1:48 Lock 1 (1min 4sec) High-cut 6 that was hard to get to 3:04 Lock 2 (1min 1sec) Pin 2 is zero-lift, easy trap to fall into 4:13 Lock 3 (27sec) - 4:47 Lock 4 (28sec) - 5:24 Lock 5 (29sec) Zero-cut pin in back 6:01 Lock 6 (1min 32sec) High-cut 6 behind low-cut 5 and zero-lift 4 7:43 Lock 7 (52sec) Overset 3 8:44 Lock 8 (42sec) Overset 1 9:38 Lock 9 (2min 47sec) Hard to set 5 and 6 without oversetting 3 12:32 Lock 10 (26sec) - 13:04 Lock 11 (26sec) Couple of really low cut pins 13:38 Lock 12 (32sec) - 14:18 Lock 13 (30sec) "Pro tip: keep mental map of lock" 14:56 Lock 14 (27sec) - 15:31 Lock 15 (27sec) High-set pin 1 16:08 Lock 16 (1min 14sec) Very low-lift pin 5 17:39 Lock 17 (36sec) High-set pin behind low-lift pin 18:26 Lock 18 (1min 29sec) Low-cuts in the front, easy to overset 20:05 Lock 19 (31sec) - 20:44 Lock 20 (43sec) Low-cut pin 1 21:35 Lock 21 (1min 31sec) Strange feedback? 23:15 Lock 22 (2min 47sec) Can't pick 6 without picking in opposite direction 26:09 Lock 23 (18sec) Couple zero-lift pins 26:36 Lock 24 (57sec) High-cut pin 1, oversets at the back 27:44 Lock 25 (3min 28sec) Pin 4 requires direction switch, 6 is zero-lift 31:24 Lock 26 (1min 9sec) - 32:40 Lock 27 (21sec) Couple pins are different sizes 33:11 Lock 28 (23sec) "Rare easy one" 33:43 Lock 29 (35sec) Zero-lift 6, never touched 34:26 Lock 30 (26sec) - 35:01 Lock 31 (23sec) High-set 1, low-set 2 35:36 Lock 32 (25sec) "Pretty easy" 36:11 Lock 33 (1min 32sec) High-cut 6, 3 or 4 easy to overset, direction switch 38:06 Lock 34 (54sec) Zero-lift pin 2 39:10 Lock 35 (16sec) Accidental 5-pin lock 39:39 Lock 36 (55sec) 6 is high-cut 40:43 Lock 37 (18sec) "Uncharacteristically easy" 41:09 Lock 38 (14sec) - 41:32 Lock 39 (2min 47sec) Direction switch, acts like it has tapered security pins - might be worn out, puts it aside 44:28 Lock 40 (1min 1sec) - 45:43 Lock 41 (27sec) - 46:18 Lock 42 (36sec) - 47:00 Lock 43 (24sec) - 47:33 Lock 44 (12sec) Couple of zero-lifts in the back 47:53 Lock 45 (1min 11sec) Strange pin 3 or 4, overset 1 49:11 Lock 46 (50sec) - 50:10 Lock 47 (28sec) - 50:46 Lock 48 (2min 39sec) High-cut 1 and 3, low-cut 2, zero-lift at the back, direction switch *Average picking time:* 55.2 seconds *Median picking time:* 35.5 seconds *Fastest picks:* Lock 44 (47:33, 12 sec) Lock 38 (41:09, 14 sec) Lock 35 (39:10, 16 sec) Lock 23 & 37 (26:09, 40:43, 18 sec) *Slowest picks:* Lock 25 (27:44, 3 min 28 sec), Lock 9, 22 & 39 (9:38, 23:15, 41:32, 2 min 47 sec) Lock 48 (50:46, 2 min 39 sec) Terminology: *Zero-lift* = pin requires no lifting *Zero-cut* = must push pin all the way in *High-cut/-lift/-set* = must push pin very far in *Low-cut/-lift/-set* = must push pin, but very little *Over-set/-lift* = the pin was pushed too far in *Direction switch* = pins are set in such a way that you must tension the lock in the opposite direction, mostly caused by zero/low-lift pin being in front of a zero/high-cut pin and the front pin needing to be set first, making it hard to set the back pin without over-lifting the front pin in the process Lock picking time is measured from once he starts moving the picks towards the lock to when the final pin is picked, measurements can vary by up to ±1sec.
And now you know why he's so good at picking. Endless hours of practice and training. Keep in mind what he said: he does this multiple times per day with different sets to maintain his skills. That's some serious dedication. I had assumed he practiced constantly, but I hadn't imagined he go so far as to have multiple sets of locks that specifically target his weak points. I am seriously impressed!🤯
The Lock Picking Lawyer is a TERMINATOR! He is a freaking machine! On a sidenote, I am really, really looking forward to the April Fools' Day video as always! Thank you for creating such a gem.
