LUCAN Metal Products LTD was an Israeli company established in 1980 and is registered as no longer in business (probably closed shop in the 80's). There's very little information about it, but the address ("Esser Tachanot st") no longer exists because it was renamed to Raoul Wallenberg st. many years ago. Fun fact: It was located near a historical site from the Ottoman period called 'Esser Tachanot' ("10 flour mills") which is now a busy office/industrial area. About the Soviet design: there was a large Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union to Israel in the 70's, with many having industrial and engineering education/background. I can only imagine it has something with the company or the padlock's design. This is indeed a rare find and looks in excellent condition. sorry I couldn't find more info on the company or its products.
You already excelled at the background of the address! I have huge respect for people like you who are armed with valuable insights and take the time to post it up 😊
That's not a high bar, but it's clear that it's not resistant at all. It's just time consuming because of what you have to do to get the bar out of the way.
But only because LPL didn't make a special tool. Make a tool and it'll be matter of seconds. Could be probably something like a key to a similar lock with all but the first "ridge" filed away.
It took LPL longer to pick this lock than most of the other Locks he picked. Master Lock is a Joke. It can be raked or bypassed, single pin picking is also easy with only Four pins on many of their locks.
There's not a world where he hasn't tried it off camera 😅😂 My guess is it didn't work and there's no chance he's putting out a video where the lock wins no matter the ridiculous scenario! 🔒🥕
It has an impressioning attack that is very low skill. A carrot or appropriately sized plastic strip (like a cut glue stick) can be forced through and will either work as the key or just make a difficult to clean mess
@ True, simplistic as the design is, it stood up much longer than a typical big box store padlock on this channel. This lock has four racks, which would make the carrot attack which is trivial on Soviet single bar apartment locks somewhat difficult as the impression disintegrates as it goes. Or at least more difficult for an unskilled would-be lockpick such as myself.
3:14 While I did indeed get the impression from your description that what you were doing was not in any way difficult, I do think it worth noting how freaking LONG it took even you to do it.
As he told in the previous video - if this type of lock was more or less common he could make a special instrument that'd open the lock much faster. Nobody just uses those locks now.
As mentioned before,the main aspects of the lock when it was designed in the Soviet Union was minimal precision with high resistance to the elements,the design is simple enough to do that but as confirmed by other,can be defeated with a good enough carrot.
@@F1r1at You can't make a special tool to open these locks faster. Rack lock is a type of ward lock where you need to engage every single ward, not just any of them. The tool he was using was already the best tool you can use to pick a rack lock. How do I know? I had to pick rack locks in real life.
@@michaelbuckersyes yes, the same was said about dimple locks and every other specialty lock out there that found tracktion. The tool only needs to have the coresponding amount of sides to engage the racks. Your statement is nothing more than a singular case. It wonˋt hold up outside of that.
Low skill DC but a long action time. Ultimately any lock is just a matter of time if someone has enough skill to make it eventually, so its worth considering.
I noticed that you struggled considerably on this lock. My advice as a non lawyer and a non lock picker is to try wedging a carrot in there. I heard this from some lawyer who happens to pick locks for a living. You should give it a try and see if the results improve
Didn't look like he really struggled much on this, it just took a decent amount of time, because there was a lot to go through, so it was time-consuming, but by no means did it look very hard
We need a carrot demonstration! I'm from the former USSR country, I've seen such lock many times. Never heard about carrot method, but now I'm intrigued! I don't have such locks, but if you will not show us the carrot, I will have to buy a lock and try myself...
I believe that Esser Tachanot Street was renamed to Raoul Wallenberg Street. Number 10 on that Street is now a police station, but that building looks like it was built in the last 30 years or so.
@@АлександрЛарионов-е4у You there! You’re a slav! You must have these lying around! You must find out for the masses. Grab a carrot (I guess a turnip would work as well) and see if it works!
