A few months ago I stumbled across this page by accident. I watched several and was fascinated. My Dad was a locksmith (late 40's to 62 when he died, I was 8 then) and I loved watching him work on a lock and also make keys. He had a large box truck from the locksmith company with thousands of key blanks and tools. His tools are lost to time as I was too young to have them. You inspired me to try it out in my old age (68) so I bought a beginners kit off of amazon and spent about a half hour practicing on the see through padlock. Just for giggles I grabbed an old Master padlock #3 I have had for years. I picked it in less than 30 seconds the first time. You sir, have created a monster! ;) Thanks for convincing me to connect just a bit to my Dad, 59 years later.

@philsharp758

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely story. Glad you’ve found LPL. I never had any interest in lock picking until I found his channel. I do it as a fun hobby. The videos provide meditation for the mind and manual dexterity As LPL would say” Have a nice day.”

@jaytea3299

2 жыл бұрын

Kudos Old Tanker. It is a great hobby!

@Madlintelf

2 жыл бұрын

It's never too late to get hooked/started :) in my mid 50's and picked it up a year and a half ago. Check out Bosnian Bill's channel, he's retired now but you will learn so much and get to see great product reviews and enjoy his sense of humor. Enjoy!

@bupereira

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing story. Thanks for sharing it!

@SammanMahmoud

2 жыл бұрын

May Allah mercy your father and my father's souls, may they rest in peace

“A little out of practice” Yet still opened it faster than it takes me to find my keys 🔐

@egornikulin9504

2 жыл бұрын

This is too relatable, man

@ukubot2503

2 жыл бұрын

"Shoot, where did I put those keys again?" LPL: "... click on 3, and we're in!"

@andrazi4050

2 жыл бұрын

85 seconds. 85 seconds from picking it up to the nice metallic 'clack' "and we got this opened." Definitely takes me at least that much time to find my keys

@all.day.day-dreamer

2 жыл бұрын

haha

@WW1Hun

2 жыл бұрын

85 seconds…. I know exactly where my keys are, and it would still take me that long to get them 😹

Took 1 minute to pick open. The guys at Mul-T-Lock must be celebrating

@peterbakpetersen4942

2 жыл бұрын

He just needs a Multi Pass

I love it when you take them apart and show the pinning. Thank you for the content!

@MelbourneMatty

2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I see a video that’s more than 2-3 minutes, I think “oh, maybe a decent lock”. Then every time (pretty much) without fail, it’s just because he’s struggling to get the actual pins out cleanly. Beautiful.

@AxxLAfriku

2 жыл бұрын

I am the cool kid from Germany making videos for the USA and the rest of the world. I will make your day so don't say nay to me today, dear 5om

@christianferrazgruner

2 жыл бұрын

Love the gutting part too! More of that!

@mattdude

2 жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert

@jarosawksiazczyk3082

2 жыл бұрын

By far my favorite videos are those with disassembly. I mean, picking is cool, but it is only half of the story. We get "how" but not "why". And this video shows us both! Thanks LPL!

The best commercial for Mul T lock ever. Two minutes of picking. That's an eternity for LPL so this is the lock of choice for everyone.

Dude. Let's talk about what a freaking champ the camera is with such razor sharp focus, and being so fast to auto focus too.

@fluke196c

2 жыл бұрын

knowing what kind of things LPL likes I would love to see info about his filming setup

@martindurand5492

2 жыл бұрын

@@fluke196c Look at that, you are a fluke !-)

@raypatchkin9535

2 жыл бұрын

AvE sure needs this camera 😂

@deputydog1995

2 жыл бұрын

@@fluke196c Yes, it would be nice to see a slide at the end describing his setup.

