[1565] A Modern “Soviet” Lock… As Bad as the Original (Apiko)

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  • @leightonpetty4817
    @leightonpetty48178 ай бұрын

    Thank god he did it a second time, I was worried it might be a fluke

  • @marcoferramosca8712

    @marcoferramosca8712

    8 ай бұрын

    I this point i think he just wants to please the people that cant get enough of his sexy voice

  • @nukewurld

    @nukewurld

    8 ай бұрын

    Feel like most of what he does now is for alll the memes. We love the memes

  • @JensPilemandOttesen

    @JensPilemandOttesen

    8 ай бұрын

    We did not see him trying his other 100 rakes and jiggler and shockers, before he finally found the only one that worked.

  • @nukewurld

    @nukewurld

    8 ай бұрын

    @JensPilemandOttesen true. It probably took him 3 hours and we saw the fruits of his labor

  • @nightshadegatito

    @nightshadegatito

    8 ай бұрын

    @@nukewurldThen we must propose LPL a challenge. To prove he can use any of his tools, he lets the chat audience on live stream choose which one he uses.

  • @garymendham
    @garymendham8 ай бұрын

    Took longer to get the rake out from the Covert Companion than to actually open the lock! 😂

  • @kenbrown2808

    @kenbrown2808

    8 ай бұрын

    but still took longer than some masterlocks I've opened.

  • @jackmarshall2496

    @jackmarshall2496

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@kenbrown2808slower than the 10/10 secure master lock he also wave raked 😂

  • @r0cketplumber

    @r0cketplumber

    8 ай бұрын

    @@kenbrown2808 Well, true, at least he didn't just hit it with another lock.

  • @kenbrown2808

    @kenbrown2808

    8 ай бұрын

    @@r0cketplumber i knew of a car that you could unlock by hitting the door with your hand.

  • @patbullard9276

    @patbullard9276

    8 ай бұрын

    So, I guess what you’re saying is, the covert companion is a high security lock when compared to this lock, right?

  • @kote315
    @kote3158 ай бұрын

    Most likely this is not a “reproduction” in the usual sense. It’s just that some businessman privatized a former Soviet factory and continues to produce old locks on old equipment. There are quite a lot of such products in Ukraine, as well as in Russia and other post-Soviet countries.

  • @lolatmyage

    @lolatmyage

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah it's surprising the tools and materials and the entire factory wasn't "sold" for scrap, this was the fate of many soviet factories after it dissolved

  • @voidseeker4394

    @voidseeker4394

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@lolatmyageand it is mostly good idea, because soviet products can't compete with other countries product in market-driven economy anyway, therefore completely useless.

  • @EnergeticWaves

    @EnergeticWaves

    8 ай бұрын

    one of them oligarchs

  • @RE3254

    @RE3254

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@voidseeker4394are you suggesting post Soviet countries do not have market economies even 30 years after the collapse of the Union? Or do you just need to invent a reason to feel smug, Westerner?

  • @hustla818

    @hustla818

    8 ай бұрын

    That's the right answer right there. They might pretend that it's an "homage", but this is the exact thing that's going on

  • @Alorand
    @Alorand8 ай бұрын

    As a kid who remembers the Kiev of the 1990s - you wanted your locks to look old, otherwise it attracted attention of the more serious criminal elements that wanted to know what you were hiding. And the small time criminals certainly knew more about using a crowbar than a wave rake.

  • @Elizimus

    @Elizimus

    8 ай бұрын

    Kyiv*, not Kiev.

  • @PhD63

    @PhD63

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ElizimusEither or. Kyiv is the romanized official Ukrainian name for the city, Kiev is the traditional English name for the city.

  • @damien4197

    @damien4197

    8 ай бұрын

    @@PhD63 Ah, yes, the one the inhabitants would rather you use, or the Russian derived one there's no real reason to (but we know why). But yeah, either or.

  • @tarfeef_4268

    @tarfeef_4268

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@damien4197lol yeah I was gonna say "I'll trust the guy who grew up there when determining what the locals call their home"

  • @CptJistuce

    @CptJistuce

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah, that's a universal truth. If your locks look too good, people wonder what you're using them to secure. Hey, look! One person here can comment on substance instead of go OCD over minor spelling differences!

  • @Volkaer
    @Volkaer8 ай бұрын

    To be fair, the reason most Soviet locks don't care about pick resistance and instead resemble a solid brick, is because all the criminals of that era wanting to break in, would have gone the sledgehammer or crpwbar approach regardless of how easily they could have picked it.

  • @jackmarshall2496

    @jackmarshall2496

    8 ай бұрын

    Funny master lock seem to have taken the same approach, making their reinforced shackles etc yet any I've found that have those extra reinforcements are easier to pick than the ones that don't have that security

  • @r0cketplumber

    @r0cketplumber

    8 ай бұрын

    Полиция подозревает, что в инциденте имел место алкоголь.

  • @TwiggehTV

    @TwiggehTV

    8 ай бұрын

    Its the Slavic mantra - it doesnt have to be good, it just has to look good.

  • @quillmaurer6563

    @quillmaurer6563

    8 ай бұрын

    @@jackmarshall2496 The real irony, as this channel has discussed on numerous occasions, is that Master's by far most pick resistant locks are their plastic-body lock-out-tag-out locks, which are designed to be extremely unlikely to be inadvertently opened with the wrong key but also easy to break off if the key were to get lost. So they have pick-resistant locks and highly reinforced locks, but have never combined those features into the same lock. Would seem like an obvious thing they could do to make an actually good lock, but I suppose they have a reputation to uphold.