Such locks are most often installed on outdoor gates. Their advantage is that if the lock is flooded and freezes in winter, you can warm it up with a blowtorch or heat gun without the risk of damage. Even if these locks don't have the highest level of security, in this case it's not a big deal, since a thief can simply climb over the fence.
@@bobspldbckwrds Not really. Most of the time, a lock that takes LPL 3 minutes to open is one that would take a less experienced picker much longer, or even be impossible for them. That's great security, because there are very few pickers as skilled as LPL. But this one? *Any* picker who knows what they're up against will open it in under 5 minutes. Sure, it's better than no lock, or some Masterlock POS that can be shimmed open faster than using the actual key, but it's not at all 'high security'.
He tells us this is probably the best of this design ever made and still defeats all four bolts in a video that's less then 4 minutes. I'm glad I don't have to rely on these. Even though it took longer then a master lock.
@@LordPrecision would you consider those old fashioned keys with the big flat teeth and the round cylinder body (seems to be called a warded lock) to be "exactly locks"? And isn't a standard tumbler lock with coded pins the same thing essentially? Instead of a spring loaded bolt that gets pulled by the key, you're just moving pins out of the way of a tumbler. Either way, the lock involves something that's in the way and can only be moved out of the way by an inserted key. It feels arbitrary to me to call one a lock and the other "not exactly a lock". Is a disc detainer more of a lock than a pin and tumbler? What about those flat keys with all the circular indents and bumps on both sides?
You realize that the cuts in the rack and key can be spaced at arbitrary intervals, right? You have to have a key that matches the lock. It may be a very easy-to-defeat mechanism, but it's still a lock.
How we were teased with a carrot... and we are eagerly following this series like donkeys! It's about set up and pay-off, folks! Now, LPL, please stop being an ass and give us the carrot!! 😉 😂
To be fair, LPL has not picked very many of these and doesn't have a specialized tool specifically made to defeat them. I would imagine that with a purpose-built tool LPL could probably get through these pretty trivially.
@@Jedibob5 3 inch junk of 1/2" pipe with a couple steel electrical conduit covers affixed to either end with a a few hundred feet of copper magnet wire wrapped around it so you got a nice spool about the size of your fist (should be plenty of power i would think as that'll pick up fairly large plates of steel and pounds of nails at a time lol). Wire the one end of the coil wire to the positive terminal of a small ATV or lawnmower battery. Tape your newly constructed electromagnet to the side of the battery with some duct tape so it's all one discreet little rig. Keep the negative cable away from the corresponding terminal until you go to use it. Should be able to fit in a small knapsack... Set it against the door or padlock, connect the remaining wire to the negative terminal, and give it a little rattle/shake until the magnet defeats any springs and/or pulls any bolts. Should basically be a master key and have plenty of juice for a whole bunch of robberies if one were so inclined. I'd bet money most police forces have a specialized rig for that in those areas... Maybe even gangs or organized crime outfits... Personally i'd feel safer with a lock someone at least had to pick, cut, or kick in without such an obvious universal security flaw. It would at least make noise to warn you or have some exposure time instead of them being able to walk up to the door and be through it rather silently as though they were using a key with nobody likely the wiser. You could ostensibly make the damn thing for free visiting a junkyard (magnet wire is used in windings of electric motors, transformers, inductors, generators, headphones, loudspeaker coils, and other devices, very easy to procure at almost any junkyard) or spending a few bucks at a hardware store (it's pretty cheap). Not hard to steal a small 12 volt battery out of something. Hell most ppl have all the stuff to build that just laying around their garage... Edit: @lockpickinglawyer if you read this will you try this and see if it works like i think it would (after the carrot of course :) ?
@@AnonymousNoNayme On the bench this could be tested with just a big neodymium permanent magnet. Pretty sure LPL has one of those, like the one he showed to the guys at Modern Rogue. TH-cam Video ID 7Lsm4l3mRqw around the 19:00 mark. 😳 Citing a TH-cam video from 2019 makes me feel old!? 👴
@@AnonymousNoNayme I was thinking more along the lines of a device that could more easily grip and move the racks lol. I don't think you'd need some electromagnet-powered mad science experiment for these, but I guess it could work in theory.
