be more right!!!!!

    • @MycaeWitchofHyphae
      @MycaeWitchofHyphae Před 3 lety +5

      @@nothankyou5524 a year later...and this is the series of comments that makes me take the plunge into single bevel knives. So thanks for that

  • @ernie5229
    @ernie5229 Před 8 lety +644

    You make excellent picking videos. Easily some of the best on CZcams. However, you make even better instructional videos! Make more! The more the better! You have a very specific style, and it is quite different than the general methods (i.e. "MIT Guide to Lockpicking", light tension & binding order, etc.) I'd love to see instructional videos about any and all of your methods!!

  • @Kavukamari
    @Kavukamari Před 5 lety +236

    i know you mean watch a movie in your house, but it's fun to me to imagine
    movie usher: "sir? what is this?"
    LPL:" it's my lock belt, I always practice picking when I watch a movie"
    MU: "?????????????"

    • @theOLSuser
      @theOLSuser Před 3 lety +23

      The lock belt stays ON during sex

    • @josphe9011
      @josphe9011 Před 3 lety +4

      Lock or be unlocked...

  • @johnrehwinkel7241
    @johnrehwinkel7241 Před 3 lety +72

    I occasionally drop by the storage facilities where people rent areas to store their extra stuff. If they're behind in their payments, the company just cuts the locks off. They'll often sell me a bucket of cut-off locks for a few dollars (basically what they could get for them as scrap metal). Sure, most of them are easy Master locks, but you'll generally get a handful of decent ones as well. Be ready for the "what are you going to use them for" question: I explain the general concept of locksport to them, and most of them are satisfied with that. Note, once I was late on a payment and they went to cut my locks off, but their boltcutters weren't capable of cutting a quality hasp.

  • @Emalo
    @Emalo Před 4 lety +45

    People watching movies
    normal people: popcorn, pepsi
    lockpickinglawyer: carabiner locks

  • @jeffreyreindeer5351
    @jeffreyreindeer5351 Před 8 lety +298

    Excellent idea. Excellent points. Time to find the bargains.

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 8 lety +131

      Thanks, and good luck... just don't bid against me!

    • @ioojimooi
      @ioojimooi Před 6 lety

      LOL ~

    • @kaysimpson
      @kaysimpson Před 5 lety +7

      The bargains, they are all gone!

    • @adamwest8711
      @adamwest8711 Před 5 lety +3

      Kaitlyn Simpson keep your eye open. They do crop up. Picked up a good assortment of over 50 locks the other day for around $2 each. Some are little beat up but they all work and if, like me, you do this both for fun and for legal job applications, practising on locks that aren’t factory fresh is a good thing.

    • @leadgoat1320
      @leadgoat1320 Před 4 lety +1

      @@adamwest8711 hey man.
      Ive been looking on eBay for weeks now and the cheapest I can get to is $4 each. What keywords are you using or what other website are you using.
      If you could help I would be very thankful.

  • @electroguy02
    @electroguy02 Před 5 lety +50

    I think this applies to learning a new skill in general. For years, I made the mistake of thinking that playing a difficult (for me) song on the piano and mastering it would make me better in general. But it doesn't work like that. You can pick up some mechanical skills from an individual song, but pretty soon, your mind starts learning how to get from one note to the next instead of "generalizing" the movement. That's why every song was just as difficult to learn as the last since I learned songs and not techniques.
    Learning locks instead of lockpicking is a valuable perspective. Thanks for pointing that out.

  • @TheCuteMaster
    @TheCuteMaster Před 5 lety +78

    This is one hell of a flex. 😂❤️

  • @RippingJack76
    @RippingJack76 Před 4 lety +47

    When I first started getting into lock picking, are used to take coffee at 7 to 10 at a local restaurant. I would take a lock or two down there and practice. Pretty soon my friends, were bringing in locs. Usually without keys. This had the effect of making me a fairly good Universal picker.

  • @soup5344
    @soup5344 Před 3 lety +18

    "How I Practice Lock Picking"
    *Cut to LPL breaking into someones house at midnight*

  • @cgillespie2258
    @cgillespie2258 Před 2 lety +20

    Fantastic! This idea of "mixed practice" sometimes called "interleaving" has good support in educational/psychological research and seems to be strongly tied to flexibility, retention of deeper skills, and creativity. It applies to almost all learning. Very cool.

