Just unlocked a desk drawer thats been locked shut for roughly 15ish years, nothing was actually IN said drawer but MAN i felt like a wizard when that lock turned!!
I like that you actually put time and effort into this and took time to explain what you were doing and how the lock works. Great video and very helpful
My uncle had an old roll top desk and he passed away in March we've been frantically trying to open it and withing 3 minutes I opened all the locks because of this video. Thank you! We finally found everything we've been looking for.
Jazak ALLAH.. It's been 4 weeks my drawer is locked, lost my keys somewhere and was missing important stuff.. Surely a life saver you're... Thank you so so so so much
Thanks mate! Locked myself out of the garage, sweat covering my back thinking £60+ bill cos my drill is in garage....but thanks of your tuition video - 3 mins and l unlocked, took my garage key out of my car and while at it, locked it back with paperclip again. THANK YOU!
His diagram and method are terrific ! I got instructions from another (large) site, and they were horrible. His method took me about 45 SECONDS ! Saved me upwards of $60. Thank you and God bless.
Hi Half, You saved the day for me! I lost my cabinet drawer key and after your video, I had the first drawer open in two minutes. The second drawer took 10 seconds. I discovered a small screw driver to maintain tension works better. Thanks.
Just did it on my home file cabinet. I used a small flat head screw driver as the tensioner and a nail and it worked great. Thanks for theory behind it.
you have no idea what a miracle this video was to me... as in literally. i'm moving and my paid-for car titles are locked in a filing cabinet and for the life of me i couldn't find the key. i had locked it several years ago when i had some work done in that room and couldn't be here the entire time the workmen were here. i looked in all my 'normal' hiding places... no key. i searched high and low... still no key. i was to the point where i was just about ready to break down and call my local locksmith... who charges waaay too much for a call, given that he's less than two blocks from my house. on a fluke i found your video, followed the instructions and.... boom, IT'S OPEN. Thank you so much for posting this video. FYI.. the fact that you had trouble opening the lock again was actually an encouragement and kept me from getting discouraged when it didn't open very quickly!
Spent 10 min attempting this and then my manager walked into the office and simply yanked my metal desk drawer SO HARD for a couple of seconds until it finally opened! 😭🙌🏼 I was sooo ready to be proud that I picked a lock today but I guess that ain’t happening 😂
Aieeeeee it worked! We didn't think we could actually do it, but we did it and freaked out for about two minutes straight. We'd accidentally locked a door that we didn't have the key to, so it took about twenty minutes of TH-cam searches and frantically looking for paper clips to actually do it. 😅😅😅😅 Thank you so much! ~Peter's friend Peter: shorter description- it worked.
I had a locked HON filing cabinet that the movers lost the key that was taped to the back. The cabinet is not worth a locksmiths fee so I was going to drill out the lock to get it open. No lie...doing what you showed me I opened the lock in less than a minute! Thanks for saving me trouble of drilling lock.
Used this to open the locking portion of my mailbox that we had lost the key for. It worked. It took a few minutes of continuous trying to unlock but eventually those pins/wafers line up. The key is to keep tension on it. Thanks for sharing.
This totally worked for me on the first try. Very similar looking lock on my oak filing cabinet. I used a metal collar stay from my dress shirts, but I think a metal filing board will work just as well. The paperclip was used to push the pins up. Good luck!
Needed to get a lock off of a machine and this solution worked like a charm! Literally took me less than a minute to unlock the lock. Thanks for your help!
Wow! Thanks a ton. I had locked my work papers in a drawer and couldnt find the key. Using this video used paper clips and unlocked it in a min. Thanks a ton. It was a life saver.
Thanks! I opened the mysterious cabinet at the office, the one that hold the secret: "what's in there?" for everybody at the office. I tried with no success. Went to a break and came back realizing I should make the clip double to reach all the corners in the gap. And voila! It worked! The initial explanation was the key! Xoxo. Xoxo
Excellent how-to! I inherited a pretty decent short metal cabinet at work with locks on both handles of side-by-side doors (they open up into the same space, yeah, weird) the right-hand side handle was not locked the other was...so, using your handy-dandy paperclips, the "tensioner" and rake, and about 5 minutes of finagling and a couple of curse words and, bing! A freaking useful cabinet again. Many thanks...now to use your technique on Ft. Knox, I'll be sure to credit you.
O M G! I'm in absolute shock. I've tried EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING including a similar tutorial like this to get into into a locked cupboard containing my passport etc but to no avail. A job opp is depending on me providing my passport and I'd all but given up. One last attempt using your instructions and I'm IN!! Sending thanks from the UK xx
Thank you Monty...worked like a charm and now I'm able to get back into the desk of a piece of furniture I got at a second hand store. Of course, keys never come with stuff at those places. You rock!