We came for the carrot ! But I feel generous, you're free to use another vegetable or common object to open it ! It was very slow to open, and if poeple don't know, they don't know how to open it at all !
Exactly this. However, this is a great example on how a lock can't rely on just being difficult if its beaten quickly once someone figures it out. In the same way it shouldn't rely on just pick resistance or cut resistance when the other is trivial. This lock is time consuming while modestly tricky enough.
You have the wrong locks. Locks of this type also use a spring - which presses on the bolt with grooves. So the lock always wants to close. And as soon as you pull the tool out of the "slot", it immediately closes back. And opening a lock with two parallel bolts becomes possible, but long, and the neighbors will call the police before the lock is opened. The real fight against such locks were casts of keys made quickly by pickpockets in public transport. They softened the plasticine in their hand and quickly made a cast. And the key was made from the frozen plasticine. Also, these locks were often used in parallel with locks of another type, and an armored plate of thick steel on a wooden door in the area of the lock. These locks became popular because each locksmith made them himself, according to a unique recipe with a unique key. At a time when there were lines for bread.
If everyone started using these, someone would make a dedicated pick, and, honestly, it's an obvious design that would open this lock almost as fast as a key and with no more skill required.
Whoa, this sent me down a rabbit hole, trying to find any information on this company. It's scarce. From the phone number (which is the old, pre-1995 format of Israeli landline phones that had 6 digits) I was able to find an ad in a newspaper archive from 1988! The Hebrew name for it was לוקאן but the street is called Raoul Wallenberg st. now.... I found the company registry (לוקאן מוצרי מתכת - Lucan Metal Products), and it seems that it was established in 1980, but long defunct. Anyway, very cool piece of history you got there!
Comrade. The lock isn’t there to keep you out. It’s there so the little old ladies who hide behind every window curtain will get a good look at you and inform us.
I know folks are disappointed by the lack of carrot, but consider this: Given the size of the keyway on the padlock, a carrot would be hard to make work there. The piece you'd be forcing through would probably be too thin to give you the leverage you'd need. You'd probably have to do it on the Soviet locks. Also, given that this padlock is kind of a rare piece, in the LPL's case I'd be genuinely concerned about screwing up the internal mechanisms. I think if he does pick a rack lock with a carrot, it'll be a different one.
My granddad was instrumentation metal worker back in USSR from when he was 14 during ww2 and to retirement. He did rack locks for all apartment doors, garages, etc. He made a verdion with two sliding bars/rods, 2 cm square steel oomphs. Idea was that it is hard to cut, tear apart or pry.
In terms of picking time, definitely one of the longest I've seen on the channel in a while! And given the rarity of the lock type, it might just stump people outright.
I love it, the explanation takes, 1:21, the lock picking takes 1:50 and the follow up explanation takes another 48 seconds. So it takes the LPL longer to explain the pick than actually doing it.
3:30 - Yeah, I can't imagine why anyone would claim these to be impossible to pick. Watching your lead-up vid, my immediate thought was "all you have to do is use something to slide the bolt out of the way, and the teeth/grooves provide a mechanism for just that..." I've never picked a lock or even tried, though seeing the mechanicals of many it's easy to understand how various picking methods work, and this just seems/seemed obvious to me.
Eh, as others have mentioned, its not a difficult attack if you know it. However, that it takes a while regardless of how good you are once you're good enough is still a merit worth considering.
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LUCAN Metal Products LTD was an Israeli company established in 1980 and is registered as no longer in business (probably closed shop in the 80's). There's very little information about it, but the address ("Esser Tachanot st") no longer exists because it was renamed to Raoul Wallenberg st. many years ago. Fun fact: It was located near a historical site from the Ottoman period called 'Esser Tachanot' ("10 flour mills") which is now a busy office/industrial area.
