Nice overview of the different kinds of locks. When I first started picking locks, the easy to open warded locks would stump me because I was treating them like pin tumblers, even though I couldn't find any pins. 😂 Once I learned what type of lock they were, I made a tool from a paperclip that opens most of them. Just a straight section with a 90° bend at the end. Now I have the Sparrows warded pick set, and it works great.
William Mancel You can make short work of them, sadly, I did the exact same thing with a dollar store lock when I first started. I love when the warded lock pick matches up perfectly. One of the ones with the two protrusions (the wider one) lines up perfectly with on of my Master Locks and it works as easily as the key! Thanks for sharing:)
Enough people commented on video quality and 5 years ago this would have been great quality. Considering I used youtube back qhen you could count pixels on your screen and achmed the dead terrorist was "viral" this video did exactly what I wanted. Thank you for this information. 5 stars. 10/10 content. EDIT: I have Bowley deadbolts on my house 😎
I have been collecting locks for years, I would like to see a video on picking old railroad style locks. Always wanted to learn how to pick and just 4 days ago bought my first kit and tention wrenches from sparrows. Thanks for sharing.
My dads friend has a pretty big safe that he doesn't know the code to, and he lost the key. I attempted to pick it open (with permission) not expecting to be able to open it. To my surprise it was a wafer lock, and I opened it in 3 and a half minutes using the monkey paw medium hook w/ top of keyway tension. I got the monkey paw pick on sparrows website, it's quickly becoming a favorite of mine. Thanks helpful lockpicker, you're the man.
as a newbie to picking i love your videos , picked 12 different uk locks but one is a real pain a chinese bike lock the cable and spring loaded type , was about a dollar us or a pound uk but the lock is very hard to pick
very satisfying when the tension wrench click , im getting faster too now i can feel the pins etc, just done my first wafer lock too. something very cool when you can open a lock just for fun then repeat and you get to know what tools work for differing locks too. due in no small part to your videos and a decent set of picks. many many thanks
Ian Jowett just keep practicing that will make the biggest difference. Try to never pick the same lock more than once in a practice session so you can mitigate the muscle memory effect
taken on board, im trying o find as many old locks as i can , got friends family and neighbours looking for me and got some coming via ebay that cost next to nothing , more locks the better. thanks so much for the advice too.
Thanks helpfullockpicker I found plug spinner looks a must have two as some locks pick easy wrong way it auto turn the other way if anyone want to know
For this kind of camera shot where you are going to be holding object in the same place repeatedly, consider turning off the autofocus and focusing the camera where you'd like it before you start filming so that we can actually see the features of the keyway that you are referencing. Still a lot of good information here though, thank you!
Thank you for the feedback but unfortunately at the time of filming this that was not an option on that camera. If you have seen any of my content made in the last year or so you'll know that it is no longer an issue :-)
@@HelpfulLockPicker Thanks o bought the cheap one on wish and believe it or not I dint know it was fir the lock I have left I now understand the working but still not the picking but in so grateful for the knowledge I use to do mine with hacksaw blades but now have two and another set on the way I have all practice locks and pick it for about 10 pound really cheap and good quality lock for money
@@HelpfulLockPicker Ok thanks I will get back and update if if I can ever open it it turns like nothing with the key this one must be hard but brute force I dont think it would be i i will only pick it the rite way I may buy another ti brute force just so I did it lol
@@HelpfulLockPicker enjoy your videos. Found you watching the lock picking lawyer. I have a cheesy pick that unscrews and the body holds the rakes and torsion bar. Gonna start futzing around with locks. Looks like a hoot. Good luck to you.
@@bigblocklawyer it is a really fun hobby but brace your wallet if you get into it locks at up fast. One of the best parts about the sport is the community everyone's very nice and wants you to learn
@@HelpfulLockPicker I'm an attorney and my hobby is restoring old Corvettes. This looks like a great way to satisfy that itch without the insanely involved process of restoration. I'll let you know how I make out. Had puck locks on my enclosed car trailer and some d bag just cut the ears where the lock goes through with a bolt cutter. So much for needing a good lock.