Thanks - I have a small cheap money box with the extra key locked inside. I used your instructions with a small screwdriver and a paperclip to get it open. Took like 15 seconds.
I bought an antique desk from an estate sale that was locked on all drawers and I was too cheap to spend money on a locksmith… happy to say your method really worked thank you for saving me 150 dollars which is what the lock smith wanted to charge 😂
Thanks for posting this. Just got my desk unlocked by using info from this video. I was lucky and had a similar key from a coworkers desk that wasn't for my lock but would go all the way in the cylinder. So I simply ran a paperclip in along the top with key at same time and viola.. opened very easily .
Someone threw out a perfectly good IKEA Fabrikor glass door cabinet at our complex. The only issues? A locked door that they took off the hinges. So I grabbed some screws and bolts to fit in the hinges and I used your method to lock pick the door. Success in three seconds. Holy crap, that was easy and Oblivion made it seem so much harder. (I know it's not the same level of lock, but it made me feel like a thief)
TOTALLY WORKS! Great video and explanation. My desk drawer got locked somehow and I don't have a key. After watching this, it only took a couple of tries to get it open.
OMG it worked!!! I forgot the keys to my office lock at home and it was going to be so much hassle to go back home. Decided to turn to good ole TH-cam and this video did the trick. Going through comments, turns out most people needed this video for office lockers too 😂
Hey Half!....INSTANT SUCCESS......not sure if it was luck......but I've screwed with a small, gun cabinet for over an hour using other methods. Used your method......and it opened in under 5 seconds.....and first time!! NO JOKE. I will replace lock but this worried me to death .....when I had nothing to worry about. Thanks.......manannn.
It is 5/20/21 and I just used this method to unlock a 550 lb fireproof filing cabinet, thank you very much. For my lock, I had to use a flat head screw driver to turn it while I used a paperclip to rake the pins. The paper clip, even with the bend, wasn't strong enough to turn the lock.
Thank you so much! The other tutorials didn't work for me (and frankly had to much blah blah not enough action). Son took the keys and just told us "They gone." So we were kind of desperate here! Many thanks!
Thanks borther - my son had a little cash register and stashed all his savings in there .... and lost the keys. Followed your instructions and sure enough - it popped open. I did not even have to use the second paper clip ! cool. My hands were already on the power drill ;-)
OMG WOW this actually works people. It took me 4-5 min but if you have patience it will work. Also, use a flathead screw driver to find the tension angle. Much easier :)
Yasss thank you, been trying to open one lock like 2 hrs... and after this tutorial i got it in like 7 seconds... also proper lighting straight to the lock helped a lot :)
If you have trouble with the paper clip breaking when you try put tension on it, if the lock is big enough, you can use a screw driver, or something like that for tension
Couldn’t find the key fir my filing cabinet. I tried for about 5 min jiggling jiggling and turning with 2 paper clips and it finally opened. Thank you😀
just opened my file cabinet drawer finally. You tube is a god send blessing of genuine people sharing these hacks ! You are actually saving us alot of money:::::)))) Now....how do i make a key for it since i lost it? thx
Found my key trying to find the paper clips 🤣
That was actually funny. Much needed as I still can’t get my guitar case open 😭
I may make a video, how to hammer a key into a paper clip...lol
We’re you fried
That was ez
@@thedoctorate de de auto 🚙🚙 en en ja 👏🏼 maar dat je dat is echt 😕 maar dat dat ik het heb gedaan
Just unlocked a desk drawer thats been locked shut for roughly 15ish years, nothing was actually IN said drawer but MAN i felt like a wizard when that lock turned!!
FYI: the paper clips i had on hand were too flexible to work as a tensioner, but the curved end of a bobby pin worked just fine in its place
This is why I came to this video. Moved into a home and was left an old desk....I am curious what, if anything is in it
I like that you actually put time and effort into this and took time to explain what you were doing and how the lock works. Great video and very helpful
I was in prison for paperclip smuggling, but now I am a free man, thanks to this video.
I open with just the hook 😊 you saved the day..
My uncle had an old roll top desk and he passed away in March we've been frantically trying to open it and withing 3 minutes I opened all the locks because of this video. Thank you! We finally found everything we've been looking for.
Jazak ALLAH.. It's been 4 weeks my drawer is locked, lost my keys somewhere and was missing important stuff.. Surely a life saver you're... Thank you so so so so much
Thanks mate!