  • @jigglyjames29
    @jigglyjames29 Před 5 lety +94

    This is how I got really good at picking my nose.

    • @johnmutz9919
      @johnmutz9919 Před 5 lety +11

      Excuse me sir/maam. Can I pick your nose for practice.

    • @ethiird
      @ethiird Před 4 lety +23

      You never pick the same nose more than once in a row?

    • @JeiShian
      @JeiShian Před 3 lety

      Hahahahahah

  • @SmallFries01
    @SmallFries01 Před 5 lety +477

    I learned to pick locks playing the elder scrolls. level 100

    • @thatoneguy9473
      @thatoneguy9473 Před 5 lety +7

      And how many of those locks have you come across in the world? 😂😂😂

    • @WonderingAimlessly
      @WonderingAimlessly Před 5 lety +4

      Same.

    • @missingno2401
      @missingno2401 Před 4 lety +7

      i learned from fallout.

    • @zecodking2354
      @zecodking2354 Před 4 lety +1

      SmallFries01 lol

    • @brookeroram1620
      @brookeroram1620 Před 4 lety +3

      I learned from betrayal at Krondor. Computer game from the 90's. I wonder if the lockpicking lawyer can pick a Webber lock. If anyone can do it, it's him!

  • @nitramretep
    @nitramretep Před 8 lety +103

    Excellent points! Rotation of locks is key to functional practice. I agree E Bay is a source of inexpensive locks. I have found locks for $2-3 dollars.

  • @ACoustaDC
    @ACoustaDC Před 3 lety +19

    The only person to put more time into his hobby than his law degree.

  • @MurkysVideos
    @MurkysVideos Před 3 lety +5

    I'm new to lockpicking.. like BRAND new. I just received my lock pick kit today. Already picked my front and rear door locks, and a random masterlock. All because of your videos. Thank you! Time to find more locks!

  • @banditcountry3232
    @banditcountry3232 Před 5 lety +91

    Thats his Netflix and chill.

  • @spinnito
    @spinnito Před 4 lety +16

    "Can you borrow a padlock?"
    -"ain't got any" (laughing inside)
    Lmao

  • @CraiiZeD
    @CraiiZeD Před 4 lety +30

    "I also have a lock picking club I go to once a week, where I sit around with the boys, drink beers, and pick locks while talking about whatever lock pickers talk about. We're meeting at my house next week and I'm ordering pizzas.... jokes on them though, I'm putting locks on the boxes (don't ask me how) and they get nasty luke warm/cold pizza if they can't solve it fast enough. Ah, I love lock picking club!"

    • @egonxm
      @egonxm Před 4 lety +8

      the first rule of lock picking club, is, don't talk about lock picking club.... :-)

  • @Johnyrocket70
    @Johnyrocket70 Před 8 lety +60

    for pickers on a budget with a limited amount of locks I would suggest shuffling pins top and bottom to change things up.

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 8 lety +61

      That's always an option, but also a serious PITA.

    • @Johnyrocket70
      @Johnyrocket70 Před 8 lety +14

      +LockPickingLawyer that's why it's important, like picking, pinning takes practice too.

    • @Kelly-cd3gb
      @Kelly-cd3gb Před 4 lety +3

      you can go to paris and lockpick all the locks you want on the bridge althought lockpicks are illegal there

  • @K1assh
    @K1assh Před 3 lety +14

    This seems to be good advice for any new skill. Thanks for showing us the actual work you put in maintaining your skills.

  • @hennsbreit
    @hennsbreit Před 4 lety +7

    Dear LockPickingLawyer,
    thank you for your introduction video of your "how to learn pickin" practice. Your honesty, your dignity to this hobby and your openness towards new skills as well as sharing that knowledge - my deep respect, trank you too and as always, have a nice day!