@hookmhorns91

2 жыл бұрын

@@raypatchkin9535 beat me to it lol

Been following LPL for 6 months, and my children and I can now pick Master locks. Love the content. I'm a criminal lawyer (hold the jokes) and wanted to chime in that in 20 years of practice I have never once had a lockpicking case. I've had crowbars, bricks, people cutting through tar roofs, people cutting through drywall, people hiding in bathrooms until the store closes, people stealing codes from management, safes opened with jackhammers or backhoes . . . everything you can imagine except lock picks. Which means one of two things . . . either none of the lock pickers get caught, or nobody does it. I think it's the latter, and I just can't imagine why given that my 11 year old could now empty the average self-storage unit.

@michaelbamber4887

2 жыл бұрын

Because in reality you can't pick a lock when it's in use. Like to see him using his tension bars and pick on a container lock, you can't even see the lock, and can only just get the key in. Its more for fun that criminal use I think.

@potatoes4843

2 жыл бұрын

What is it with you lawyers and lock picking?

@kasper_429

2 жыл бұрын

@@potatoes4843 Maybe because they want to learn how to defend against it...in more ways than one. Lol.

@sebastianjost

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbamber4887 it's certainly a more awkward position than picking on your desk, but in many cases it's still not hard. There are plenty of padlocks hanging around that are easily accessible. So is every door lock. Surely there are cases where the position would be too awkward for picking, but there are many other cases too. I guess brute force is just easier (requires less skill)

@jaytea3299

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbamber4887 no disrespect at all intended, but in my experience as a quite novice picker (yes, only on locks that my company or I own...) wrong on the first point, but also totally correct on the second. It is harder than it looks here as you correctly infer, and also as fun as you imply!

These mult locks are a bargain compared to other kinds of locks. Make no mistake it takes real skill to pick these. This man made me see the errors of my ways in lock choices.

@xZeroOffical

2 жыл бұрын

Finding appropriate lock become so much harder ever since I started watching this channel.

@Engineerd3d

2 жыл бұрын

@@xZeroOffical the idea is to have slightly higher security lock than your neighbor, although the key is to have a lifestyle that is poorer than your neighbors reducing the likelihood of being targeted in the first place.

@_BangDroid_

2 жыл бұрын

Also, using an obviously expensive lock is advertising you have something worth stealing

@metaparalysis3441

2 жыл бұрын

@@_BangDroid_ just get an expensive lock and tape a masterlock sticker on it :D

@Engineerd3d

2 жыл бұрын

Well the mult lock Jr core for my door looks the same as the Kwik set from a distance. I even got it in gold color to match the rest of the door. The difference is under the stamped sheet metal the sheilding is cast steel and the deadbolt is higher quality.

Holy he disassembled it. Haven't seen him do that in a while.

@fredeso7844

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. And it put up "a little bit of a fight". Must be a good lock indeed :).

@pavelognev108

2 жыл бұрын

Finally a lock good enough to show what's inside.

@jabonought

2 жыл бұрын

confused me too when i saw the video was 6 mins long

It's important to remember that the LPL is literally one of, if not the single greatest expert at defeating locks on the planet right now. It's highly unlikely that he's going to show up at your place and try to get inside. The real question is what level of security are you comfortable with since nothing is totally secure. The LPL does us all a great service by identifying the crap from the so-so to the satisfactory to the good to the great. It's our jobs to pick what we can stand to use.

@nooboftheyear7170

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm... Click on one, two is binding...

LockPickingLawyer, before the year ends, I REALLY want to thank you for making these videos. I'm a guy with sleeping problems and watching your videos and listening to your voice really helps me. Also, these videos are very educational and I learn so much from these. Thank you!

@peterkelley6344

2 жыл бұрын

As strange as it might seem ... The KZread Channel Cracking the Cryptic also openly welcomes persons with sleeping problems and that channel has been noted by some doctors for both sleeping and for memory practice.

'I'm a little out of practise' 'So it should take me a little under a minute' Love it!

I haven't been following this channel for much more than a few months, but I've learned if a video is more than 2 minutes long, one of the following is true: A) LPL is giving a detailed history of the lock/manufacturer B) there is a gutting as well as picking C) it's actually a difficult lock to pick D) it's not a master lock

This is perhaps the best video so far that I’ve seen that answers the “what lock SHOULD I buy?” question.