  • @voidseeker4394

    @voidseeker4394

    8 ай бұрын

    And yet owning a lockpick is a felony in most post-USSR countries, and i assume USSR as well. Not using, just owning.

  • @zyeborm
    @zyeborm8 ай бұрын

    You could get great security with that lock, you just drop it in a sock and use it to bludgeon anyone trying to break in.

  • @uninstaller2860

    @uninstaller2860

    8 ай бұрын

    Not with soviet socks, unless you want to sling the lock

  • @DugrozReports

    @DugrozReports

    8 ай бұрын

    I read this comment in a stereotypical Soviet accent.

  • @DinnerForkTongue

    @DinnerForkTongue

    8 ай бұрын

    @@DugrozReports You see Ivan

  • @9VARZ

    @9VARZ

    8 ай бұрын

    No need for Soviet socks. Most socks would also break first

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    8 ай бұрын

    @@uninstaller2860 I mean, with some practice you could probably get pretty good at launching locks.

  • @FrostyFrostySnow
    @FrostyFrostySnow8 ай бұрын

    This lock is better at keeping you anchored during waves than surviving a wave rake

  • @DinnerForkTongue

    @DinnerForkTongue

    8 ай бұрын

    You may not be wrong. This could well be what it was designed to do.

  • @TheDasHatti

    @TheDasHatti

    8 ай бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @madtabby66

    @madtabby66

    8 ай бұрын

    I hope so.

  • @IvanKowalenko

    @IvanKowalenko

    7 ай бұрын

    Womp womp

  • @Rencol666
    @Rencol6668 ай бұрын

    these locks were made to resist drunken gopnik with some iron bar, not picking tool

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    8 ай бұрын

    As I understand, they really didn't resist that very well either.

  • @real_andrii

    @real_andrii

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@0neDoomedSpaceMarinecan you snap iron rod with iron bar?

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    7 ай бұрын

    @@real_andrii Depending on what kind of leverage applied where, and depending on what the structural strength and quality is of either part, and the lock's mechanical assembly is, then yes. This very channel shows how you can use a pair of non-adjustable wrenches to break various common padlocks open. Consider that lead is softer than steel, but if you shoot a lead bullet at the side of a gun's barrel, you can seriously damage that gunbarrel, even if it's the exact same kind of gun which you used to shoot it with. Energy is a significant factor of the equation.

  • @hugo511
    @hugo5118 ай бұрын

    hey LPL, small correction: I'm pretty sure the company's name is actually "Ariko" (the Cyrillic R looks like a P), I looked it up and there seems to be a Ukrainian lock manufacturer by that name

  • @Michael-Archonaeus

    @Michael-Archonaeus

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes, and the O is pronounced more like the O in 'otter' than the O in 'over'.

  • @kutter_ttl6786

    @kutter_ttl6786

    8 ай бұрын

    Considering LPL's wife is Russian, I'm surprised he didn't run the name by her beforehand.

  • @ronen_khazin

    @ronen_khazin

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@kutter_ttl6786that's true but she might then have figured it was in Latin characters because of the 'i', which isn't present in Russian. However, it is present in the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet.

  • @ImPedofinderGeneral

    @ImPedofinderGeneral

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ronen_khazin "i" was presented in tsarist times russian before communists simplified language, we still able to read it =)

  • @JonahDyer

    @JonahDyer

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks, I was looking for someone to say this so I don't have to lol.

  • @barman_ua
    @barman_ua8 ай бұрын

    In Ukraine and former USSR states, no one picks thees locks. Instead, there is a simple brutal force technique - a screw into the keyhole, then pry it open with a crowbar.

  • @prfwrx2497

    @prfwrx2497

    8 ай бұрын

    Screwdriver into the keyhole, and lever the entire thing open with a crowbar?

  • @Happy_Boner

    @Happy_Boner

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@prfwrx2497Nah, you pull the entire core out with either a crowbar or a slide hammer puller grabbing it by the screw.

  • @ImPedofinderGeneral

    @ImPedofinderGeneral

    8 ай бұрын

    @@prfwrx2497 screw, not screwdriver. The screw will gut the mechanism and pins while you pulling it out by crowbar so you may just turn it by any key of this size

  • @arthurmoore9488

    @arthurmoore9488

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ImPedofinderGeneral The other half of why "Drill resistant" cores are so useful. They also prevent this attack.

  • @rico76

    @rico76

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@arthurmoore9488they make that attack slower to accomplish, it is still entirely possible with the knowledge of what to do. I've drilled through many good quality "drill resistant" locks. Also higher end drill bits are faster, but more expensive doing that since they get fairly chewed up. Will always attempt to pick first though if time and access is available.

  • @sielentbrat4005
    @sielentbrat40058 ай бұрын

    Hi! I'm from Ukraine and I actually used a very similar lock on a garage for some time. And, who would have thought - it was broken into at some point! But the funniest part - no one picked it. They just brut forced it with a screw and a hammer.

  • @sunofabeach9424

    @sunofabeach9424

    8 ай бұрын

    lmao, I'm from Russia -- and I saw the very same lock being handled the very same way

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    8 ай бұрын

    The way I hear it described, the keyway is more of a suggestion on a lot of these, and that many of them were brutalized open pretty easily.