  • @Brutik5
    @Brutik5 Před 4 lety +18

    Teacher: What are your hobbies?
    LockPickingLawyer: I love picking locks, one day it will be my proffession
    Teacher: Calls police

  • @bikkies
    @bikkies Před 5 lety +4

    I think this is spot on. I consider myself a beginner, coming to this hobby after idly dabbling 25 years ago & losing interest. Now I'm older and a shocking hoarder, I've already built up a crate of random locks. Many are the transparent training ones but some are production. I'm sticking with pin tumblers for now but have bought some dimple locks etc for when I get more advanced. Within my collection I do exactly as you have suggested here. Pick one, move on, and I'm already finding myself improving. I would add that immersing myself in videos such as yours and Bosnian Bill's, while way out of my league with techniques & terminology, helps to bathe me in the culture, styles, enjoyment and frustration to come. Thank you!

  • @floorpizza8074
    @floorpizza8074 Před 7 lety +4

    Every new picker needs to watch this video. Really glad I found it. Thanks, LPL.

  • @MrHRamone
    @MrHRamone Před 5 lety +2

    Hi LPL, I started watching your vids through interest & what I’ve learnt from your vids came to good use today when I forgot the keys to my tool chest & was able to pick the locks to access my tools.
    👍 Thanks LPL

  • @adamwest8711
    @adamwest8711 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for the video. I appreciate your channel for remembering things that other channels don’t touch on. This video and the one you did focussing just on tension techniques were both really good watching for anyone but particularly for those who are still pretty new.

  • @ObviouslyCrap
    @ObviouslyCrap Před 3 lety +3

    This is exactly the approach to use for becoming better at solving math or science problems: you don't practice the same problem over and over again - or even twice in a row, for that matter. You pick a topic (= type of lock), such as solving and plotting quadratic equations (picking tubular locks) and work at one after the other.
    Thanks for discussing this important fundamental principle of learning as it applies to lock picking, LPL!

  • @samuelscheiermann7062
    @samuelscheiermann7062 Před 5 lety +19

    I think your advice in this video translates very well into other skills, for example playing the piano. If you just play the same song, you may learning how to play that song, but not how to play the piano.

  • @ro_yo_mi
    @ro_yo_mi Před 5 lety +1

    LPL, it's so nice to see some of your larger collection, and learn some of what's involved to maintain your skills. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @mikeherbert6131
    @mikeherbert6131 Před 8 lety +7

    Excellent, this is why I subscribe to your channel, for these lateral thinking gems that you put out from time to time.
    I find that your slightly different approach very enlightening.
    Thanks
    Mike

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 8 lety

      Thanks... I have a few more videos along these lines in mind, but need to noodle the content a bit more. Thanks for the sub, and stay tuned for more.

  • @Ratlins9
    @Ratlins9 Před 3 lety +4

    LPL, you have given great credence to an old adage “ Practice makes perfect”

  • @Pdro-gw7lu
    @Pdro-gw7lu Před 8 lety +9

    Excellent thoughts. I am attempting the same method albeit on a smaller scale and totally agree something like this is necessary to avoid being overconfident in your skills by becoming familiar with a small selection of locks. Great video. Cheers

  • @michaelmendillo7513
    @michaelmendillo7513 Před 2 lety

    This just a perfect new found hobby for me. !!! I am a retired carpenter and have a lot of time now, I would prefer to do small shop woodworking projects but my back won't allow it,, I love a challenge and have a lot of patience, and I can do this sitting down at my workbench. I can't wait to get started with this. !!!
    Thank you Sir. !!!! Watching your videos really inspired me. !!! You are just awesome!!!! 😎✌i

  • @kylejramstad
    @kylejramstad Před 4 lety

    Just started picking and went back into your video catalog and this video really helped. In just one day I got noticably better from just picking through multiple locks in a single session. Thanks!

  • @captainnemo4770
    @captainnemo4770 Před 3 lety +7

    I can just hear LPL sitting in the movie theater quietly saying, “click on one, nothing on two, three is binding...”

  • @johnhess3967
    @johnhess3967 Před 5 lety +150

    Other lockpickers: so how many locks do you have
    Lockpicking lawyer: Yes

    • @lokanoda
      @lokanoda Před 4 lety

      Silly meme

    • @Uocjat
      @Uocjat Před 4 lety +2

      "Yes" in ASCII converted to binary to decimal makes 89 101 115
      so just shy of 90 million, feels like a fair estimate

    • @heroslippy6666
      @heroslippy6666 Před 4 lety

      @@Uocjat The more you know.

