These locks were (are?) very popular in the UK for front doors, and were mostly made by a firm called Chubb. This type of lock generally known as 'A Chubb' in the UK.

Could you pick it again when the case is open? That would be useful to see how you recovered.

@olithomas4722

4 жыл бұрын

d2xdt2 this is very hard to do as the case keeps the mechanism together.

@michaelandrews2619

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/g516zJWYZL2wk6Q.html watch this one, it's the same lock with a perspex cover.

@thailandertravel

3 жыл бұрын

the kind of information i'd rather wasn't on the net tbh, am i safe behind my locked front door?

@WetAdek

3 жыл бұрын

@@thailandertravel if someone wants to break in, they will find a way to do it or most probably already know how, so it doesn't matter

@WetAdek

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelandrews2619 this is really good, thx

Italian "CISA" makes these in two sided versions , not sure if the levers work similarly as wafers inside. Key is dual sided , but , haven't looked if second side is mirror of the first side. Will have to buy one to check it out , as they are losing popularity in my country. Not sure if they also add wardings between levers. These type of locks were quite popular as cabinet / wooden lockers lock in furniture back in the days. They had at maximum 3 tiny levers with some wardings , I remember picking them all the time in my apartment , until my family decided to stop me with pin tumbler ones. 😂 I also made "universal keys" for different models and manufacturers , and I think I still can do it , but , they aren't put in modern furniture anymore. :) The last time I picked one was in 90's , when I was teenager. :) The way I was making key or keys was to insert completely blank key , then bump it , until I see dents , then filing off material that isn't needed. :) The other method was overlifting it , but , just enough to push springs off the way , so , the levers will always be in real gates. :) I think I have few of them in my basement , and , I was frankly shocked to see that they are still in common use in other parts of world. I hope that some robber and thief wont look into my comment , but , this is my 2 cents. :)

I always hope that after the gutting you show us what picking actually does and how the false gates work while picking. Hoping you will make an extra short video to complement this one to show what goes on inside.

Would it be possible to do a video explaining how this lock works and possibly picking it with the cover off? Thank you for sharing your expertise.

@lockpickinglawyer

6 жыл бұрын

It would fall apart... if need to make an acrylic cover. But, maybe.

@RichardSShepherd

6 жыл бұрын

Yes please! A tutorial with an acrylic cover would be v. useful.

@chrishoward99999

4 жыл бұрын

@@RichardSShepherd There's a good video here showing that - kzread.info/dash/bejne/g516zJWYZL2wk6Q.html

@alexandrumarzenco6998

3 жыл бұрын

@@lockpickinglawyer It would be awesome if you could make a video explaining how a lever lock works. I can't wrap my brain around it and I'm very curious, probably others are too :)

Love seeing the gutting for a lever lock. Great picking brother and great review!

Brilliant stuff as always

It's cool to see this kind of lock because I see it all the time. It's the only one I ever see on interior doors but it's also used on front doors in my apartment complex. I was wondering whether it's more or less secure than the normal tumbler locks. I actually had to take one apart and adjust some parts because somehow an interior door had the lock installed backwards so the door just pushed but had to use the handle to close. Dunno how that happened.

It's great that you've got into lever locks

Great pick, I would love to see a close up of that picking tool. I did my first video this evening and it was a bust. My camera kept falling, and I really wasn't ready to start my channel. But I wanted to pay Tribute to a great pick maker. I bought 3 picks from him and they were beautifully made. I'll get better on recording, but thank you for your teachings

Very nice picking 😀👍

It would be neat to see you pick this one when it is opened so we can see the guts in action. I'm a fairly new subscriber...a couple of months! GREAT videos!! Thanks!

i love the way those keys look

@Bodragon

6 жыл бұрын

They don't do your pockets any good.

Well done LPL ! Great demo..

Would like to see the levers actually working as you would pick it. Is there a way to demonstrate that with the cover off?

It's been nice getting an education on lever locks as I watch your channel. I'd not have guessed it at a glance, but in general they do seem about as secure as the vast majority of pin tumbler locks, and as robust. Further, they appear to me as if they'd be quite inexpensive to manufacture. Although this particular lock does not appear designed to allow re-keying, I would imagine it's readily done in some of them by swapping out or rearranging levers.

@WJS774

3 жыл бұрын

I don't see why you couldn't swap out the levers in this one.

This is pretty much a standard lock on most UK homes with lever locks. This or a Chubb 5 lever. 5 levers being mandated by most insurance companies here for coverage of contents against theft.

@NJ-wb1cz

6 жыл бұрын

M3ta7h3ad, don't they all trivially open with a screwdriver and a wrench?

@lmaoroflcopter

6 жыл бұрын

Bear Arms no idea I've not tried it. I'd imagine if you did you're just going to mangle the insides and it'll never open.

That curtain is mostly just for operating the lock, it performs the same function as the core in a pin tumblr lock. In fact you could tension on just the curtain with any need for a special tension tool.