Locked myself out of the garage, sweat covering my back thinking £60+ bill cos my drill is in garage....but thanks of your tuition video - 3 mins and l unlocked, took my garage key out of my car and while at it, locked it back with paperclip again.
THANK YOU!
His diagram and method are terrific ! I got instructions from another (large) site, and they were horrible. His method took me about 45 SECONDS ! Saved me upwards of $60. Thank you and God bless.
Hi Half,
You saved the day for me! I lost my cabinet drawer key and after your video, I had the first drawer open in two minutes. The second drawer took 10 seconds. I discovered a small screw driver to maintain tension works better. Thanks.
Good for you
Just did it on my home file cabinet. I used a small flat head screw driver as the tensioner and a nail and it worked great. Thanks for theory behind it.
you have no idea what a miracle this video was to me... as in literally. i'm moving and my paid-for car titles are locked in a filing cabinet and for the life of me i couldn't find the key. i had locked it several years ago when i had some work done in that room and couldn't be here the entire time the workmen were here. i looked in all my 'normal' hiding places... no key. i searched high and low... still no key. i was to the point where i was just about ready to break down and call my local locksmith... who charges waaay too much for a call, given that he's less than two blocks from my house. on a fluke i found your video, followed the instructions and.... boom, IT'S OPEN. Thank you so much for posting this video. FYI.. the fact that you had trouble opening the lock again was actually an encouragement and kept me from getting discouraged when it didn't open very quickly!
Spent 10 min attempting this and then my manager walked into the office and simply yanked my metal desk drawer SO HARD for a couple of seconds until it finally opened! 😭🙌🏼 I was sooo ready to be proud that I picked a lock today but I guess that ain’t happening 😂
Aieeeeee it worked! We didn't think we could actually do it, but we did it and freaked out for about two minutes straight. We'd accidentally locked a door that we didn't have the key to, so it took about twenty minutes of TH-cam searches and frantically looking for paper clips to actually do it. 😅😅😅😅 Thank you so much! ~Peter's friend
Peter: shorter description- it worked.
I had a locked HON filing cabinet that the movers lost the key that was taped to the back. The cabinet is not worth a locksmiths fee so I was going to drill out the lock to get it open. No lie...doing what you showed me I opened the lock in less than a minute! Thanks for saving me trouble of drilling lock.
Used this to open the locking portion of my mailbox that we had lost the key for. It worked. It took a few minutes of continuous trying to unlock but eventually those pins/wafers line up. The key is to keep tension on it. Thanks for sharing.
Ngl didn’t think it’d be as easy as a 6 minute video but it literally took a minute and a half to pick the lock!! Thank you so much!
This totally worked for me on the first try. Very similar looking lock on my oak filing cabinet. I used a metal collar stay from my dress shirts, but I think a metal filing board will work just as well. The paperclip was used to push the pins up. Good luck!
Needed to get a lock off of a machine and this solution worked like a charm! Literally took me less than a minute to unlock the lock. Thanks for your help!
I got impatient and tackled the door down
Except that it was a metal filing cabinet!
Ah yes.
Nice
Pro level
Same😂
Thanks, with your help I managed to open my locked filing cabinet after having mislaid the key.
I had file cabinets in storage for 10 years and had long since lost the keys. This worked perfectly. Thanks.
Wow!. Saved the day. Locked myself out of my office file cabinet. Literally took me less than a min of simple wiggling. Great video!
Wow! Thanks a ton. I had locked my work papers in a drawer and couldnt find the key. Using this video used paper clips and unlocked it in a min. Thanks a ton. It was a life saver.
Thanks! I opened the mysterious cabinet at the office, the one that hold the secret: "what's in there?" for everybody at the office. I tried with no success. Went to a break and came back realizing I should make the clip double to reach all the corners in the gap. And voila! It worked! The initial explanation was the key! Xoxo. Xoxo
Excellent how-to! I inherited a pretty decent short metal cabinet at work with locks on both handles of side-by-side doors (they open up into the same space, yeah, weird) the right-hand side handle was not locked the other was...so, using your handy-dandy paperclips, the "tensioner" and rake, and about 5 minutes of finagling and a couple of curse words and, bing! A freaking useful cabinet again. Many thanks...now to use your technique on Ft. Knox, I'll be sure to credit you.
This really works! I just tried it on our HR’s drawer! Now I can pick any locked drawer in our office. Thanks a lot!