    • @JohnDoe-nq4du
      @JohnDoe-nq4du Před 4 lety

      @@Uocjat "yes" is also base-36 for 44596 decimal.

    • @JohnDoe-nq4du
      @JohnDoe-nq4du Před 4 lety

      @@Uocjat If you instead go case-sensitive, base-62, encoded with all the lower-case letters first, then the upper-case, then "Yes" works out to 231536 decimal.

  • @samanthawood4949
    @samanthawood4949 Před 4 lety +1

    You’re a commitment at your hobby is inspiring

  • @maxwelll1978
    @maxwelll1978 Před 4 lety

    Thank you LockPickingLawyer. My new favorite channel and hopefully a new passion/skill to embrace. I don't want to break into anywhere, but just enjoy the discipline it's self, the mechanical fascination and joy of puzzle solving in such a form. Also will be great not to get locked out of my house again, although this has only ever happened when I'm too drunk to walk, so maybe this level of manual dexterity will be quite beyond me. There must be some very funny stories about this kind of thing.

  • @LDU2U
    @LDU2U Před 8 lety +12

    Another great video. I think most pickers tend to get 'stale', they get hung up or frustrated occasionally, these type videos are a very helpful tool, help regain some focus and concentration and relax, like a fresh start. This helps me to allay some frustration sometimes, it's a 'feel good' thing. Thanks for sharing ;-)

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 8 lety +6

      Thank you... One thing I didn't mention is that these practice sessions are very relaxing for me. My own little Zen getaway!

  • @RMoribayashi
    @RMoribayashi Před 8 lety +7

    Great idea, well executed. It's exactly the opposite approach to starting with one repinnable lock. You can vary the pins but the natural binding order will always be the same.

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 8 lety +7

      Thanks. Like I said in the video, everyone seems to have a different approach to picking and practice, and some people swear by those purpose-built practice locks. That said, I think that you zeroed right in on one of the two main weaknesses of them... the binding order (though that can be changed with security pins) and the fact that it can be a royal PITA to repin the lock dozens of times per practice session.

  • @alphacharlie6092
    @alphacharlie6092 Před 4 lety

    I have a carabiner full of locks. I go through each lock as if it was the first time and in random order. I’m also always adding to my collection. Thanks for validating my efforts! Keep up the great work...
    🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

  • @summit6077
    @summit6077 Před rokem +3

    I do it a bit differently. Instead of having a tote full of locks, i have a large neighborhood full of homes that are oddly quiet and dark at night.

    • @sampathsris
      @sampathsris Před rokem

      Did the judge agree that it's a hobby?

  • @juuse94
    @juuse94 Před 3 lety +11

    He used to be slow back in the day. Watch at 1.25x speed for 2021 lpl.

  • @remyb9495
    @remyb9495 Před 3 lety

    The amount of dedication you have is admirable.

  • @lesrinehart933
    @lesrinehart933 Před 9 měsíci +1

    What you explained here is the reason why you are so good at it 😊

  • @TomasPiliponis
    @TomasPiliponis Před 5 lety +5

    phrase - "it can be done, without breaking the bank" - have a different tone coming from a man with such skillset... :))))

  • @BeasT-gw6fb
    @BeasT-gw6fb Před 3 lety +10

    When hes mad he goes to the paris bridge and picks all the locks

    • @kapa1611
      @kapa1611 Před 2 lety

      omg! that is brilliant xD

    • @JBF-GST-Tanda
      @JBF-GST-Tanda Před 2 měsíci

      With only a tension bar , a shim and a WAVE RAKE

  • @Felivii
    @Felivii Před rokem

    I love the sleepy sounding growly LPL voice! Great for bedtime 😴

  • @mikemakuh5319
    @mikemakuh5319 Před 3 lety

    Fascinating skill! You are a thinking man.

  • @MrMarcelpare
    @MrMarcelpare Před 8 lety +3

    Great info! I don't own much locks, but I'm blessed with a local locksmith that lend me lots of stuff, so at one point, I was doing the same, getting 5-10 different lock a week, picking them, bringing them back and so forth! Helped me a lot.