  • @sunofabeach9424

    @sunofabeach9424

    8 ай бұрын

    @@0neDoomedSpaceMarine this lock isn't the one that can be easily brutalized. Of course you can break it but you will make a ton of noise and spare a considerable amount of time. If such problems don't concern a burglar then it doesn't matter what lock you put on your door. I know a family that secured their country home with an extremely break-proof lock system and burglars just used thermite composition to burn through that door leaving the locks untouched. Picking such lock is way faster but it requires certain intellect to do which burglars do not possess

  • @KasumiRINA

    @KasumiRINA

    7 ай бұрын

    We used a (not sharp) kitchen knife to open the room door in OUR communal flat in Odesa. Like yeah the apartment itself had a working lock but the door to our room from corridor occupied by 3 families was essentially a lever you picked with any thin object that could slid between the door and the frame and lift up the tongue or however you call it. Iron thingy that lock manipulates.

  • @Sasha11711

    @Sasha11711

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@KasumiRINA I did the same thing when I accidentally locked the bathroom without a key. Greetings from Ivano-Frankivsk.

  • @ToomasTelling
    @ToomasTelling8 ай бұрын

    Most soviet era criminals liked to smash lock open rather than pick them. These type of locks were found on garages. And garages were built like storage units all next to each other in a compound. That usually had guards and guard dogs on site. Lockpicking was reserved for braking into aparments were actually valubale stuff was. Because tools were cheap and everywhere and cars were fairly hard to resell if they were stolen.

  • @simongeard4824

    @simongeard4824

    8 ай бұрын

    No different anywhere, I suspect. Lock picking requires skill, and the main reason to use skill over brute force is that you're trying not to break things... not a priority for the average burglar.

  • @pavelognev108

    @pavelognev108

    8 ай бұрын

    @@simongeard4824 That's why a door+lock assembly must be solid enough to force burglar to rely on his skills only.

  • @simonspacek3670

    @simonspacek3670

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@simongeard4824 I always felt like average burglar will want to get in quickly, grab whatever he can and get out with minimal sound and time spent outside. Crowbar will usually give you pretty quick access and can be also used inside, if something is screwed down (or if the owner is there and the burglar wants to fight). But lockpicks, that is something for a guy that doesn't want the owner to know that somebody got in. What may be the reason for it? It can be a private eye, I know, not 100% legal, but I can see a situation where PE would use picklock. I saw firefighters use a pick gun to get in an apartment when they had to get out guy who fall and couldn't get up (BTW, having one of those tools is great for situations like that, they wanted to get the guy in hospital and lock the door after leaving). And then there are really dark reasons, like kidnapping, stalking, maybe even a planned murder.

  • @TestECull

    @TestECull

    7 ай бұрын

    @@simonspacek3670 Or just not being detected. Sure, sure, a quick smash and grab will get the job done, but that will alert everyone within half a city block that you're doing naughty shit. Pick the lock quietly and slip in nobody has a clue. And if you're particularly good faced with a shitty lock you can even do it in broad daylight in front of everyone and it won't look like you're breaking in at all. Just look like you're sticking a key in there as if you're *supposed* to be opening that door. Witnesses won't even know they're witnessing a crime. The average burglar doesn't care too much about being undetected, though, so they'll just smash their way in. And that's why they always get busted.

  • @TestECull

    @TestECull

    7 ай бұрын

    @@pavelognev108 Which is pretty much never the case in an American home. Standard PTP 2x4 door posts and cheap laminated hollow-core doors don't do shit to stop burglars. One well placed kick bypasses whatever lock you have in the door whether it's a shitty Masterlock or the finest in the land. You want a burglar to have to rely on skill you're gonna want reinforced steel door posts and a solid oak or solid steel door. And then hope beyond hope they don't get any ideas about the bay window 5 steps to the right of the front door..... Modern US home design is a security nightmare. You just about have to design the damn thing yourself if you want it to be secure.

  • @irdmoose
    @irdmoose8 ай бұрын

    The level of security rivals that of a typical modern Master lock. Amazing how forward thinking Apiko was.

  • @_FireHeart

    @_FireHeart

    7 ай бұрын

    It’s pronounced as Ariko, cuz the brand is written in Ukrainian, not English. :)

  • @7eis
    @7eis8 ай бұрын

    "Mister Gorbatjov, rake open this lock!" Ronald Reagan, 1987.. probably (I lied)

  • @garrett2362
    @garrett23628 ай бұрын

    I know you often point out how cheap locks are easily picked, but how many people know that? Maybe serious criminals and a few hobbyists like us know that locks can be picked by most everyone with a few easily obtained tools. The other 99.9% of the population see a padlock and think it's removal is the only way in. Case in point. I have a driveway with a cable between 2 mafia blocks. I welded the nuts on the clamps, have a grade 70 3/8" chain on 1 block for length adjustment. A few years ago someone tried to get in. There were 3 broken hacksaw blades, scratch marks on the shackel and cable, and the lock had been beaten with a hammer to the point I could not open it with a key. 1 hacksaw blade could have easily cut through the soft rebar loop in the top of the mafia block. Again my point is a padlock is more of a mental barrier and there is usually a much easier way in.

  • @brianjrichman
    @brianjrichman8 ай бұрын

    As you were talking about 'picking', I immediately thought "What? You're not going to rake it?" Then out came the rake!

  • @Khoruzhin
    @Khoruzhin8 ай бұрын

    Actually, it's not pronounced Apiko but Ariko because the product name on the lock is written in Ukrainian. This company still produces this lock (model name BC-5). People use this lock to protect the garage screw lock from opening. It cost only $6 so you can't expect more for that price. Company located in Zaporizhzhia.

  • @andersjjensen

    @andersjjensen

    8 ай бұрын

    Interesting. Thanks!

  • @deadmoroz1984

    @deadmoroz1984

    7 ай бұрын

    so, ukrainian shit

  • @lettuceturnipthebeets790
    @lettuceturnipthebeets7908 ай бұрын

    "This is the LPL and today we're giving this modern "soviet" submarine entry lock a try. Let's see what it takes to get this open..."