@@bigblocklawyer security is only as strong as its weakest link. It always interesting seeing high security locks on a weak door next to a window. Sorry that happened to you
I lost my keys to my ebike. I can't charge the battery without unlocking the casing and taking it off my bike. I have been sat here for over and hour and I'm unable to pick the lock. I'm not getting frustrated or impatient, I just could do with some advice. 😅 It's a carrera vengeance espec. (the latest model lock version) I've got a rake pick, and a hook pick, the latter I'm trying to use as the tension device.
@@HelpfulLockPicker I've got an injuried knee, so I can't ride too far, and Halfords, the only company I can get the key from is miiiiiles away. I just needed to charge it up to get into work tomorrow, but I've found alternative transport,so it doesn't matter anymore 👍🏻 Thanks anyways! 🙃
I have a lock I just pulled from a doorknob that has stuck pins and no key, I know it's not a Schlage because none of my Schlage keys fit into it. My next guess would be quickest or Weiser but is there any way to tell? Or do I just keep buying re-pining kits until I find a key that works? The springs are very small and the key is also going to be small, it was on my closet door I found a bike lock key that actually goes into it maybe if I keep trying key pins I can rekey it to this key, but it would be nice to order a re-pining kit as you can with Schlage. The Kwikset Re-keying package I found on Amazon doesn't come with pins just new keys and a device that apparently sets the pins to the new key. I know that this lock is old I'd say nearly 30 years old. I've been here for 12 and the place hasn't been remodelled in at least 30 years I still have skeleton key locks with glass knobs on some of the doors in here. The end cap on the core is just a cap no threads just a silver cap. Anyone have a clue as to what it might be?
If you don't want to take your lock to the locksmith (probably the best option) can you take the lock out of the door and go to the hardware store and see what blank fits. Once you know the keyway that opens more options for you.
@@HelpfulLockPicker Yeah I removed the core already was thinking of using it, with the Sparrows reload kit but once I got it out and open I realized I've never seen anything like it before with any of the hundreds of lockpicking videos I've watched before I started. I want to know what damn kind of lock it is more out of curiosity than need I have all of the Sparrows training locks now just got them the 4 progressive and the cutaway.
I can't find my lock, its round and when you rotate the key, a bent tube also rotates and locks the door. Which lock is it? edit: I got it, its called a disc padlock
I have encounter a tubular lock that looks almost c shaped by LAI it's on an old vending machine I bought wondering if you know what it could be I have searched LAI website and they only have regular tubular locks any idea ?
@@HelpfulLockPicker thank you. I’m going to gift my mother-in-law a lock like that. She keeps locking her key in her locker and they have to cut it off.
@@HelpfulLockPicker Your welcome :D and can I ask something? How do you open a cruciform lock/zesis lock like without lockpicking, is there any way we could get its pattern on something like soap and get it made at a key shop. Plz let me know 🙏🙏🙏
@@georgewilliams5401 it's possible that you could maybe do some sort of impressioning but that is not something I ever tried. But the Lazy Man's approach using a rake specific for that type of lock usually works sufficiently well
@@HelpfulLockPicker haha, cuz I don't think so the lock me and friends are looking at is a 15 pin lock, I'm pretty sure it is a China lock with maybe like 5 pins. Thanks to you Ofcourse I got to know the name of lock and other things, I'll show them this video tomorrow and tell them that it can be opened with lock picks, if we fail then we will try the taking the pattern thingy
Didn't see the kind of lock I wanted to have explained to me, where the key has a giant grove running through both sides of it and is rectangular shaped
I don't think it was the black mat her say it was a pretty cheap camera. I have since changed cameras and have better automatic Focus or can set manual focus. I'm glad that issue is resolved but unfortunately I can't fix my dryer videos LOL
What are those old fashioned antique locks called? I might sound stupid when I say this but I can't find any information about them online. The key the goes into the lock is a cylinder with a bigger sort of rectangle or square at the end and that shape has a square hole on it. Do you know which lock I'm talking about?