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 8 lety +3

      A supportive local lock locksmith can be a real asset. You are very locky. ;-)

    • @MrMarcelpare
      @MrMarcelpare Před 8 lety

      +LockPickingLawyer guess how I got that scorpion ;)

  • @10tonhamster
    @10tonhamster Před 4 lety +8

    "Good morning your honour, I am defending my client who was caught outside the warehouses because he was RUBBISH"

  • @TheCollegeActivist
    @TheCollegeActivist Před 4 lety

    That's awesome. This is why you are one of the best. So much practice.

  • @nooneknows6060
    @nooneknows6060 Před 6 měsíci

    Nicely done!
    The strength of the effort is measured in the result. There is never a mistake in the result.

  • @AndyRoidEU
    @AndyRoidEU Před 4 lety +13

    Oh, more locks.
    00:03 Oh ... a plot twist.

  • @lostandfound1004
    @lostandfound1004 Před 8 lety +4

    I 100% agree, the 1 point I would add is that is when you pick the same style of lock(not the same lock)you can pick useful techniques like tension amounts.

  • @arendschrikbarend
    @arendschrikbarend Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for the tip. Just started picking YESTERDAY when my practice lock arrived. Since then been looking all over the house for padlocks and will buy some online!

  • @frankchiuchiolo2345
    @frankchiuchiolo2345 Před rokem

    I've been following you for about 3 years you are 100% thank you😊

  • @Steel-Pinnings
    @Steel-Pinnings Před 8 lety +18

    Great video, definitely a good way to improve your random picking skills.
    Keep it up.

  • @dirksecrets
    @dirksecrets Před 8 lety +4

    Thanks for this great video. Your fantastic skills proof that you are right with this kind of workflow. You have more locks in one Set you showed, then I have in my whole collection. ;-) Of we go to ebay.

  • @mscir
    @mscir Před 3 lety

    AWESOME collection.

  • @nixdapogs
    @nixdapogs Před 2 lety

    Probably watched dozens of your videos and just noticed that I wasn’t even subscribed. Made sure I subbed this time. Thanks for your informative videos. This hobby is useful for developing my concentration, patience and problem solving skills.

  • @thegamingruler1996
    @thegamingruler1996 Před 3 lety +6

    you know this is exactly the same way you teach a machine-learning algorithm to classify data. If you give it one data set and make it learn it over and over again, it will learn that very well but wont generalize. On the other hand, if you have hundreds if not thousands of datasets you make your model generalize to most datasets. Interesting video.

  • @jkirkdjr
    @jkirkdjr Před 3 lety +4

    I'd love to see you in a 3 star restaurant waiting for your food to arrive.

  • @adamsatur7277
    @adamsatur7277 Před 3 lety +2

    I totally agree with this philosophy of learning. I taught music in the same way. I was a guitar teacher but what I was actually trying to teach was understanding the music and how to engage with it using the instrument, not just how to memorise what finger to put where. If you understand what's happening and why then you can come up with different approaches from other challenges, and blend things, without just copy and pasting from elsewhere.

  • @florianmsn9941
    @florianmsn9941 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the video. What you say sounds super logical and I'm glad that I watch your videos before I started practicing myself. I'm going to get myself some more locks right now.

  • @jaimedelgado7529
    @jaimedelgado7529 Před 4 lety +37

    Sometimes I wonder if the LPL has keys or just walks around with a lock picking set on his key ring instead

    • @JohnDoe-nq4du
      @JohnDoe-nq4du Před 4 lety +2

      Deviant Ollam has stated that he has some locks he actually does this with. Not the good locks for stuff that needs to be really secure, but he has some he uses in less critical applications, where it's more about tamper evidence or even just needing to technically count as "locked", where he threw away the keys years ago, but kept the locks, because picking/raking them is easier than messing with the actual key.

    • @jaimedelgado7529
      @jaimedelgado7529 Před 4 lety +1

      @@JohnDoe-nq4du I know that guy too. I feel oddly proud by that fact.

    • @ceoyoyo
      @ceoyoyo Před 3 lety +1

      I had a car once that was quicker to open with a coat hanger than the actual key. Especially in the winter.
      I used the key anyway. Too many questions the other way.