  • @Kiyoone

    @Kiyoone

    8 ай бұрын

    In soviet Russia, guards with AK's are the keys and doors

  • @donaldhoot7741

    @donaldhoot7741

    8 ай бұрын

    What are you? A parrot? Duh!

  • @Tetragig

    @Tetragig

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@KiyooneAnd just as cheap and replaceable

  • @fostena

    @fostena

    8 ай бұрын

    "And just like that we were able to launch a nuke at the US. Let's do this again, so you can see this was not a fluke"

  • @gbgentleman

    @gbgentleman

    8 ай бұрын

    Ukraine figured out you just need a Storm Shadow cruise missile to enter a Russian Submarine.

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu8 ай бұрын

    I believe it's actually pronounced "Ariko".

  • @mattfallen4073

    @mattfallen4073

    8 ай бұрын

    Yep - likely to be Cyrillic, so the ‘P’ character sounds as an ‘R’ 👍

  • @RicArmstrong

    @RicArmstrong

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes, you're correct.

  • @friggyfrig123

    @friggyfrig123

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes, and it's Ukrainian. Because of і and I found their site )

  • @dwayne7356
    @dwayne73568 ай бұрын

    I am waiting for two books from the LPL. One, a history book with the know faults of each design and the other, a how to book on how to use all the covert instruments.

  • @helidude3502

    @helidude3502

    8 ай бұрын

    What is a “book”?🤷‍♂️

  • @korbetthein3072

    @korbetthein3072

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@helidude3502 Not sure if this is a boomer joke, or an actual idiot.

  • @dwayne7356

    @dwayne7356

    8 ай бұрын

    It is something that you can buy so that you can read words on your Kindle.

  • @BodomFox
    @BodomFox8 ай бұрын

    Companies like this (by the way, it is spelled in cyrillic and reads "Ariko") just use old manufacturing tools and hardware that is left on the factories. It's not even a homage, but the exact same locks. They even sometimes have a price stamp in soviet currency because it was straight up a part of the casting 😁

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    8 ай бұрын

    Oh right, they probably don't update that at all, just use the existing dies and tools because that's much cheaper. Such interesting historical curiosities.

  • @PutlerXLO

    @PutlerXLO

    7 ай бұрын

    No equipment can operate for 60 years without rebuilding :)

  • @kingdomrains
    @kingdomrains8 ай бұрын

    The fact that it looks like a big heavy piece of iron is probably a better deterrent than the lock itself.

  • @CandiceJoergan
    @CandiceJoergan8 ай бұрын

    I have to say, the Lockpicking Lawyer is my favorite KZreadr ever. I'll say that again to make sure it wasn't a fluke. The Lockpicking Lawyer is my favorite KZreadr ever !!!

  • @fluchterschoen
    @fluchterschoen8 ай бұрын

    The second best thing about LPLs videos is seeing what the subtitles in the preview call him. "look again Lola" is my all time favourite. The best thing of course is the skill of this burglar-turned-lawyer 😊

  • @abadziugwa5263
    @abadziugwa52638 ай бұрын

    I beleave it is pronounced "Ariko", cause the letter P in Russian and Ujrainian letters sounds like r. Like in fe. Рассия /Rassija/ (Rusia)

  • @DawidKov

    @DawidKov

    8 ай бұрын

    *Россия We tend to make an "ah" sound often, but it's still spelled with an "o".

  • @obfuscator
    @obfuscator8 ай бұрын

    Love your work. For these relics one needs to dig deeper into the social trends of the era. These particular locks were often found hanging on garage doors and such, and they were attacked by brute force not by delicate picking hands.

  • @andersjjensen

    @andersjjensen

    8 ай бұрын

    High gauge steel suitable for making picks was hard to come by. Someone up the comment stack said the cores are so soft that you can easily drive a wall screw into them and then yank the entire core with a crow bar or slide hammer. As a two man operation I actually think that's faster than raking it.

  • @sanyaskillpro
    @sanyaskillpro7 ай бұрын

    My uncle has this lock on a garage door. During the war in Ukraine looters tried to break into garage but the lock held. Its bulky by design to be put on these small protrusions on the door to protect them from being sawn off by an angle grinder, and in our case, it worked.

  • @systemSkynet
    @systemSkynet8 ай бұрын

    Every time I hear the words "Berlin Wall" all I think of if The Hoff standing on it singing his classic hits

  • @TalisSolepsis
    @TalisSolepsis8 ай бұрын

    If the purpose of those locks is to act as some form of deterrent to the casual passer by, then I could possibly understand it, but it looks as if a solid sneeze would have opened that one.

  • @Cinkodacs

    @Cinkodacs

    8 ай бұрын

    It is meant only as a deterrent, most thieves wouldn't take a second look at it. It looks "strong", so pass and move onto the next target.

  • @jackmarshall2496

    @jackmarshall2496

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@John5HUN that would be the case if all the locks that look like that weren't incredibly easy to pick. I'd imagine if it weren't used on a submarine entry, a would be thief would be more likely to see no lock and assume there was no value there than passing up a gift of grift that this lock represents 😅

  • @TrevorMoses312

    @TrevorMoses312

    8 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @ivankuzin8388

    @ivankuzin8388

    8 ай бұрын

    "In the wild" that lock, as well as most Soviet padlocks, would come with an amount of rust that would made opening it with a key a challenge, never mind picking :)

  • @TarkMcCoy
    @TarkMcCoy8 ай бұрын

    As an aside, LPL could open Fort Knox with a fifty thousand turner and a wave rake...