@caleschley

2 жыл бұрын

That means you have a lot of LPL videos left to watch 😉

@ChristofferOrrmalmUtsi

2 жыл бұрын

Most locks are better than masterlock.

@Scion15

2 жыл бұрын

@@Left4Donut most lockpickers, not necessarily most people

@namelessminionveinreaver3763

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta go for that Disc detainer core. That's pretty much the best type out there considering the best lockpick in the world had to develop a new tool (with the help of his Bosnian friend) to get into them.

@anut8733

2 жыл бұрын

When the video length is over 3 minutes or more, it's usually a good lock

"it's probably gonna take someone with a little bit of skill to open it up" We have a winner.

@highdownmartin

2 жыл бұрын

Good enough for the Crown Jewels then!!

A Mul-T-Lock dimple pin lock is practically impossible to pick unless you're an expert. LPL made it look easy because he's a pro. period.

@kameljoe21

2 жыл бұрын

As long as you have a small understanding as to how locks work, the most average person can unlock a lock with a pick in a few mins or less. It has been proven over and over with a little bit of showing you how a person can pick open a lock. There is a good example on I think it might have been CBC about locksmiths. Showing the news person how to pick a lock open and then calling a locksmith who then says he can not pick a lock and needs to drill. The lady could pick the lock in about 30 seconds. Now I am not saying that someone can pick this lock that fast it might take them a few mins yet Its very possible that they will get it. If the LPL can pick a lock so can we all. It just might take longer.

@TheGeezzer

2 жыл бұрын

@@kameljoe21So by and large you are saying that...Anyone can pick this lock but it might take _a lot_ longer... is what I think you _really_ meant. And that lot longer could be hours or even days and to that, I'll agree! Got any lock picks? Had a go at one of these? Please do tell. I have and I failed!

@01001000010101000100

2 жыл бұрын

​@@kameljoe21 I wonder how much time would a complete beginner need to open this up and would it require just a basic lock picking kit, or something more advanced. I'm curious in the differences between various lock models. For LPL some locks take a couple of seconds, the best ones - like almost a minute. I think the times would vary a lot more for beginners. Do you think many thieves know how to pick locks at all?

@ipick4fun27

2 жыл бұрын

@@01001000010101000100 thieves for the most part will not pick locks. They have to do it quickly. So destructive method are most likely. Angle grinders only take 20 seconds.

@keymasta3260

2 жыл бұрын

He is almost Egon Olsen level

Well, if it's a lock picking thing ever goes south, you can always become a surgeon; the precision and care you disassemble these things with is always exceptional

My son introduced me to this random guy. Isn’t he too nice to be an actual lawyer?? Love to watch someone who is so accomplished at what they do! Fascinating!!

@Dimas_Lopes

2 жыл бұрын

we can only see his lockpicker side on yt pray God that you never see his lawyer side

@DeltaGamingOfficialYt

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dimas_Lopes what

@dwayne7356

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dimas_Lopes I am a little out of practice arguing this kind of case. Judgement in his favor in 5 minutes.

@michaelkierum42

2 жыл бұрын

in my experience trial lawyers are often more combative. Probate and estate lawyers or contract / copywrite attorneys are very polite and nice.

@heartysquid

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic isn't he? Always extremely polite and friendly, while he picks open locks and genuinely makes you interested in a subject you'd never have encountered otherwise.

“Click out of one. Number two is binding…” This should be on a shirt.

@mariobarbosa1067

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes, please! @LockPickingLawyer please make some of these and take my money.

@kernicterus1233

2 жыл бұрын

I’d buy one too.

@michaelmorris4515

2 жыл бұрын

If he's feeling particularly naughty he can use some lines from the April Fool's episodes... Let's be honest though - he's a lawyer. I doubt he's hurting for money enough to take the time to do T-shirt designs.