    • @Kixtii
      @Kixtii Před 2 lety

      @@ceoyoyo I can imagine-
      “Hey, what are you doing?” *starts calling police*
      “Breaking into my car.”
      “You’re locked out?”
      “No.”
      “Then why are you breaking in?”
      “It’s faster to pick it.”

    • @sareharzomanian4564
      @sareharzomanian4564 Před 2 lety

      6666

  • @robcarnaroli269
    @robcarnaroli269 Před 3 lety +3

    This guys not getting through airport security with his version of a fidget spinner :-)

  • @MM-jr5sr
    @MM-jr5sr Před 2 lety

    Wow! What an inspiring video! Seeing and hearing you explain is like sitting with a teacher!

  • @jedcobb8242
    @jedcobb8242 Před 2 lety +1

    Very good advice. I've become very good at several different skills in my life. I refrain from saying "mastered" because I think that is not possible. There will always be something out there that you haven't encountered.
    Felling timber (logging) is one. I've felled many thousands of trees in my life. I've also climbed them and taken them down over multi million dollar homes and transmission lines working as an aborist. None are the same. None. When you set your saw into an individual tree it is the thousands of others that you have felled that tell you how to fell that one. Adding the risk of dying to the equation justs ups the anty.
    I was also a licenced plumber for 15 years. Now, a lot of people will scoff at that because they don't know what it takes to get there. Good for them. I've never killed a family by improperly venting a boiler or water heater. There is so much stuff to learn in plumbing that no one person could ever know all of it.
    I think our brains store this stuff, not on the top, but it is there and is accessed when we need it. I think you are spot on with your lock picking practice and I've never picked a lock in my life besides sliding a credit card through the front door of my house when I locked myself out. I hadn't locked the deadbolt.
    I enjoy your videos immensely. Hats off to you.

    • @kapa1611
      @kapa1611 Před 2 lety

      love your comment, very true 👍👍
      stay save logging.. i heard it's one of the most dangerous jobs out there. i read about logging accidents all the time in the news

  • @htomerif
    @htomerif Před 7 lety +121

    :( There don't seem to be any big sets of cores on ebay anymore. Man, I've looked. Ill look again right now.
    -edit:
    apparently I am an idiot. While I was looking for padlocks I overlooked the veritable sea of just cores that exist on ebay.

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 7 lety +32

      :-) Good luck with them.

    • @htomerif
      @htomerif Před 7 lety +2

      eh, its back to basics for me. I've been spoiled on padlocks. About half of them are Yale C keyways (I think). I've picked everything else but Im having difficulty with the warding there. Would it be easier with 15 thousandths picks? Mine are mostly sparrows 25 thousandths.

    • @timjackson5555
      @timjackson5555 Před 6 lety +1

      htomerif or a 18 thousandths, might try a offset diamond also like peterson for that. My sparrows i use on others, and southord on others yet. The 15 thousandths bend pretty easy, even the gov steel, so if you are heavy handed!

    • @The1wsx10
      @The1wsx10 Před 5 lety +5

      care to give me some search terms? or maybe there is a setting in ebay where you can search for used only that im missing...
      if i search for 'used', i just get a bunch of cutaway locks
      edit: actually, i have found a couple listings with about 10 lock cores and about $2 per lock which id love to buy (they typically have 'lot' in the name). but those are all in the US and the shipping doubles/triples the price.
      im thinking of paying a visit to some local locksmiths and seeing if they collect locks they have removed.

    • @NOVAKza
      @NOVAKza Před 3 lety

      It looks like, after LPL got popular, people have flooded the market with overpriced cores. I can't find these for sale for less than five. Usually "LOCKSPORT PACK OF FIVE CORES: FOURTY DOLLARS"

  • @angelowentzler9961
    @angelowentzler9961 Před 4 lety +4

    The other day I was at the movies and someone behind me was muttering "nice click out of 1, 2 is binding..."

  • @marksalot655
    @marksalot655 Před 5 lety

    I can always appreciate an intelligent approach to any challenge. 👍😎

  • @Lupinicus1664
    @Lupinicus1664 Před 2 lety +1

    Great advice. Works for other skills too. Thank you.