  • @gary_rumain_you_peons

    @gary_rumain_you_peons

    8 ай бұрын

    And a couple of planes flying over dropping gas. 😁

  • @JONSDIYM
    @JONSDIYM8 ай бұрын

    I enjoy your content. I found your channel researching how to pick a brass combo master lock that our company supplies contractors at my plant. They leave them on & locked on various items and I had to remove a few after our outage. The tool room supervisor tried handing me a bucket of PPE, and a Milwaukee cordless angle grinder. I asked him for a pack of feeler gauges a pair of tin sheers, and a burnishing stone. I came back with a 1 gallon bucket of open locks. Later I seen your video of how to feel for the combination. I reset the whole bucket to zeros. Gave them back to the supervisor. I told him to only give tbise locks to the contractors... 🤫

  • @anilachar323
    @anilachar3238 ай бұрын

    It is a paper weight masquerading as a lock. Could work as a projectile weapon to deadly effect.

  • @korbetthein3072

    @korbetthein3072

    8 ай бұрын

    Tie the shackle to a rope or lock it to a chain monkeyfist.

  • @pabbischannel8812
    @pabbischannel88128 ай бұрын

    A product of the cold war between Apiko and Master Lock. Somehow, they both managed to lose.

  • @JimmyBlether
    @JimmyBlether8 ай бұрын

    That looks like one of the most gentle rakes to unlock I can remember

  • @jackmarshall2496

    @jackmarshall2496

    8 ай бұрын

    Last I seen a rake that quick was the master lock 10/10 secure vs the 4/10 'kiss' lock where he both picked and raked the 10/10 so fast I doubted it was ever locked in the first place 😂

  • @sylvrwolflol

    @sylvrwolflol

    8 ай бұрын

    Nono, you misunderstand. If he was rougher with it the entire lock body would crumble.

  • @ThePaulv12
    @ThePaulv128 ай бұрын

    Had to open the lock twice to make the vid a bit longer us - what a guy.

  • @etomisha
    @etomisha8 ай бұрын

    It is pronounced “A-ree-ko” - “Ps” are “Rs” in Cyrillic. Love the content!

  • @cakekomo
    @cakekomo8 ай бұрын

    I think the security was in causing the bag guy to break his toe as the lock fell onto it after surprising the bad guy with how easily it was picked.

  • @arishem555
    @arishem5558 ай бұрын

    My dad still has that one in Ukraine and he was not able to open his garage for almost two years cause he lost the key. Actually not sure if he ever opened it. Need to check with him

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    8 ай бұрын

    Others are saying these can be smashed with not too much effort, so has he tried violence?

  • @maksimfedoryak

    @maksimfedoryak

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine it's easier to cut off piece of door

  • @Hykje
    @Hykje8 ай бұрын

    They had bad locks in the Soviet because it made it easier for the KGB to pay you a visit in the middle of the night.

  • @oOBlackadderOo
    @oOBlackadderOo7 ай бұрын

    I know these ones. We had those on the ICBM launching sides in east Germany. They came in handy: When you forget your key because you were drunk you still were able to access with a paper clip and 2 fingers crossed. Oh those times...

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu8 ай бұрын

    In Soviet Russia, lock picks you.

  • @SianaGearz

    @SianaGearz

    8 ай бұрын

    Hey i don't mind being picked. Being raked though, no, do not recommend.

  • @jeremywilliams5107
    @jeremywilliams51078 ай бұрын

    He tickles the lock and it rolls over, all four pins in the air.

  • @thomasalgeo6824
    @thomasalgeo68248 ай бұрын

    Many Soviet-era factories had production quotas based on the total weight of their output. Lamp companies produced chandeliers, lumber companies produced 8 x 8 beams, and so on. Probably the same for locks.

  • @furdiburd

    @furdiburd

    8 ай бұрын

    Ah right! I learned that at history too! Yeah.. Having 50L pots..

  • @1a1u0g9t4s2u
    @1a1u0g9t4s2u8 ай бұрын

    Nice little history lesson. These snippets of history are a welcome blend to simply demonstrating how easy the lock (boat anchor) is easy to pick. Thanks for sharing.

  • @alexmashkin863
    @alexmashkin8638 ай бұрын

    Tbh what I remember from Soviet Union we didn't even lock the doors really, locks on the barns and such were bulky but often not locked as well 🤷🏻‍♂️ So I'm not sure pick resistance was ever a consideration back then

  • @toliks4571
    @toliks45718 ай бұрын

    It is a garage lock, it basically protects your cheap lada from being taken apart by petty criminals and alcoholics, and it is very effective in doing just that. I strongly recommend you to try some of the modern post-soviet locks for the change, like Chaz or Polyvector😁

  • @boaragile82

    @boaragile82

    8 ай бұрын

    Polyvector's clockwork is indeed a fine piece of hardware, and I'd be interested to see LPL try his hand at their Premier. Chaz, though? They make cheap padlocks, afaik. Disk mechanism at best, so I'd expect conventional disk picking tool to pop them.

  • @toliks4571

    @toliks4571

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@boaragile82 Since LPL has already picked an old soviet disc lock before, I mentioned Chaz only for the purpose of comparing new locks with old one in terms of technological advancement (or the lack of thefeof). As for the Polyvector, it will be really interesting to see him picking it indeed, only it will be somewhat hard to send one overseas.

  • @gary_rumain_you_peons

    @gary_rumain_you_peons

    8 ай бұрын

    If you have access to one, send it to him. I doubt he gets most of these himself but, rather, people send them to him.

  • @cericat

    @cericat

    8 ай бұрын

    Are you protecting the Lada from them or them from the Lada? The Zhiguli has a reputation.