About the Soviet design: there was a large Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union to Israel in the 70's, with many having industrial and engineering education/background. I can only imagine it has something with the company or the padlock's design.
This is indeed a rare find and looks in excellent condition. sorry I couldn't find more info on the company or its products.
That's cool info, and if LPL sees it I imagine he will be appreciative of your contribution.
You already excelled at the background of the address! I have huge respect for people like you who are armed with valuable insights and take the time to post it up 😊
The migrant hypothesis makes a lot of sense given the timing
I appreciate the knowledge, thank you.
The last known registered is not in Tel Aviv, but in 65 HaYarkon st. Bne Brak (another industrial area outside Tel Aviv)
Well, to be honest, this lock resisted more than every Master lock I've ever seen getting picked on this channel.
And to be honest, that’s one very low bar to hurdle lol.
That's not a high bar, but it's clear that it's not resistant at all. It's just time consuming because of what you have to do to get the bar out of the way.
But only because LPL didn't make a special tool. Make a tool and it'll be matter of seconds. Could be probably something like a key to a similar lock with all but the first "ridge" filed away.
It took LPL longer to pick this lock than most of the other Locks he picked. Master Lock is a Joke. It can be raked or bypassed, single pin picking is also easy with only Four pins on many of their locks.
The only reason for that is because of rarity
You teased us with the carrot claim, you cant leave us hanging.
It's a real Chekov's carrot situation for sure.
Just dangling.
This one was for the stick, not the carrot.
There's not a world where he hasn't tried it off camera 😅😂 My guess is it didn't work and there's no chance he's putting out a video where the lock wins no matter the ridiculous scenario! 🔒🥕
No carrot. Unsubbed.
Must be saving the video on "shoving my carrot hard into the hole" for April 1st.
Probably
And we are supposed to sit there cupping our blue balls until then? Eff that. Listen to the masses! Deliver!
valentines day might beat april 1st
We can only hope
"Opening her with a Carrot"
All right, bring on the carrot.
I'm fine with using any kind of groceries 🍆
He's probably saving the carrot for the final lock.
As soon as Mrs LPL is done with it?
The carrot sounds like a McNally defeat method, honestly.
@@GregFalcon same guy, 2 names!
Though mechanically simple, it took LPL 1:52 to pick. Compared to most locks, that makes this one fairly secure.
Agreed!
It has an impressioning attack that is very low skill. A carrot or appropriately sized plastic strip (like a cut glue stick) can be forced through and will either work as the key or just make a difficult to clean mess
@ True, simplistic as the design is, it stood up much longer than a typical big box store padlock on this channel. This lock has four racks, which would make the carrot attack which is trivial on Soviet single bar apartment locks somewhat difficult as the impression disintegrates as it goes. Or at least more difficult for an unskilled would-be lockpick such as myself.
@@ObiwanNekodyshow me you doing it with a carrot
Nooooooooo what happened to the carrot
Edit: How on earth did i get this many likes
Yeah I'm here for the carrot lockpick trick.
If this comment gets 1000 likes we might get a follow up video?
Right LPL? 😅
I am also sad that by the lack of carrots, so sad that I hereby demands that all locks get tested against a carrot.
Commenting hoping he will notice
He ate it
3:14 While I did indeed get the impression from your description that what you were doing was not in any way difficult, I do think it worth noting how freaking LONG it took even you to do it.
1 min 50 sec
As he told in the previous video - if this type of lock was more or less common he could make a special instrument that'd open the lock much faster. Nobody just uses those locks now.
As mentioned before,the main aspects of the lock when it was designed in the Soviet Union was minimal precision with high resistance to the elements,the design is simple enough to do that but as confirmed by other,can be defeated with a good enough carrot.