Ken R Tubular lock picks do not work on good tubular locks. I find them interesting from an SPP perspective because you have to usually pick them a few times to get them open. I agree with you that one can make short work on a tubular lock that is cheaper, however, manufactures are varying the springs in them now and tubular picks can easily be thwarted.
you mean impression tools and they work great sometimes but I've drilled a bunch in the field that had heavy tension on the cam and the impression tool didnt work. A job from few months ago was a pool table with four of them. Couldnt impression any of them. I drilled one which got me access to the back of the others and with them off the table and no tension on the cam I was able to impression them. That impression tool has definitely failed more than its worked for me on locks that were installed on things.
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His cameras focus was as stable as my love life
Lol
And his explanations as good as my sex life
Your lifes suck! 😜
@@rads.761 and your English sucks
Better than I could do.
Good enough to teach me what I wanted to know.
Maybe you experts should start making your own videos
good video and thanks for sharing but please fix your cameras focus
Common beginner mistake is leaving auto focus on rather than switch it on then off
@@tylercafe1260 I was going to comment this. I really appreciate the content but it's very distracting.
I have since bought a new camera
I really like the phrase "security by obscurity". Good video.
Robert Clark thank you for the kind words
Nice overview of the different kinds of locks. When I first started picking locks, the easy to open warded locks would stump me because I was treating them like pin tumblers, even though I couldn't find any pins. 😂 Once I learned what type of lock they were, I made a tool from a paperclip that opens most of them. Just a straight section with a 90° bend at the end. Now I have the Sparrows warded pick set, and it works great.
William Mancel You can make short work of them, sadly, I did the exact same thing with a dollar store lock when I first started.
I love when the warded lock pick matches up perfectly. One of the ones with the two protrusions (the wider one) lines up perfectly with on of my Master Locks and it works as easily as the key!
Thanks for sharing:)
Enough people commented on video quality and 5 years ago this would have been great quality. Considering I used youtube back qhen you could count pixels on your screen and achmed the dead terrorist was "viral" this video did exactly what I wanted. Thank you for this information. 5 stars. 10/10 content.
EDIT: I have Bowley deadbolts on my house 😎
I have been collecting locks for years, I would like to see a video on picking old railroad style locks. Always wanted to learn how to pick and just 4 days ago bought my first kit and tention wrenches from sparrows. Thanks for sharing.
If I remember the old railway locks were warded locks. Check my video out on how to pick warded locks and it should give you a good idea
CAMERA FOCUS BOII!!! still good vid tho thanks for the upload i wanna take this up as a hobbie
Did you ever end up taking it up as a hobby?
My dads friend has a pretty big safe that he doesn't know the code to, and he lost the key. I attempted to pick it open (with permission) not expecting to be able to open it. To my surprise it was a wafer lock, and I opened it in 3 and a half minutes using the monkey paw medium hook w/ top of keyway tension. I got the monkey paw pick on sparrows website, it's quickly becoming a favorite of mine. Thanks helpful lockpicker, you're the man.
you showed every lock except the kind that i was looking for.
Ermia Hamedi lol, sorry about that. Do you have any idea what you are looking for?
Ur vids inspired me to start picking I bought my first pick set today
Thank you for the kind word and I wish you luck!
MulTLock: "You dawg, I heard you like pins..."
Yeah, they have a lot of pins inside them, they can be fun locks to open.
as a newbie to picking i love your videos , picked 12 different uk locks but one is a real pain a chinese bike lock the cable and spring loaded type , was about a dollar us or a pound uk but the lock is very hard to pick
Ian Jowett the cheap locks can sometimes be tough, congrats on the opens!
very satisfying when the tension wrench click , im getting faster too now i can feel the pins etc, just done my first wafer lock too. something very cool when you can open a lock just for fun then repeat and you get to know what tools work for differing locks too. due in no small part to your videos and a decent set of picks. many many thanks
Ian Jowett just keep practicing that will make the biggest difference. Try to never pick the same lock more than once in a practice session so you can mitigate the muscle memory effect
taken on board, im trying o find as many old locks as i can , got friends family and neighbours looking for me and got some coming via ebay that cost next to nothing , more locks the better. thanks so much for the advice too.