  • @FrozenBusChannel
    @FrozenBusChannel7 ай бұрын

    When he didn't start to pick the lock after half the video, I *knew* it'd be the wave rake😂

  • @Madlintelf
    @Madlintelf8 ай бұрын

    I would love to see a few videos of you showing off and picking your collection TBH, lots of history in those old locks and that fascinates me.

  • @MissJeanette136
    @MissJeanette1368 ай бұрын

    Must be Masterlock’s Soviet counterpart

  • @kaasmeester5903

    @kaasmeester5903

    8 ай бұрын

    Apiko is Ukrainian for "Master"?

  • @sss1029

    @sss1029

    8 ай бұрын

    Lol what are you expecting from cheap ukrainian locks

  • @user-nz7co4pk5s
    @user-nz7co4pk5s8 ай бұрын

    I collect Soviet era cameras (Zorki, FED, Zenit, etc.) and a common joke is that you need to own five of any model to have one working camera (that is, you need at least 4 for parts for inevitable repairs). I see their locks also live up to a similar reputation regarding quality.

  • @norwegiangadgetman

    @norwegiangadgetman

    8 ай бұрын

    Weird. I only had to buy 2 Zenit 203 Panoramics to get one that worked. Must have been a fluke. Story goes that the 28mm lens used was originally made for a spy camera. And also that a whole year of production ended up without the coating that is usually on the lenses. And about 1 in 10 would have defective light baffles around the drum.

  • @SianaGearz

    @SianaGearz

    8 ай бұрын

    Today perhaps you do. Back in the day they had an extensive service network and replacement parts regimen together with extensive warranties and inexpensive post warranty service. So getting things going again wasn't a problem at all, and as the time went on, often the replacement parts were re-engineered just a little to alleviate known weaknesses. Today if you find a well abandoned camera, what are the odds that it had all of its planned service done?

  • @user-nz7co4pk5s

    @user-nz7co4pk5s

    8 ай бұрын

    @@SianaGearz The problem with that arguments that you can find Japanese cameras that were contemporaries of those Soviet cameras and many still work today and can be easily fixed by experienced technicians. Or even a newb like me. Soviet cameras were largely poorly designed, poorly assembled and used subpar materials. This was true for Japanese cameras (and other consumer goods made in Japan) at one time but they got their act together pretty quick when they realized they were developing a bad reputation globally. I guess when you are a country pursuing full employment like the USSR was, having a bunch of products fail and needing constant repair helps out with that.

  • @norwegiangadgetman

    @norwegiangadgetman

    8 ай бұрын

    @@SianaGearz The 1 in 10 Zenit 203 with faulty light baffles were on new cameras.

  • @SianaGearz

    @SianaGearz

    8 ай бұрын

    @@user-nz7co4pk5s Yes German and Japanese cameras are THAT much better made. Better materials, better engineering and manufacturing methods. Soviet society was a deficit society, the resources of the country or conglomerate were not sufficient for the people. It struggled to keep all these people fed with the most basic of foods, famines were regular. Almost literally nobody could afford these cameras which cost several monthly salaries, and they still had to be built down to a price. This had a knock on effect that the manufacturing scale was ridiculously small and the experience in manufacturing reliable product couldn't get built up, nor was there the budget to employ better materials and manufacturing. In turn the service network was shared between all types of products and manufacturers, so it was quite efficient.

  • @7rich79
    @7rich798 ай бұрын

    "Heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work, you can always hit him with it."

  • @Tech_NO_Tech
    @Tech_NO_Tech8 ай бұрын

    I really like all your videos. You mentioned a few times your lock collection. Is it possible to make videos of your collection ? The good, the bad and the ugly ? lol

  • @jackmarshall2496

    @jackmarshall2496

    8 ай бұрын

    He's shown off parts of his collection in bulk before and I'm pretty sure he makes his videos as and when he gets new locks to show them off and pick them but you're right I would also love to see his whole collection with some highlights. Still a big backlog of videos to go through though 😊

  • @D-Rock420
    @D-Rock4208 ай бұрын

    LPL: *rakes it open real fast* Me: That was a fluke! LPL: Hold my z-bar.... 😊

  • @somerandomvideos645
    @somerandomvideos6457 ай бұрын

    In Ukraine we had almost on every garage something like this in 90s. Plus some self-made trick locks additionally. But mostly those shitty. So the most security came from poverty - nothing to steal, no one will try. And from person watching for garage area. But what interesting that this lock still better than some others options on market nowadays. Why? Most of them easy to lock pick. But at least for this hard to destroy it with brutal force. And also - it normally stays vertically, so it is not so obvious where the lock hole is, hard to find if you look it first time. Still complete garbage thought 🙂

  • @UnkillableMrStake
    @UnkillableMrStake8 ай бұрын

    Brother, that looks like it has the same amount of seasoning as a grandma's cast iron pan from the '50s

  • @adolhein
    @adolhein8 ай бұрын

    Wave rake? Yup, this lock is doomed.

  • @simonspacek3670

    @simonspacek3670

    7 ай бұрын

    At least it wasn't knife or the bypass turning tool. This is level 2 security! (you will need to use both hands and at least a little bit of skill. Not much, wave rake is low-skill attack, but at least it is not something 80% of population would have in a pocket)

  • @OverkillSD
    @OverkillSD8 ай бұрын

    My favorite minigame on LPL videos is guessing which attack he's going to use. Bonus points if it's the pick that Bosnian Bill and he made.

  • @andersjjensen
    @andersjjensen8 ай бұрын

    LOL. Someone bought an old Soviet lock factory (probably for pennies) and just rebooted production. Master Lock take note: there is ample opportunity to race even further to the bottom if you just look hard enough!