@assassinlexx1993

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmorris4515 He could pick someone else 😏🤦‍♂️

@michaelmorris4515

2 жыл бұрын

@@assassinlexx1993 True. And it would be fun.

For an end-of-the-year review, I think it would be interesting to see a montage of every lock that you picked throughout the year - no introductions, no discussing of the internals or disassembly - just the time it actually took to pick the locks.

@kameljoe21

2 жыл бұрын

It might be an hour long video. I am not sure how many videos he did this year. Around 100 at 30 seconds average per lock, that is 50 mins. Maybe not an hour I am thinking around 19 mins long, there is a lot of 3 second rakes and 1 second hammer taps.

@kameljoe21

2 жыл бұрын

1221 was the first video of the year. So 173 videos at about 5 seconds each it would be 14 or 15 mins long. Yet I do recall one lock taking like a whole min to pick..

@jaytea3299

2 жыл бұрын

@@kameljoe21 Colab? I'm in

I'm a good youtube consumer because I wait until I watch the entire video to comment.

LPL: You could make millions narrating. Your voice is one of the better ones for narrating.

I've been a subscriber for about a year and I recently introduced my wife to your videos and now she is completely hooked. We are in South Africa and we now are searching on a daily basis for a lock that we can send you but we've yet to find one that will be a challenge for you. We tend to debate in-store on how long it will take you on all sorts of locks. The search continues...

@KF1

2 жыл бұрын

Some well-informed passerby hearing you talk about locks with your wife in the store would probably have a big, good natured smile hearing about your plans, and ask if you watched his keynote address (what a good name for an LPL talk, keynote!)

@DuchalvanWyngaard

2 жыл бұрын

@@KF1 yeah I watched it. LPL was a bit nervous but it was extremely interesting.

I love to see a disassembly after a good picking. Thanks for the great content!

Little out of practice? This man is insane. The speed at which he works is so crazy. Locksmiths who earn money from this stuff don't do it as fast on much simpler locks.

@gregiep

2 жыл бұрын

While this is true, picking is a relatively small part of many locksmiths’ jobs. Also, they are working under field conditions (dirty, possibly damaged hardware, uncomfortable angles, in the rain), and they don’t get to film multiple takes and select the best one. None of this to take anything away from LPL, he is an excellent lock picker.

@Vorsai

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregiep As a locksmith I will also add, at least in the US, 95% of locks I come across are going to be KW1 or SC1 with the occasional Y1, S22 or Corbin.

@spicytrashpanda

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vorsai for some reason my area seems to also have an abundance of 6D1Rs and Yale 11-GBs, oddly more than the more common Y1.

@JoeC92

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregiep oddly enough a few of the locksmiths I meet at work (construction) rarely pick or even know how. Always start talking to them and they all say the same. Lots of their work is just installing door hardware not opening stuff that's missing a key.

@keith6706

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeC92 Yeah, most of the locksmiths I know have the main specialized part of the job being able to remove locks without damaging the door. What happens to the _lock_ is, of course, unimportant.

LPL is not a lawyer, he is a human skeleton key.

@peterkelley6344

2 жыл бұрын

Before we loose to much sight, LPL IS a registered and properly 'barred' Lawyer in the USA.

@Talguy21

2 жыл бұрын

There's no reason he can't be both. =D

The disappointment in his voice when he discovers there's no counter-milling on the outer pins... Clearly he was hoping to put some praise on a core that made him work for it. Bare millimeters from greatness. Thanks for another great vid LPL 😄

"A big problem is the grease making everything sticky" That's the opposite of what it's supposed to do!

@kirvis250

2 жыл бұрын

I fully understand that this is meant as a joke, but still I'm gonna bitch about it: Solidol, Grpahite greases are sticky because of high viscosity. They are used to lubricate bearings.

@NeoTechni

2 жыл бұрын

@@kirvis250 not a joke. Lubricant is meant to reduce friction. Sticky = more friction. I was unaware there's a lubricant meant to be sticky.