@@F1r1at You can't make a special tool to open these locks faster. Rack lock is a type of ward lock where you need to engage every single ward, not just any of them. The tool he was using was already the best tool you can use to pick a rack lock. How do I know? I had to pick rack locks in real life.
@@michaelbuckersyes yes, the same was said about dimple locks and every other specialty lock out there that found tracktion.
The tool only needs to have the coresponding amount of sides to engage the racks.
Your statement is nothing more than a singular case. It wonˋt hold up outside of that.
Took longer to pick than most modern locks!
I would think this has something to do with practice. He has picked thousands of traditional locks. I assume he has picked way fewer of these.
He already said in the last video that if these were more common he'd just make a specific tool and they'd be completely trivial
I think the amount of time it takes is mostly just because of how far the bolts need to be moved rather than any actual difficulty in picking it
Low skill DC but a long action time. Ultimately any lock is just a matter of time if someone has enough skill to make it eventually, so its worth considering.
He should have used a carrot. Would have been quicker. 😂
He metaphorically dangled a carrot in front of us.
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No carrots where harmed in this video 😢🥕
Why ???
Boo! Make the lock eat its veggies!
That's totally what I thought also.
LPL, please try the carrot method.
Too few carrots were harmed!
What nooooo gotta see the carrot trick
I noticed that you struggled considerably on this lock. My advice as a non lawyer and a non lock picker is to try wedging a carrot in there. I heard this from some lawyer who happens to pick locks for a living. You should give it a try and see if the results improve
I actually heard this same thing from some Brixster, who I think heard it from some lawyer.
Didn't look like he really struggled much on this, it just took a decent amount of time, because there was a lot to go through, so it was time-consuming, but by no means did it look very hard
@ It would definitely have been much easier with the use of a carrot
@@GummieIwatch precious video for the context
We need a carrot demonstration! I'm from the former USSR country, I've seen such lock many times. Never heard about carrot method, but now I'm intrigued! I don't have such locks, but if you will not show us the carrot, I will have to buy a lock and try myself...
LPL's carrot is very thin, rather short, and is sold as a part of Covert Instruments.
That lock getting picked actually sounded like the theatrical representation of a lock getting picked. Chunky and loud.
Very satisfying.
We are here for the carrot not the tiny stick.
More carrot, less stick
What's the deal with the carrot? Everyone is mentioning it but I'm not sure what it refers to.
Man, I love this channel.
I never even knew this type of locking mechanism existed!
There was no carrot, but as least you could end the video with a "That's all folks!"
❤
Instead he reminds us of FPS Russia, every video.
This padlock seems to have a carrot defeating mechanism
I'm joining the carrot demanding gang and asking nicely, to see the carrot impression attack at least tried!
I really like seeing these unusual locks!
After the last video I'm glad you came back to show us one being picked. You know the comments will be full of carrots though.
When you don't want to clean shredded carrot out of the lock body:
I believe that Esser Tachanot Street was renamed to Raoul Wallenberg Street. Number 10 on that Street is now a police station, but that building looks like it was built in the last 30 years or so.
We have another comment to corroborate that :) Thanks for sharing!
Great vid, but slightly disappointed we didn't get to see the carrot method
Drop the lockpick, take the carrot. 🥕
I enjoy seeing these unusual lock models. The inside, explanation and pick were engaging.
Adding my voice to the others asking for carrots 🥕😁
I came here to expect to see at least one carrot
Just look how this lock looks like. It is unusual, and it is beautiful. Also works like a charm.
Bugs Bunny 🐰 asks where's the carrot doc?
Eh... what's up, lock?
Give us the carrot.
Pick it with a carrot! please try :)
I like this mechanics. It has a certain elegance to it.
No carrot, I'm disappointed
Dafuq is this carrot stuff about 🤷♂️
@@ctc2469 Previous video he mentioned having heard/read that you can pick these types of locks (or at least the soviet ones) with a carrot.