Your added a new valuable skill. These types of locks are everywhere in New Zealand. Sadly pin tumbler is taking over

I find it hard to believe that this video has been viewed over 1k and it's only got 111 likes? Come on KZread you can do better than that!!! Really cool lock! Great picking LPL

@Salsuero

6 жыл бұрын

A lot of people don't bother interacting with videos. Even if they like what they see, most people will just watch it and move on to the next video.

I love this type of locks. Here in Argentine are very common.

Awesome video

I think this is the coolest lock design.

Brilliant

So a couple of years ago, Masterlock made a five-lever classic-style padlock and I bought one at a Lowe's to use on a garden gate. Now I can't find any information about it, but ironically enough I think it's the only secure lock I own. Do you know about this, LPL? It's pretty light, stainless or galvanized body with exposed rivets, brass "T"-shaped faceplate that says "Master" and has a keyhole with a sliding gate presumably to keep the elements out. The key has pretty normal bitting and the levers are all visible if you shine a light through the keyhole and look in the port where the shackle goes... it looks like an early twentieth-century piece, except that it has the modern "Master" text on it and that I bought it new seven years ago.

Very nicely Done a new Direction for you cool 😎👍

I would love to see the lock operating while open to understand the principle.

A "how to" video on these would be great; how you know you're in a false gate, how to avoid it later, etc.

@gary_rumain_you_peons

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it would have been nice to see both the key and the pick operating with the cover off.

@jaybonkersbonkers3613

3 жыл бұрын

It feels like the bolt slides a bit then stops. Allso other levers go hard

Wow i watch all your uploads! The way in which you explain things or teach to me would be useful in a college setting! Your very easy to listen to almost soothing. I can understand your words perfectly. And you pronounce wry word perfectly add in almost a posative tone! You rock! I have a challenge for you but the lock has no name on it! Its this wooden little like maybe treasure chest type deal with upper case letters in a circle alphabetically front A to J. With a dial in that middle. Then the Nov to openthere box is about a half an inch down from the dial. It looks pritty old... Im dying to know whats inside. If i could post a picture somewere please respond with were! You are amazing at lock picking!

It's weird how there are so few guides on this type of lock. Tough luck for UK lock pickers.

Would have been cool to see the lock work with the cover off, assuming it wouldnt launch levers across the room

Thanks

cool!

Hi! I'm interested in knowing how easy/difficult it is to pick an ASSA 9 lever tumbler lock These are marked as "security locks" and most private houses have them in Sweden as insurance companies requires atleast 9 lever tumbler locks unless you want a penalty to your insurance cost. I can not find anyone being able to pick these kind of "security locks" and would love to see you try.

have nice day too

Today's "this is the lockpicking lawyer" was a little bit happier than usual. Tell us... It sounded like more energy or something.

@phatshah7377

4 жыл бұрын

Probably just had sex.

@JPX7NGD

3 жыл бұрын

pat, do you perverts ever stop (assuming before the housewife with the concealed carry forces you to)?

Would be cool to see it picked again with the side off so we can see the pick tip at work.

Could you please pick it while the side plate is off or with a clear acrylic side To see how the lever pick engages the levers

I’ve managed to lock myself in my shed 🤣🤣🤣

Seems almost all the locks in Argentina are like this, a ring of keys there is humongous.

How about showing the picking from the inside, open as it is in the closing frames

The Viscount is nicknamed the Locky’s gift.

In Russia locks like these have keys with two sides, sometimes not even symmetrical or slightly different thickness, also they have minimum 6 levers

Could you make another video with this same lock with the face cover off with the key in with you locking it and unlocking it then picking it? :3

I wish you would show how the lock works while the innards are exposed.

@BD90..

6 жыл бұрын

Dave Post Check out Andy Mac locklab ...he is the Lever lock Guru of KZread.

@revspicks6906

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dron/dQkinrwAoia5gg4W90_vYQ.html Andy Mac

@robertsyrobbo2501

6 жыл бұрын

Buy one and take it apart if you're into lockpicking you must have a somewhat mechanical mind...

Good as usual. Um... when do you find time to do your lawyering?

Noice

These are my birthday digits

Wished I could have seen that lock function once with cover off.

Hi LPL, how about showing us how you picked the lock with the cover off. Thanks.

My grandparents had a lock similar to this on the front door of their home.

If you could press that sticker all the way down, that would avoid myself going utterly insane. Thanks.

Very nice, I have a similar one sitting at the house. But mine is older looking, (dirty)..

It would have a good idea to show the operation of the lock with the key once the side was removed.

Interestingly this model lock does not bear the BS 3621 'Kitemark' meaning that a lock has been type tested with regard to strength, security, etc. Yet it seems to have the main features of a BS 3621 lock. Many BS 3621 locks are of similar construction to this ERA lock so presumably LPL would not have any real difficulty picking them. In practice it is rare that a BS 3621 would be compromised in a burglary (unless MI5 or MI6 was responsible) - usually the door and frame are damaged while the lock remains relatively intact.

Well, now you let out the magic smoke on that lock, I can see viscounts at a discount in the future.