@kirvis250

2 жыл бұрын

​@@NeoTechni it's not meant to be sticky. I'ts more of a side effect of high viscosity liquids. and high viscosity greases are used in places that can't be hermetically sealed like locks, bearings, hinges etc.

@jankoodziej877

2 жыл бұрын

Grease is also used to protect the parts from water, is not all only about lubrication.

@PeterWMeek

2 жыл бұрын

Grease is simply oil in a soap-like carrier so it won't drain away. The carrier is resistant to movement to keep the oil in place. Grease is not really suitable for situations where there are lightweight parts that must move freely, being moved by very small forces. I submit that a pinned lock (of any sort) is just such a place; clockwork is another.

Keep crushin it LPL....I am addicted to watching to your videos

I’d love to see a video of you putting some of these locks back together

@rageagainstthebath

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

@Dresden_Nova

2 жыл бұрын

Thirded

@TheArchangel38401

2 жыл бұрын

It's just reversed? There's not much too see.

@JoeC92

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheArchangel38401 taking apart is easy. Putting back together is always so finicky and a pain for me.

@thelockpickingspoon9074

2 жыл бұрын

You can probably find other videos with it on KZread. Hell, I’ve got one

Your videos are always so entertaining. So slow and methodical, yet your high level of expertise makes it pass like a breeze.

@kenneth6102

2 жыл бұрын

Slow?

I love it when you gut the locks out of their parts to show us, all of the little pieces separated and organized just feels neat

I love how he knows exactly what video he showed a lock in!

Yay, teardown! We need more of these, you're covering for Bill now.

*Me:* Wow! A six minute video! Must be a pretty great lock. *TWO MINUTES LATER* *Me:* Oh. He's doing a tear down. Nevermind!

@alweinhofer5453

2 жыл бұрын

Multi Lock is one of the best available. I remember when they became available in the 1980's.

Damn, there will be no more videos until next year. How can I wait so long. 🤷‍♂ Hope you and your family have a great New Year LPL and *Thank You* for all the videos this year. 👍

There is no finer entertainment to be had than a craftsman plying his trade! If L.P.L. is as masterful in his law practice as he is educating the masses about locks he is a force to be reckoned with! That coming from the guy who was smart and married an attorney!

@KF1

2 жыл бұрын

He got out of law practice to sell lockpicking tools. And he's so good at educating and inspiring that I bought a handful of locks to learn on. I can do masterlock 40d, masterlock 1 (made in milwuakee) and a bunch of little brass ones. So far no luck on American Lock, but maybe one day I can develop the necessary feel and skill. It's a lot of fun when the locks open. Sometimes it's even a surprise

This man just taught me how a lock works and how to pick it in under 6 minutes. To all my other teachers who take 45 minutes to explain verb structures, take note

It has been so long since the last gutting! And it's a pin-in-pin dimple lock! I've missed these.

Happy new year thank you for the great videos this year.

i like when you gut locks it makes it better to understand what security features locks have or lack of security features

Thanks for showing us the pinning. I miss seeing that since you-know-who retired.

Nothing like a hardened screw down the shackle hole.

Always nice to see it being pulled apart 😁

New Mul-T-Lock Advertisement: So good it took the Lock Picking Lawyer one minute to pick it!

I love it when you disassemble the locks.

My back cracked the other day and I thought "click on one..."

@haimlvov10

2 жыл бұрын

... nothing on two

@SystemX1983

2 жыл бұрын

counter rotation on three?

When the video length shows picking required for disassembly was longer than the actual time it took to pick the lock open.

Sheen a while since I’ve seen the tray; nice to see you’re still very good at taking these apart as well as picking them.

It's real neat when you take apart locks after picking it. Interesting to see the guts of a lock and how well you put them back together again. Thanks for producing these videos and looking forward to more great videos in 2022 Happy New Year!!!.