@@АлександрЛарионов-е4у You there! You’re a slav! You must have these lying around! You must find out for the masses. Grab a carrot (I guess a turnip would work as well) and see if it works!
Such locks are most often installed on outdoor gates. Their advantage is that if the lock is flooded and freezes in winter, you can warm it up with a blowtorch or heat gun without the risk of damage. Even if these locks don't have the highest level of security, in this case it's not a big deal, since a thief can simply climb over the fence.
The length in minutes he takes to pick should be the security rating. took 3 minutes for the video? It gets a security rating of 3
Eh. This one took a long time to pick, but not a lot of skill.
Honestly not a bad way to rate a lock
If LPL took 3 minutes , it's a solid 9
@@bobspldbckwrds Not really. Most of the time, a lock that takes LPL 3 minutes to open is one that would take a less experienced picker much longer, or even be impossible for them. That's great security, because there are very few pickers as skilled as LPL. But this one? *Any* picker who knows what they're up against will open it in under 5 minutes. Sure, it's better than no lock, or some Masterlock POS that can be shimmed open faster than using the actual key, but it's not at all 'high security'.
@@macdjord I didn't say perfect, I said not bad.
He tells us this is probably the best of this design ever made and still defeats all four bolts in a video that's less then 4 minutes. I'm glad I don't have to rely on these. Even though it took longer then a master lock.
Neat to see it get picked! And it took a bit "longer" than normal.
3:15 while not being a really secure lock (just because rack locks aren't exactly locks) it still took more effort than most locks on this channel
if a rack lock isn't exactly a lock, then what is exactly a lock?
@@BradenBest well, at least something that locks and not just a springed sliding bolt
Yeah, looks like a pretty decent security level
@@LordPrecision would you consider those old fashioned keys with the big flat teeth and the round cylinder body (seems to be called a warded lock) to be "exactly locks"? And isn't a standard tumbler lock with coded pins the same thing essentially? Instead of a spring loaded bolt that gets pulled by the key, you're just moving pins out of the way of a tumbler. Either way, the lock involves something that's in the way and can only be moved out of the way by an inserted key. It feels arbitrary to me to call one a lock and the other "not exactly a lock". Is a disc detainer more of a lock than a pin and tumbler? What about those flat keys with all the circular indents and bumps on both sides?
You realize that the cuts in the rack and key can be spaced at arbitrary intervals, right? You have to have a key that matches the lock. It may be a very easy-to-defeat mechanism, but it's still a lock.
Do the next one with a carrot
The fact this lock took a good deal longer than most modern locks speaks volumes to its quality
Better than the average masterlock, but that bar is so low it's barely worth mentioning.
The video is 3:49???? Wtf is this lock made of????
Palestinian blood, unfortunately 😮
Obtuse steel.
It sure wasn't made by Master lock company !!
How we were teased with a carrot... and we are eagerly following this series like donkeys! It's about set up and pay-off, folks! Now, LPL, please stop being an ass and give us the carrot!! 😉 😂
About the company - it moved to Bnei Brak, HaYarkon 65, and it seems like it still exists by its info in the national companies website.
I hereby request my rightful carrot video
I was hoping to see the carrot pick! 😁
Still waiting on that carrot.....
we are going to need to see the carrot method now....
Give us the carrot!
Commenting to encourage the carrot method
we demand carrot!
"I have heard folks say these are difficult, or even impossible to pick"
Oh you sweet summer children...
Wow. Strong lock imo. Never seen you work that long on one. Many years watching
I mean, it outlasted every Masterlock ever!
To be fair, LPL has not picked very many of these and doesn't have a specialized tool specifically made to defeat them. I would imagine that with a purpose-built tool LPL could probably get through these pretty trivially.
@@Jedibob5 3 inch junk of 1/2" pipe with a couple steel electrical conduit covers affixed to either end with a a few hundred feet of copper magnet wire wrapped around it so you got a nice spool about the size of your fist (should be plenty of power i would think as that'll pick up fairly large plates of steel and pounds of nails at a time lol).