  • @mparryuk52
    @mparryuk52 Před 4 lety +18

    3:00 To myself and most fellow locksmiths that is literally porn 😛

  • @TutsTeach
    @TutsTeach Před 8 lety +47

    Can you recommend any locks or training locks that would be available in the UK that can be re-pinned for practising different configurations without having to keep buying locks all the time? Plus, where I could get pins of varying types and security levels to use in said lock? Thanks.

    • @lockpickinglawyer
      @lockpickinglawyer  Před 8 lety +25

      Sorry, I'm not familiar enough with locks in the UK to make a recommendation. As for security pins, when I use commercial security pins, I usually get them from clksupplies.com ... not sure if they ship overseas.

    • @adamthomas6643
      @adamthomas6643 Před 6 lety

      Lnxyy no.... just no

    • @TheDojoMonkey
      @TheDojoMonkey Před 6 lety +11

      I'm also in the UK, there's a great Canadian lock picking company called Sparrows that ship to the UK (postage cost about a fiver for me) and they sell a repinnable brass practice lock with a window into the lock body to see the pins which is great for practice. They also sell a 'reload kit' which includes loads of security pins and springs etc with all the stuff you need to repin a lock. All in all it cost me about £35 with postage and it's been great for helping me practice

    • @RealUnimportant
      @RealUnimportant Před 6 lety +7

      I got my first picks and a transparent practice lock from UKbumpkeys.com. They have a wide variety of locks and prices including repinnable locks which come with a box full of pins and springs for you to fiddle with. (The cheaper locks can probably also be repinned but you'd need to put some work in to access and then resecure them, not sure if the payoff is worth it.) They also have reduced prices on various items, it's the one site I've signed up for the (rare) news mailings and I've not regretted it. Only complaint I have is that the first lock I bought was far too easy to open with a simple rock & rake, which gave me a false sense of how easy a hobby this is, but it is marketed as a starter lock so has no security features; going back to first principles and doing some SPP helped me get my money's worth out of it.
      Another good source for practice locks is friends and work colleagues. I found some old padlocks at work that we'd lost the keys for so could never use, and have been happily playing with them for a while now; this really helps you learn how to approach a lock blind, work out how many pins or wafers it has, etc.

    • @joro407
      @joro407 Před 5 lety +2

      locksaway is great. Im beginner and currently picking one with removable pins. Definitely helps.

  • @LiqnLag
    @LiqnLag Před 5 lety

    You Sire, are an Artist and a Gentleman.

  • @randyhavard6084
    @randyhavard6084 Před 2 lety +1

    This is like the magician showing how they perform their tricks.

  • @altluigi5733
    @altluigi5733 Před 5 lety +43

    Lets say that you have 4 locks and 4 different keys and 1 master that open all 4.
    Do you have a video on how this works ?
    Thanks in advance.

    • @Purposable
      @Purposable Před 5 lety +9

      The term is master wafers I believe!

    • @thatoneguy9473
      @thatoneguy9473 Před 5 lety +4

      He has a video on those tsa locks and master locks. Not sure which one but try just searching lock picking lawyer TSA locks or something

    • @agentstache135
      @agentstache135 Před 4 lety +12

      I know it’s seven months late, but if you’re asking how master keys work generally each pin is split in two places (creating three pieces) so that there are two valid heights at which it will allow the core to turn. One set of heights will be the same across all the locks, corresponding to the master key, and the other set will be different for each lock, corresponding to the key that can only open that lock

  • @tommasobuscetta6173
    @tommasobuscetta6173 Před 3 lety +4

    Training for free: pick love locks on the next bridge :D

  • @christopher88719
    @christopher88719 Před 5 lety

    I realize I am commenting on an old video, but thank you for making this. This is a great approach and is giving me a lot of good ideas. I am new to picking but old to following the hobby. I have seen almost all your videos and Bills videos. I have been buying used lock lots on eBay because right now it is a cheap way to get 5 or more locks, but I love the idea to resale them, I think I am going to do just that.

  • @leftfieldrebel950
    @leftfieldrebel950 Před 4 lety +1

    top advice from the future 1st winner of 2019 lockpicking comp

  • @StefanDembowski
    @StefanDembowski Před 8 lety +5

    IMO, definitely good advice and a good approach.