Why can't I find a video about my lock. It looks like those old timey ones you see in cartoons that look like a pepper bottle
I have that one too
They are called mortise locks
Those are called lever locks
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Thanks helpfullockpicker
I found plug spinner looks a must have two as some locks pick easy wrong way it auto turn the other way if anyone want to know
they can be quite helpful when you need them :-)
It's a great tool that can save you a great deal of time if you pick it the wrong way. Thanks for Sharing!
For this kind of camera shot where you are going to be holding object in the same place repeatedly, consider turning off the autofocus and focusing the camera where you'd like it before you start filming so that we can actually see the features of the keyway that you are referencing. Still a lot of good information here though, thank you!
Thank you for the feedback but unfortunately at the time of filming this that was not an option on that camera. If you have seen any of my content made in the last year or so you'll know that it is no longer an issue :-)
Thank you I was looking for the disc container lock now I can look up picking it it the only one I could not find in my set thanks
Finding tools for disc detainer locks is not easy but a great manufacture is www.lockfall.com but it is a tad expensive
@@HelpfulLockPicker
Thanks o bought the cheap one on wish and believe it or not I dint know it was fir the lock I have left I now understand the working but still not the picking but in so grateful for the knowledge I use to do mine with hacksaw blades but now have two and another set on the way I have all practice locks and pick it for about 10 pound really cheap and good quality lock for money
@@user-bubstech that tool will need to be modified for it to work
@@HelpfulLockPicker
Ok thanks I will get back and update if if I can ever open it it turns like nothing with the key this one must be hard but brute force I dont think it would be i i will only pick it the rite way I may buy another ti brute force just so I did it lol
@@user-bubstech disc locks are often easy to brute force. I recommend checking my video on how disc detainer locks work if you'd like a closer look
Which is the smallest most secure typical looking padlock?
Probably something with an Abloy disc core, however, a padlock is a padlock and can be cut
well don mannnnnn very well xplainedthanks stiglocks..r
Thank you for the kind words!
Great video my friend and congrats on the 900 subs buddy👍😊😊😊😊😎😎😎
Leon's lockpad Thank you!
Naming those adaptive lock picks and informing where the best buy is. Regards. U.K.
Thank you for checking out the video!
Very Informative, cheers for making this!
Thank you for the kind words!
Very good instructional series. Please keep up the good efforts. More details for the newbie to lock sporting.
Liam Lucky thank you for the kind words :-) the series is still in progress and many more episodes to come!
Triple stacked ad b4 video. First time ever had that happen.
Thanks for checking out the video. I have only ever seen double-stacked ads myself
@@HelpfulLockPicker enjoy your videos. Found you watching the lock picking lawyer. I have a cheesy pick that unscrews and the body holds the rakes and torsion bar. Gonna start futzing around with locks. Looks like a hoot. Good luck to you.
@@bigblocklawyer it is a really fun hobby but brace your wallet if you get into it locks at up fast. One of the best parts about the sport is the community everyone's very nice and wants you to learn
@@HelpfulLockPicker I'm an attorney and my hobby is restoring old Corvettes. This looks like a great way to satisfy that itch without the insanely involved process of restoration. I'll let you know how I make out. Had puck locks on my enclosed car trailer and some d bag just cut the ears where the lock goes through with a bolt cutter. So much for needing a good lock.
@@bigblocklawyer security is only as strong as its weakest link. It always interesting seeing high security locks on a weak door next to a window. Sorry that happened to you
I lost my keys to my ebike.
I can't charge the battery without unlocking the casing and taking it off my bike.
I have been sat here for over and hour and I'm unable to pick the lock.