Wire the one end of the coil wire to the positive terminal of a small ATV or lawnmower battery. Tape your newly constructed electromagnet to the side of the battery with some duct tape so it's all one discreet little rig. Keep the negative cable away from the corresponding terminal until you go to use it. Should be able to fit in a small knapsack...
Set it against the door or padlock, connect the remaining wire to the negative terminal, and give it a little rattle/shake until the magnet defeats any springs and/or pulls any bolts. Should basically be a master key and have plenty of juice for a whole bunch of robberies if one were so inclined.
I'd bet money most police forces have a specialized rig for that in those areas... Maybe even gangs or organized crime outfits... Personally i'd feel safer with a lock someone at least had to pick, cut, or kick in without such an obvious universal security flaw. It would at least make noise to warn you or have some exposure time instead of them being able to walk up to the door and be through it rather silently as though they were using a key with nobody likely the wiser.
You could ostensibly make the damn thing for free visiting a junkyard (magnet wire is used in windings of electric motors, transformers, inductors, generators, headphones, loudspeaker coils, and other devices, very easy to procure at almost any junkyard) or spending a few bucks at a hardware store (it's pretty cheap). Not hard to steal a small 12 volt battery out of something. Hell most ppl have all the stuff to build that just laying around their garage...
Edit: @lockpickinglawyer if you read this will you try this and see if it works like i think it would (after the carrot of course :) ?
@@AnonymousNoNayme On the bench this could be tested with just a big neodymium permanent magnet. Pretty sure LPL has one of those, like the one he showed to the guys at Modern Rogue. TH-cam Video ID 7Lsm4l3mRqw around the 19:00 mark.
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Citing a TH-cam video from 2019 makes me feel old!? 👴
@@AnonymousNoNayme I was thinking more along the lines of a device that could more easily grip and move the racks lol. I don't think you'd need some electromagnet-powered mad science experiment for these, but I guess it could work in theory.
I think LPL has made a stick for his own back by dangling a carrot.
I fee like you could have been a dental assistant in another life.
Lock Picking Dentist... Decay on 1, 2 is loose, 3 is missing, 4 is ok, 5 needs a root canal
We came for the carrot ! But I feel generous, you're free to use another vegetable or common object to open it !
It was very slow to open, and if poeple don't know, they don't know how to open it at all !
Careful man, wiping away his fingerprint at 1:18.
Not difficult does not mean not time consuming.
Exactly this.
However, this is a great example on how a lock can't rely on just being difficult if its beaten quickly once someone figures it out. In the same way it shouldn't rely on just pick resistance or cut resistance when the other is trivial. This lock is time consuming while modestly tricky enough.
LPL: "I'm going to be using a Covert Instruments padlock bypass tool"
Everyone: "My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined!" 🥕
The unique ones like this are wonderful!
i carrot believe it how easy it was!
You have the wrong locks. Locks of this type also use a spring - which presses on the bolt with grooves. So the lock always wants to close. And as soon as you pull the tool out of the "slot", it immediately closes back. And opening a lock with two parallel bolts becomes possible, but long, and the neighbors will call the police before the lock is opened.
The real fight against such locks were casts of keys made quickly by pickpockets in public transport. They softened the plasticine in their hand and quickly made a cast. And the key was made from the frozen plasticine. Also, these locks were often used in parallel with locks of another type, and an armored plate of thick steel on a wooden door in the area of the lock.
These locks became popular because each locksmith made them himself, according to a unique recipe with a unique key. At a time when there were lines for bread.
Adding to the Carrot-Mob! We want to see the carrot-method!
Took longer than many modern “unpickable” locks.
I’d hate to see what they consider regular security.
Master Lock perhaps?
Given the amount of time it took you, I'd argue that it's a pretty good lock. 😊
And the carrot ?