Thanks halfmonty. I learned how to pick a lock and it was the highlight of my day ❤️
O M G! I'm in absolute shock. I've tried EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING including a similar tutorial like this to get into into a locked cupboard containing my passport etc but to no avail. A job opp is depending on me providing my passport and I'd all but given up. One last attempt using your instructions and I'm IN!! Sending thanks from the UK xx
Thank you Monty...worked like a charm and now I'm able to get back into the desk of a piece of furniture I got at a second hand store. Of course, keys never come with stuff at those places. You rock!
Thanks - I have a small cheap money box with the extra key locked inside. I used your instructions with a small screwdriver and a paperclip to get it open. Took like 15 seconds.
I bought an antique desk from an estate sale that was locked on all drawers and I was too cheap to spend money on a locksmith… happy to say your method really worked thank you for saving me 150 dollars which is what the lock smith wanted to charge 😂
Thanks for posting this. Just got my desk unlocked by using info from this video.
I was lucky and had a similar key from a coworkers desk that wasn't for my lock but would go all the way in the cylinder. So I simply ran a paperclip in along the top with key at same time and viola.. opened very easily .
Thank you sir, left the key to my weed stash at work and was able to pick it my first try... you saved my day 🌲🌲🌲
I have a safe in my wall. I lost the key and the number pad batteries died. I used this and it took me 10 minutes. Made my day a whole lot better :D
Someone threw out a perfectly good IKEA Fabrikor glass door cabinet at our complex. The only issues? A locked door that they took off the hinges. So I grabbed some screws and bolts to fit in the hinges and I used your method to lock pick the door. Success in three seconds. Holy crap, that was easy and Oblivion made it seem so much harder. (I know it's not the same level of lock, but it made me feel like a thief)
After an hour of jiggling and racking it finally worked for me ..thanks bro
Still relevant after a 11yrs
thank you, i never knew how to do it, i looked about about 100 different videos but your one is the only one that worked for me. thanks!!!!
TOTALLY WORKS! Great video and explanation. My desk drawer got locked somehow and I don't have a key. After watching this, it only took a couple of tries to get it open.
Thank you! I was able to unlock my fathers filing cabinet. The visual was a huge help.
Thanks man, my anatomy teacher needed open her locked cabinet and I stepped up to help
Yeah. The bent paperclip got stuck inside and now i have an effing paper clip hanging out of my office drawer.
👍👌
Same hereeeeee
OMG it worked!!! I forgot the keys to my office lock at home and it was going to be so much hassle to go back home. Decided to turn to good ole TH-cam and this video did the trick.
Going through comments, turns out most people needed this video for office lockers too 😂
Thank you . You saved me a three hour trip to get spare key . I locked keys in a street sweeper and got it unlocked with this trick
*gets frustrated*
“ so... don’t get frustrated “
This man Lester out here giving lock breaking tutorials
This method is actually pretty useful. I was able to pick my SentrySafe 1100 open after just one or two tries.
"your" SentrySafe 1100??? LOL
Hey Half!....INSTANT SUCCESS......not sure if it was luck......but I've screwed with a small, gun cabinet for over an hour using other methods. Used your method......and it opened in under 5 seconds.....and first time!! NO JOKE.
I will replace lock but this worried me to death .....when I had nothing to worry about.
Thanks.......manannn.
what if your paper clips and bobbypins are in the safe that you dont have the key for
Wow
+Niko Belic What if all your money was in the safe too?!
don't worry guys, the safe is not that safe
ur fucked
If your paperclips and money is in there then you Could go everywhere until you find some paperclips that are sold for free
So i locked my marijuana in my drawer and dropped my key while taking a stroll. Came across this video and my drawer isn't locked anymore. Much love.
Thank you very much. Took me few trials and I almost want to use hammer to burst it but I managed to open it at the end!
Every time I try to pick my post box (lost post key) I fail, and then I watch this and go and do it straight away. Perfect for my predicament.
I was locked outside of my house so yeah, thanks man!
Tweaker
Thank you. I did it. I sprayed a relaxant of some sort and that helped I suppose. My first lock and I saved $55 for a locksmith. 🙏🙏🙏
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW I CAN BREAK INTO MY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE!
U gone still there stuff i so u wrong for that
Xavier Griffin u was so wrong for that
Xavier Griffin u was so wrong for that
^^ please finish elementary school and learn proper grammar before commenting on TH-cam.
Lillian .
It is 5/20/21 and I just used this method to unlock a 550 lb fireproof filing cabinet, thank you very much. For my lock, I had to use a flat head screw driver to turn it while I used a paperclip to rake the pins. The paper clip, even with the bend, wasn't strong enough to turn the lock.
Great job! The fact that you managed to do that with such little instruction is all you man. Awesome!