I'm not getting frustrated or impatient, I just could do with some advice. 😅
It's a carrera vengeance espec. (the latest model lock version)
I've got a rake pick, and a hook pick, the latter I'm trying to use as the tension device.
Can't you buy a new key?
@@HelpfulLockPicker
I've got an injuried knee, so I can't ride too far, and Halfords, the only company I can get the key from is miiiiiles away.
I just needed to charge it up to get into work tomorrow, but I've found alternative transport,so it doesn't matter anymore 👍🏻
Thanks anyways! 🙃
Hey there! Quick question here, which of these would you sat is the most dificult?
Disc detainer is probably the hardest
@@HelpfulLockPicker thanks!!
5/86 videos done, hope i'll be able to pick most lock types in the future!
I feel the same way lol
Very cool my friend gives people a very good idea what they're going to come across👍😊👍😊✌✌😎
Thank you for the kind words! I am glad that it has helped many be able to visualized the differences in locks :)
The focus sucks other than that great video learned alot thanks
Abhishek Tenz very true about the focus it's not as bad on most of the videos but I ought to get a new camera someday. Thank you for the kind words
I have a lock I just pulled from a doorknob that has stuck pins and no key, I know it's not a Schlage because none of my Schlage keys fit into it. My next guess would be quickest or Weiser but is there any way to tell? Or do I just keep buying re-pining kits until I find a key that works? The springs are very small and the key is also going to be small, it was on my closet door I found a bike lock key that actually goes into it maybe if I keep trying key pins I can rekey it to this key, but it would be nice to order a re-pining kit as you can with Schlage. The Kwikset Re-keying package I found on Amazon doesn't come with pins just new keys and a device that apparently sets the pins to the new key. I know that this lock is old I'd say nearly 30 years old. I've been here for 12 and the place hasn't been remodelled in at least 30 years I still have skeleton key locks with glass knobs on some of the doors in here. The end cap on the core is just a cap no threads just a silver cap. Anyone have a clue as to what it might be?
If you don't want to take your lock to the locksmith (probably the best option) can you take the lock out of the door and go to the hardware store and see what blank fits. Once you know the keyway that opens more options for you.
@@HelpfulLockPicker Yeah I removed the core already was thinking of using it, with the Sparrows reload kit but once I got it out and open I realized I've never seen anything like it before with any of the hundreds of lockpicking videos I've watched before I started. I want to know what damn kind of lock it is more out of curiosity than need I have all of the Sparrows training locks now just got them the 4 progressive and the cutaway.
Do you have a photo of it you could share?
@@HelpfulLockPicker Umm I'll try and put it somewhere and drop a link sure.
Awesome video my friend
Thank you! I am excited to see this series start to come to fruition.
I can't find my lock, its round and when you rotate the key, a bent tube also rotates and locks the door. Which lock is it?
edit: I got it, its called a disc padlock
Disc detainer locks take a special tool which is hard to come by.
@@HelpfulLockPicker maybe I will just buy a padlock
@@HelpfulLockPicker sounds like a disc padlock probably with a pin tumbler core tho
Excellent... Best regards!
Thanks for checking it out!
what is the one with a really tiny hole that is like 1 cm long?
The cruciform lock?
I have encounter a tubular lock that looks almost c shaped by LAI it's on an old vending machine I bought wondering if you know what it could be I have searched LAI website and they only have regular tubular locks any idea ?
Can you send a photo?
@@HelpfulLockPicker how do I send photo on here
@@sanjayansary951I would upload rillin imgur and post the link
@@HelpfulLockPicker I can send through email
R.bryan69@yahoo.com send me message there and I'll send pic
Thank you for your videos!
Washington State Picker thank you for the kind words!
What do you call a lock that will not release the key until the lock is locked again.
Key retaining
@@HelpfulLockPicker thank you. I’m going to gift my mother-in-law a lock like that. She keeps locking her key in her locker and they have to cut it off.
it never hit me that they are only 5 or so warded locks in the entire world talk about KA. how did you get an american lock with a tubular core?