  • @ingles_oaci_bolivia
    @ingles_oaci_bolivia8 ай бұрын

    It kills me every time he says "it was not a fluke"... 😂

  • @danuttall
    @danuttall8 ай бұрын

    As he was inserting the wave rake into the key-way, I was thinking it would only need one pass of the rake. Push in, pull out, turn the lock to open.

  • @ElKudesnitsa
    @ElKudesnitsa7 ай бұрын

    I understand that you specializing in cylinder locks (and showed hunderds of times that they are 100% not safe), but don't you want to try russian Barrier lock (Барьер-4)? They are quite popular and considered as very pick-resistant.

  • @seanshepherd1071
    @seanshepherd10718 ай бұрын

    In all fairness to the locks (and they need all the help they can get) LPL rarely does a demo with the lock in a "field application." Having full 360 manipulation of the device on a clean, well-lit surface is a far cry from how locks are usually applied. It wouldn't have helped this lock any whatsoever, but I'd love to see more vids where we see the lock "in use" without the benefits of being able to get a solid grip or a clear view of the keyway. Not that I doubt his skill, but part of making it look so easy is he does his picking under the easiest conditions.

  • @alweinhofer5453

    @alweinhofer5453

    8 ай бұрын

    LPL is an amazing picker but he certainly practices with different tools off camera before making a video.

  • @springbloom5940

    @springbloom5940

    8 ай бұрын

    Even a lowly Master No3 can be next to impossible, hanging on a shackle for years and or with restricted access (I alway hang locks to have awkward keyway access). I have an old Master No2 that works like butter with the key, but out of hundreds of attempts by at least 10 people, its been raked once(coworker) and zipped once(me) and never SPP'd. The hateful phuquer gives zero feedback; no binding, no clicks, no nothing.

  • @ELMohel
    @ELMohel8 ай бұрын

    Спасибо !

  • @ben-me9jy
    @ben-me9jy8 ай бұрын

    After reading the commits this is an anti theft lock for people that are drunk! Sober person uses dril and pry bar. Supper easy to pick and not make noise doing it. Quick simple easy for you good job!

  • @hugebartlett1884
    @hugebartlett18848 ай бұрын

    Taking into account the way criminals were dealt with in the Soviet Union those locks were quite adequate for the job.

  • @grimwaltzman
    @grimwaltzman8 ай бұрын

    I'm pretty sure this lock is produced on the same machines and by the same people who made them on that same factory back in the soviet times. All that changed is the name.

  • @IreneWY
    @IreneWY7 ай бұрын

    Omg, we still have these in our house in Georgia. I squeaked a little when I saw the thumbnail 😂

  • @vitalyw9728
    @vitalyw97288 ай бұрын

    I used this type of lock made in SU, not ukraine. My lock was with disk detainer core, not pin cilinder and it works good for atleast 20 years (as far as i asked old factory worker, maybe more) keeping factory garage door open and closed every working day. Finally the key starting to stuck inside the lock in winter and i decide to replace it in year 2020. So dont be so sceptic about SU made things.

  • @TestECull
    @TestECull7 ай бұрын

    It occurs to me that a better tumbler in this thing would probably make it better than anything Master Lock has ever sold.

  • @D3Vlicious
    @D3Vlicious8 ай бұрын

    The real security is the babushka with a Kalashnikov waiting for you on the other side of whatever door that locked.

  • @Kragatar
    @Kragatar8 ай бұрын

    LPL: Digging through his pick set. Apiko: Well at least he's having to bring out the specialized tools. LPL: We'll take out one of these waverakes. Apiko: Damn!

  • @pavelognev108

    @pavelognev108

    8 ай бұрын

    At least it did't open with a slap!

  • @vel_kor
    @vel_kor8 ай бұрын

    Hello from Kyiv, Ukraine happily enough we don't use those locks xD most people in countryside uses self-made unusual locks, which are not present on the market to protect their property or if they are younger generation, they just buy some more or less expensive locks, did not saw any of these in years) have a nice day!

  • @user-ey2sw8wx7e

    @user-ey2sw8wx7e

    8 ай бұрын

    I use this lock in Dnipro.

  • @vel_kor

    @vel_kor

    8 ай бұрын

    @@user-ey2sw8wx7e oh wow, bad news then

  • @herosstratos
    @herosstratos8 ай бұрын

    Замок навесной АРІКО ВС-5, краб Zamok navesnoy ARÍKO VS-5, krab Padlock ARIKO VS-5, crab ПП Галиш ТМ "АРІКО", Україна, Запоріжжя, вул. Авраменка,24 PP Galish TM "ARIKO", Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya, st. Avramenka, 24 210,00 Hrywnja is about 5,71$ (24.09.2023)

  • @KasparOnTube

    @KasparOnTube

    8 ай бұрын

    I really wonder why they do not source-in some better core for that lock - I guess that lock body itself would take quite a beating if it only would have some better core. If they would buy in some semi-decent core with like 20$ they could sell pretty awesome lock less than 30$ as premium model or whatever.

  • @MrMediator24
    @MrMediator248 ай бұрын

    Let me guess, is it Motor Sich factory? I got a lock on my door from them, broke the key yesterday, cylinder followed suit with assist spring. To be fair though, it worked OK for a decade at least Update: looked it up, Ariko is it's own thing, though in Zaporizhya too

  • @SianaGearz

    @SianaGearz

    8 ай бұрын

    Unlikely to be its very own thing. Could be a brand padding its product portfolio by making other (preferentially local) companies manufacture their branded products. Or they took over the whole production line, that happens as well. Nobody would be building up new manufacturing of this junk.