Thank you so much! The other tutorials didn't work for me (and frankly had to much blah blah not enough action). Son took the keys and just told us "They gone." So we were kind of desperate here! Many thanks!
It worked... I picked a drawer lock with two paperclips after watching this
Thanks borther - my son had a little cash register and stashed all his savings in there .... and lost the keys. Followed your instructions and sure enough - it popped open. I did not even have to use the second paper clip ! cool. My hands were already on the power drill ;-)
OMG WOW this actually works people. It took me 4-5 min but if you have patience it will work. Also, use a flathead screw driver to find the tension angle. Much easier :)
This video has saved me at work on more than one occasion!
wow mate. i locked my desk and lost the key and i have some important shit in there. i did just what u said and it worked. thanks a lot mate.
Yasss thank you, been trying to open one lock like 2 hrs... and after this tutorial i got it in like 7 seconds... also proper lighting straight to the lock helped a lot :)
Worked a treat thank you!! i was hungry and the cabinet with all the chocolate in was locked!
NO WAY I JUST PICKED THE LOCK TO A DRAWER AND IT WORKED!!!! THANK YOU!
Thanks!!! I got it. Had an important photo shoot and all my gear was in my office cabinet - locked in of course! This helped!!
Worked for me!!! If it wasnt for this I would have to drive miles to get the key.
THANK YOU SO MUCH GUY FROM 2010 U SAVED A GUY IN THE YR 2021 THIS VIDEO IS SO USEFUL
Thanks so much! My teacher wants to open a cabinet and the janitors don't have a key. Now I can open it for her thank you!
Paper-clips are handy! I can now get into my grandma’s/grandpa’s safe
If you have trouble with the paper clip breaking when you try put tension on it, if the lock is big enough, you can use a screw driver, or something like that for tension
***** I also like to use booby pins.
xP they're called BOBBY pins.
OMG IT LITERALLY WORKEEEEEDDDD DIDN'T EVEN FIND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR INSIDE OF IT BUT IT FELT SO GOOD WHEN IT OPENED!!!
Super thanks Dude... It really Work...
I got my cabinet locked in office, and i just open it with paperclip...LOL
Couldn’t find the key fir my filing cabinet. I tried for about 5 min jiggling jiggling and turning with 2 paper clips and it finally opened. Thank you😀
totally worked. Thanks a bunch. I called the locksmith location near me and you saved me $25 :)
Thanks. Got the theory but never got the practical right until I watch your video.
I can't belive that i did it. Thank you, this is very useful.
You are amazing. You explained very easy and simple. It worked. Thank you so much. You just saved us $100.
I tried this on a desk I accidentally locked myself out of today using two very small flathead screwdrivers and IT WORKED!!! Yayyy!
Thank you so much. I just get to work and realize that I don't have my keys to the disck lock. And this worked with me 😻
Awesome.. it worked in 2 seconds 👍🏻😀 many thanks.. my fridge was locked up for 2days 🙈 big thaaaanks
Locked out of a cheap cash box. This worked. Thank you!!!!
Opened my desk!!! Thanks for the assistance
Thank you. I finally opened my cabinet after a few tries.
Thanks, I was able to unlock my new file cabinet that didn't have a key! So glad I didn't have to call a locksmith!
Picked my first lock thanks to this video
Lost the lock to my safe and tried this. It worked!
i taught myself this and do it in school when im bored, locking and unlocking, then over again for good measure.
Thank you! I ordered a cash box and the keys were locked in it! It took me several tries but I finally got!
Yeah I desided to take it out and get the key made. Thanks for the info!
Thank you for this video. I open my locker after my key stock inside of my cupboard❤❤❤
This actually worked! Thanks, I managed to unlock that ho in less than 2 minutes.
just opened my file cabinet drawer finally. You tube is a god send blessing of genuine people sharing these hacks ! You are actually saving us alot of money:::::)))) Now....how do i make a key for it since i lost it? thx
Thank you thank you and thank you been trying for a while but watched your video and first try just did it very happy right now
Ok I opened with your trick in like 1 minute! Thank u
I found the key in the process of watching this, thanks
Thanks man. That helps a lot. And here I was worried about what I was going to do for a career. Burglar.
Finally got you videos.. My closet was lock and I lost my key 🗝️😒😢
So... The Elder Scrolls games really do tell you how to do it right XD
Also mafia 2 :DD
lol
I buy a lot of old furniture for work with lost keys. They'll love it if I can pick the locks. I'll give it a spin.
Thank you for this it got my weed out of a locked desk!
🤣 lmfao