They sell them but I got mine from bored lock picker
Thanks so much bruder
Thank you for the kind words!
@@HelpfulLockPicker Your welcome :D and can I ask something? How do you open a cruciform lock/zesis lock like without lockpicking, is there any way we could get its pattern on something like soap and get it made at a key shop. Plz let me know 🙏🙏🙏
@@georgewilliams5401 it's possible that you could maybe do some sort of impressioning but that is not something I ever tried. But the Lazy Man's approach using a rake specific for that type of lock usually works sufficiently well
@@HelpfulLockPicker haha, cuz I don't think so the lock me and friends are looking at is a 15 pin lock, I'm pretty sure it is a China lock with maybe like 5 pins. Thanks to you Ofcourse I got to know the name of lock and other things, I'll show them this video tomorrow and tell them that it can be opened with lock picks, if we fail then we will try the taking the pattern thingy
@@HelpfulLockPicker so would be the soap best to take a pattern with it?
What about code padlocks?
There are several things missing for sure
Didn't see the kind of lock I wanted to have explained to me, where the key has a giant grove running through both sides of it and is rectangular shaped
Feel free to send me an image of the lock
I think the black mat causes confusion for the camera focus. Pretty annoying. Thanks tho!
I don't think it was the black mat her say it was a pretty cheap camera. I have since changed cameras and have better automatic Focus or can set manual focus. I'm glad that issue is resolved but unfortunately I can't fix my dryer videos LOL
What are those old fashioned antique locks called? I might sound stupid when I say this but I can't find any information about them online. The key the goes into the lock is a cylinder with a bigger sort of rectangle or square at the end and that shape has a square hole on it. Do you know which lock I'm talking about?
Maybe a lever lock?
@@HelpfulLockPicker thanks for the help.
the video is not clear, please adjust the focus on your upcoming videos !!!
Long since this video is made I have updated my camera :-)
can you pick all of them?'
許高騰 no, I haven't tried all of them
my phone camera is better than this ... good review though
My camera definitely isn't perfect but thanks for checking out the video. I'm glad it was useful :)
You may try to use manual focus on a fixed point before starting the shot and just move stuff to the proper distance.
My camera doesn't have the option to manually focus :( This has been mentioned before, most of my videos were not as out of focus as this video.
No worries mate, thanks for your work!
my key way is small and looks like a power button
is there any way you can share a photograph of it if you need further clarification?
do you mean head on it looks like the symbol on a power button? that might be a tubular lock idk
I subbed, until you said tubular locks are great and takes a few tries.
Tubular lock picks can be used by a chimp and get it open.
Ken R Tubular lock picks do not work on good tubular locks. I find them interesting from an SPP perspective because you have to usually pick them a few times to get them open.
I agree with you that one can make short work on a tubular lock that is cheaper, however, manufactures are varying the springs in them now and tubular picks can easily be thwarted.
you mean impression tools and they work great sometimes but I've drilled a bunch in the field that had heavy tension on the cam and the impression tool didnt work. A job from few months ago was a pool table with four of them. Couldnt impression any of them. I drilled one which got me access to the back of the others and with them off the table and no tension on the cam I was able to impression them. That impression tool has definitely failed more than its worked for me on locks that were installed on things.
While everyone is here to learn how to lockpick, I am here to make the most secure lock. I am using your weapons against you 😈
thanks for sharing
you could have just recorded audio would not matter
thanks for sharing your feedback
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Edit: am native
Thanks for sharing
Oof. A bit nauseous. Thank you though!
👍🐈👏🐾
Thanks for checking it out!
i barely understood anything nice
Thanks
@@HelpfulLockPicker But I do understand your other videos which I have indeed found helpful
Y is this on TH-cam omg, but tfs lol
Thanks for checking it out
Nit picky camera people. Sheeez.
At least it has been replaced lol
guy's who subscribed to his channel are all burglars i guess
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please buy a new camera
Done
very very very bad focusing....
Thank you for the feedback, I have since fix this issue. Hope the content was at least helpful :-)