  • @jackmarshall2496

    @jackmarshall2496

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@SianaGearzthey're listed as a lock manufacturer, to be fair to the company in some way though this was an early product and it stood up to that rake as well as any master lock however little that means lol

  • @slittle84
    @slittle848 ай бұрын

    Love your content!

  • @jenspettersen7837
    @jenspettersen78377 ай бұрын

    Name of the lock is ARIKO, the Cyrillic P is the equivalent of the Latin R.

  • @Frank00
    @Frank008 ай бұрын

    Working smart is definitely better than working hard

  • @rebmcr
    @rebmcr8 ай бұрын

    It's "Arico" in English.

  • @FunkyBuddha81
    @FunkyBuddha817 ай бұрын

    Still more resistance than most Master Locks, and its more valuable because of all the metal.

  • @bernardkealey6449
    @bernardkealey64498 ай бұрын

    I love that it took longer to choose the tools than to rake it…

  • @Lime_potato
    @Lime_potato8 ай бұрын

    Saw the notification and pressed instantly

  • @Angry-PM
    @Angry-PM7 ай бұрын

    Another Ukrainian is here :) Thanks for your review and you are completely right, it's a piece of trash, but... Lot of my friends were using these locks. Obviously, it's useless against professionals like you, but the main benefit - it's harder to open it with crowbar or just a brutal force, by double wrench method and etc., comparably to the lock with an "eye". So, generally, it does its job ;)

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi19 күн бұрын

    Nice demonstration.

  • @DamirUlovec
    @DamirUlovec8 ай бұрын

    Well, since it is now 2023, he has successfully resisted attacks for 70+ years. Besides, if someone tried to open it without the key in the 1950s, he probably didn't live long after that. Considering all this, the product is quite satisfactory in terms of safety. :)

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam8 ай бұрын

    This man infiltrated Stalin's HQ, stole the lock and survived Soviet Union's wrath for decades just to upload this today, respect

  • @joshuagibson2520

    @joshuagibson2520

    8 ай бұрын

    Go outside and do something.

  • @paul_warner

    @paul_warner

    8 ай бұрын

    None of that happened.

  • @Trad.

    @Trad.

    8 ай бұрын

    How do you make so many comments!?!?!

  • @paul_warner

    @paul_warner

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Trad. it's several people using the same account, or at least I really hope it's not just one extremely sad lowlife

  • @Trad.

    @Trad.

    8 ай бұрын

    @@paul_warner Unfortunately I'm pretty sure it's the same guy.

  • @alistairkentucky-david9344
    @alistairkentucky-david93448 ай бұрын

    "the now defunct Soviet Union" I love that phrasing 😂

  • @mmmmkkk
    @mmmmkkk8 ай бұрын

    interesting, this lock held much longer than I expected, I guess in most cases it will be much harder to open though, as it's likely to be just rusty and stuck...

  • @moristar
    @moristar7 ай бұрын

    These locks are usually used as a garage lock in villages. It's not about the security, just to keep honest people honest :)

  • @ikillstupidcomments
    @ikillstupidcomments8 ай бұрын

    As others have said, this is likely not a "reproduction" in the traditional sense. More probably, some businessman bought a factory that made these locks and just restarted the production lines.

  • @lukeskywalker82
    @lukeskywalker828 ай бұрын

    Me: sees recommendation of the video and title "Oh dear lord, don't tell me it's shorter than 3 minutes"

  • @behar225
    @behar2258 ай бұрын

    I would love seeing you pick this while hungry in Siberia at -45C°

  • @victorpapaavp
    @victorpapaavp8 ай бұрын

    Every soviet lock had a mandate to be openable with a screwdriver in the event that Comrade wouldn't share the key...

  • @springbloom5940

    @springbloom5940

    8 ай бұрын

    Thats kinda funny. Needs a little more work.

  • @benikum-5169
    @benikum-51698 ай бұрын

    i expect we can open this

  • @shlomogoldenstein344
    @shlomogoldenstein3448 ай бұрын

    “this is the lock picking lawyer, and I’m coming at you from the Oval Office where I’ve accessed the nuclear codes via a usb drive after bypassing President Biden’s finger print scan”

  • @samuels1123
    @samuels11238 ай бұрын

    Seeing that smooth motion my first guess is a tolerance of 'Whud is toleranz? Just hammer into plaece and it will be closed, yes?'

  • @jackmarshall2496
    @jackmarshall24968 ай бұрын

    Wow you got into that lock almost as fast as the 10/10 security master lock 😂 maybe that lock should be a relic of the past too

  • @marklanders630
    @marklanders6308 ай бұрын

    To quote a friend who grew up in communist Siberia " we all had shit, but we all had the same shit and we were all happy" He now owns several businesses in the U.S.

  • @user-ey2sw8wx7e

    @user-ey2sw8wx7e

    8 ай бұрын

    Not a true at all.

  • @ryanfrisby7389
    @ryanfrisby73898 ай бұрын

    Great video!😸

  • @dirtyclanner2250
    @dirtyclanner22508 ай бұрын

    AFAIK locks like this were usually used as a secondary lock, covering main lock (often some one-of-a-kind handmade stuff with simple yet weird way of opening) of a garage/barn/...

  • @deathpig.9847
    @deathpig.98478 ай бұрын

    Lock is fine. The problem is you being counterrevolitiomary. (Soviet union ends) Lock is fine. Problem is you're being undemocratic.

  • @baldmenwin9591

    @baldmenwin9591

    8 ай бұрын

    Stop picking at "Democracy", it's already scabbed over Marxism. 😂