FLATTEN THE STICKER MAN CMON

Would it be possible for you to do a video on 2 & 3 level mortice locks? Most commonly used in South Africa

It would have been nice for you to visually show it working and show the false gate, for a visual reference.

How would a lever lock with a straight edge on the key (and thus presumably only one lever?) work? Could you deconstruct one of those?

hi, can you point to the false gate please. love your vids!

I would like to see you pick it with the side plate off, or a plexiglass side plate, thank you

I couldn't cope with him not fully pressing the sticker down

Enjoying the lever locks. Doing the Chubb Detector next? :)

@lockpickinglawyer

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe... I need to find one first. ☹️

@cardiffpicker1

6 жыл бұрын

Melds do you mean Chubb or union detainer?

@lockpickinglawyer

6 жыл бұрын

Detector is correct... a very old lock, first picked by the infamous C.A. Hobbes.

@cardiffpicker1

6 жыл бұрын

LockPickingLawyer yes I know what it is and I believe it was the 6 lever version that was originally picked by Hobbs as they were originally 4 lever. I was only asking as a detector is hard enough to get hold of in the uk never mind in the US. In fact I have only ever seen 1. And never seen a detector padlock.

Looks like false gates on most of the 5 levers in fact - surprising that they didn't give you trouble, except on 5. Lots of commenters seem to want to see inside while you pick - as the cover is a flat plate, you _could_ make a clear plastic cover to show this, although there are plenty of other YT vids that show the operation of the lock like this, if not the picking...

would it be possible to open a lever lock by tensioning and then wacking the top with a hammer to get the levers to line up with the stop bar?

There needs to be an agreed definition of "pick resistance" to go alongside the security ratings which only seem to relate to lock strength. You can't rake a lever lock or bitch pick it, you have to go pin (lever) by pin to get it open. In the UK we use lever locks a lot, the insurance companies like them. But lever padlocks tend to be mechanically weak, whereas pin tumbler padlocks are strong but tend to be pickable Lever locks for doors tend to have symmetrical bitting because the key has work from both sides. So they are never as tough to pick as they seem.

@WJS774

3 жыл бұрын

In practice does the symmetrical bitting really matter? You're doing everything by feel anyway.

These locks are really common in the UK

I work in a prison and I can't help but wonder how familiar you are with the Southern Folger lock.

What do you call the ones with a side ways key hole ==O like this. I have an old storage cupboard, I can't figure out how to open it?

I have put Perspex covers on some locks so I can see what I am doing to practice

If possible please pick this lock while you have the cover off. Thanks

Does anyone know where LPL gets his screwdrivers from? I've tried googling those Toolsmart screwdrivers but i can't exactly find the ones he use.. :(

Kan you see if you can get hold of an old "Basta s-2000 lock" would love to see you pick one

After watching all your videos it makes me wanna take it up as a hobbie good skill to have too my question is it legal to have the tools without a license ? I'm in ny so I'm not sure any answers would help

Lockpicking *+ 100*

Nice 👍😊 u need "gardian"lock😋

Someone locked the medication trolley in work with one of these locks and I thought I'd see if it was easy to pic 😢 do you do home visits to the UK ? Oh I thought I'd add I actually work here in hospital and they lost the key 🗝️ that's why I need to pic it 😅

I would have liked to have seen the picking whilst the lock body was open.

Well you need these tools for this one, which are bigger and harder to find then normal small lock

I'd like to make a replica in cardboard or plastic. any chance of getting a pic of each piece or equivalent? it seems a lot of ur viewers want more internal info too

You are fast as it is but to save time I speed you up to 1.5x so you smash everything in no time at all.😅🍺👍🏽🇦🇺

I want that stickers!

Nah why did he not stick that sticker down all the way 🫣

Ok I payed off my debt and rich now

Era is not to hard. The hardest I have come across is called the Maximum security 6lever lock sold by UAP from the UK. It is pretty cool. Would like to see you pick more Pagoda locks lol

How pick proof are wittkop and kabamauer 14 lever locks?

Exactly as the previous comment - can you replace the side plate with a Perspex plate and pick it again so we can see what you’re doing please?

What happened to the triple key lock that you got 9 months ago with the fidget spinner challenge lock

Can you please show a transparent version/opened after disassembly... I live in India and Majority of the locks here are like this even for cupboard and lockers... Please help me learn this. Also a Challenge, can you can open it with diy tools. Thanks & Love from India.❤️

When are you going to pick the masterlock lever lock?

Lost my shed door key and I'm into lock picking so to save me kicking my door down I might have some fun 😅

Quote of the day, "Locks are for Honest Men". (And your Insurance installments).

Is anyone else OCD and annoyed that he didn’t press the sticker down all the way. LPL just wants to watch the world burn.

You didnt even put the stIcker all the way down... HAAAAAXXXX

I've got a cupboard which has been locked for years. I've tried an FB2 key which does hot a spring but doesn't open. Is there anything you can suggest?

Bruh I just want to get my controller my mum locked in the room upstairs

Why do we need this first tool 1:02 when we just want to turn the lock with this second tool 1:05 ?

I live my life in a 'false gate.' :-(

No way.