Thanks for the LPL picking and year-end Bosnian Billing of that lock's interior.

A cool lock to end the year on and with a bonus gutting. Happy New Year to you and yours, thanks for all the content, cheers

"We got this open." Hell yeah we did, go team.

LPL always reminds me of how inept I am at lock picking. Thanks, LPL! Happy New Year!

I wish he had mentioned was the ball was for. Kinda just popped out as he was taking the lock apart.

A 6 minutes LPL video? Amazing lock!

Over 6 minutes! It must be ok to use at home. :)

With this guy, I would have to just weld it shut!!! Compliments to LockPickingLawyer!

I was wondering about the counter milling too. Glad you covered it. 🤣

Thanks for doing the disassembly! Nice work.

Every time I see a video over 2.5 minutes long, I know it's going to be something with a lock that a mere mortal can't handle.

Funny story from work. We had a lock to the bathroom jam cause of a piece of metal in it. Tried fishing it out and noticed the cylinder turn. Used a paper clip and found it doesn't even need a key.

Did anybody else notice at 3:26 there was a small ball that falls out? Just curious what it was. Love watching these videos

@Zizhou

2 жыл бұрын

Could be an anti-drilling ball bearing?

Great to see excellence in action. Happy new year!

I love it when he disembowels his prey after he kills it. Such a power flex

A 6 minute video? A Christmas miracle

That disassembly was really interesting, thank you 👍

Yay! I have really missed the guttings lately. Thank you. 👌

Love seeing a good gut on these locks!

and as always, Thank you for that Video! And happy new Year!

Nice video. Thank you for showing the inside parts. When I was a kid I used to take apart things to see how they work. Things like doorknobs.

Any Mul-t-Lock is still awesome compared to most others.

Thanks LPL. I hope you have a great New Year celebration.

Love the tear-downs.

I love when these teardowns happen. Thank you.

Awesome! Love the gutting and close-up part!

“I’m a little out of practice “ Picks lock in less than 90secs

I'd love to see you put one back together again. Taking them apart is really cool but putting it back together and using it would be fun too.

For the life of me I can not figure out when I wacth you pick these locks. I know at this point it takes no longer than 2 minutes. I think it is the relaxing tone. Thanks for the video

Love the gutting vids. One of the things I liked about BB. Even the disaters!

Nice lock, great picking, I only have 1 dimple type lock, it's identical to the one in Bosnian Bills "Construction lock Silliness" episode (1066). I bought it after seeing that video. Have a Happy New Year 🥳🥳🥳🎆🎆🎆

Love from DeKalb Mississippi USA 🇺🇸

Really enjoy the disassembly of the cores. I think i can learn something from that part of your videos

Nice. The article in Apple news does you good and now I have a face and a picture to The Voice.

Love the videos that show a lock disassembly

Does anybody ever comment on how well lit these videos are? The screw at the bottom of the shackle hole was immediately visible. Nice!

Happy new year everyone. Here’s to the slim chance Master Lock will give a damn in 2022.

"A little bit out of practice." That's like that one smart kid saying, that he totally messed up the test, but gets 99/100 points nonetheless.

@nooboftheyear7170

2 жыл бұрын

Thats cos they know he's the quiet kid too...

Nice pick . Nice lock . HAPPY NEW YEAR .

at 2:10 my heart started pounding because I thought, "this is taking too long for LPL..."

There are pins _inside_ the pins. That's just cool.

Happy new year!

The interesting taking these locks apart; I never see you put them back together ;)

Love it! This lock gutting was almost as...messy...as one of Bosnian Bill's!

Martin! I live in Tempe, AZ too! Was up neighbor!

Thank you very much I hope you have a good Christmas you and your family I hope you will have a good New Year's and your family keep up the good work I learned a lot from you thank you again bye-bye

Missed seeing the occasional disassembly. Just got a covert companion for Christmas and have been practicing

Happy New Year

New year’s cheers LPL!

W00t! A gutting! I love that! Thank you!