Lets see one of these with a carrot next
Honestly a lock that doesn't need the key to turn is really nice ergonomically (less so for padlocks, more so for door locks)
"Now let's bring out the carrot that bosnian bill and I made"
Neat! Now the carrot, please. :)
A pick that lasted longer than the intro? Must be a hell of a lock!
we want the carrot!! we want the carrot!!!
The masses are begging for THE CARROT! For the love of mankind, give them THE CARROT pleaseeeee 🙏🏻
This is the longest I've ever seen a lock last with him. Sounds like we should all be buying 1985 Ukrainian rack locks.
If everyone started using these, someone would make a dedicated pick, and, honestly, it's an obvious design that would open this lock almost as fast as a key and with no more skill required.
Not gonna lie - I was expecting a carrot
This man is continually coming out with entire categories of locks I've never even heard of.
Whoa, this sent me down a rabbit hole, trying to find any information on this company. It's scarce. From the phone number (which is the old, pre-1995 format of Israeli landline phones that had 6 digits) I was able to find an ad in a newspaper archive from 1988! The Hebrew name for it was לוקאן but the street is called Raoul Wallenberg st. now.... I found the company registry (לוקאן מוצרי מתכת - Lucan Metal Products), and it seems that it was established in 1980, but long defunct. Anyway, very cool piece of history you got there!
But most importantly: Did you find a carrot in the rabbit hole?
Comrade. The lock isn’t there to keep you out. It’s there so the little old ladies who hide behind every window curtain will get a good look at you and inform us.
That is indeed a unique padlock design 😂😂
It's very rare to see LPL focusing on the lock resulting in silent moments for a few seconds. That lock would be a very good deterrent!
We need the carrot
Give us the CARROT
Carrot! Carrot!
I know folks are disappointed by the lack of carrot, but consider this: Given the size of the keyway on the padlock, a carrot would be hard to make work there. The piece you'd be forcing through would probably be too thin to give you the leverage you'd need. You'd probably have to do it on the Soviet locks.
Also, given that this padlock is kind of a rare piece, in the LPL's case I'd be genuinely concerned about screwing up the internal mechanisms. I think if he does pick a rack lock with a carrot, it'll be a different one.
Like everyone else is saying...carrot
This needs a follow up with the carrot method! Dont leave us like that!
My granddad was instrumentation metal worker back in USSR from when he was 14 during ww2 and to retirement. He did rack locks for all apartment doors, garages, etc. He made a verdion with two sliding bars/rods, 2 cm square steel oomphs. Idea was that it is hard to cut, tear apart or pry.
I would have liked a disassembly
In terms of picking time, definitely one of the longest I've seen on the channel in a while! And given the rarity of the lock type, it might just stump people outright.
"These are incredibly difficult to pick, if it even is possible in the first place!"
*LPL has entered the chat*
This is the best lock on your channel
Now do it with a carrot
I love it, the explanation takes, 1:21, the lock picking takes 1:50 and the follow up explanation takes another 48 seconds. So it takes the LPL longer to explain the pick than actually doing it.
NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Where's the carrot bypass!?
3:30 - Yeah, I can't imagine why anyone would claim these to be impossible to pick. Watching your lead-up vid, my immediate thought was "all you have to do is use something to slide the bolt out of the way, and the teeth/grooves provide a mechanism for just that..." I've never picked a lock or even tried, though seeing the mechanicals of many it's easy to understand how various picking methods work, and this just seems/seemed obvious to me.
I am sorely disappointed that it wasn't picked with a carrot. 😐
Seeing how messy that will be, I can understand why he wanted to start with the more conventional tools.
Wow. 1985 israel had you going for 3 minutes! Impressed!
Any lock that takes more than 30 seconds for you to pick is an outstanding lock!
Eh, as others have mentioned, its not a difficult attack if you know it. However, that it takes a while regardless of how good you are once you're good enough is still a merit worth considering.
@@TrueWolves key words: IF you know.