Love the idea of this video. It shows all his doubters (as if LPL cared) that the path to greatness starts with a pick and dozens of locks (all for just a specific scenario). This is a technique and a skill set honed over hundreds(if not thousands) of hours of practice
In his case, probably some more zeroes added to the end. I have watched him since his channel was relatively new, and he was a very very talented picker then, picking some of the most difficult locks.
oversetting is my most common hurdle. LPL says he uses the heaviest tension that he can get away with, which offers more feedback, but imo also increases the likelihood of an overset. Very much a fine art of feel. Rock on, good sir.
Do whatever works for you… what I prefer might not be your most effective strategy. The reality of picking is: if the lock opens, you’re doing it right. 👍
@@lockpickinglawyer Thanks man. After watching your videos, all masterlocks are only a matter of time. I like to put an audiobook on and practice (The Silmarillion is good stuff) Thanks again.
@@KF1 oh I know what you're saying but it also can stop the key pin from going passed the shear line in theory. I'm not knocking you in any way shape or form. I can't even tell what pin I'm on most the time when I'm picking lol
Yeah, I finally decided to jump into lockpicking as a hobby after watching him for years. I made some good progress with the practice lock and then my first padlock. Then, I just flat out hit a wall with an old disc padlock. That made me realize that he makes it look easy because there's a ton of practice and experience behind it. So, I recalibrated and decided to try and get the feel down with the practice lock and various bittings (including security pins) before I try to jump into more difficult locks. I feel like I was just monkeying around kind of lucking into picking stuff open without a solid base of fundamentals. But it's fun. For anyone on the fence, I highly recommend it.
@@ShockingPikachu Speaking as an old art major, I agree with this completely. I'm no great artist but a pretty decent draftsman. I wasn’t always - it took hundreds of hours of practice before I could create a drawing that wasn’t embarrassingly bad. BTW, I’m also convinced that almost anyone could learn to draw as least as well as I can if they were willing to put as much time as I have into it.
This is oddly relaxing to watch. Also, it is very reassuring. We often seem you picking locks like magic. Here we can see that even a master lockpicker has to work to open locks, and has to practice daily to keep his skills up. Thank you
Oh boy LPL, that's just what the doctor ordered! I've missed just watching you pick, but going on for this long was fantastic. I'd love to see more picking videos like these, they offer a lot of insight to all levels of pickers. Thank you.
Like everyone else in this thread, it was a delight to watch you go through some of your more challenging locks. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to show us some of your routine... (And thank you for showing us that even you have a mortal side that struggles with some locks, even if only for a few seconds 😉) 🤗💜
a 53 minute video... and its pure lockpicking joy!!! This is amazing LPL, thank you for this gift from you and well done on honing your skills so much!!!
Mr LockPickingLawyer sir! Yesterday I started my training to become a locksmith! With that 1 year long course and your teachings I aspire to one day be a great professional just like you 😁❤️
I just picked a big rusty JAK lock in 19 minutes..... The top of the keyway was too large for my tensioner and i couldnt get the pick in with the tensioner in the bottom. Finally figured out that if i put the pick in first followed buy the tensioner i could reach all the pins, 30 seconds later it was open woo woo! Im just getting started and find it very relaxing. Thank you for making these videos :)
by far, this is the best channel I've subscribed to. BY FAR! . I've always loved the craftsmanship, design, style as well as the challenge of unlocking them. There are so many great locks from around the world. I purposely look for discarded locks with no keys and take on the challenge to try and open them, which is what brought me here to your channel. I've learned so much from you and the knowledge your freely give is worth more than it's weight in platinum. So I wanted to stop by and say thank you so very much and let you know that there are many of us grateful for your videos. I hope to see more in the future. Thanks, again!.
Bout to get up for the day... Ooo lock picking lawyer video. I'll watch this before I get..... Wait.... What 😂 Didn't expect an hour long video. I'm probably going to have to get up now and play this as I work!
Just seeing him have minor trouble with a bunch of these really brings home the point he usually makes about regular locks "not being too hard" to pick.
A great look at the real work of concerted practice. It also explains why you can do so much with a short hook! Also a nice demo on the cheapest way to practice with a lot of different cores - buy KIK cylinders.
EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!! Thank you for making lock picking accessible for us! I'm an auto tech and I'm the guy at the shop that can into locked vehicles quickly. Most of my unlocking involves a slim jim or a thin long rod. I have been playing around with picking locks for 20 years but I've gotten more serious about it after subbing and watching your videos.
Love it. A solid video of being brilliant on the basics or keeping it simple. Simple doesn’t mean easy. LPL needs to sell these challenge kits over on CI for the rest of us.
Great practice!!!😃 I like to watch the little finger on the pick hand!! The farther out it goes the closer he is to the open 😅 Great picking!! 🐈⬛🐾🐈🐾👏👏👏👏🍻
I'm really glad I found this video as it's definitely helped with my confidence in picking locks knowing I'm not the only one falling for these traps! Love the videos as always, thank you!
Zero lifts are still the bane of my lock picking prowess. Haven't even gotten to security pins yet on my own adventure into lockpicking. When you put a high cut pin right behind a zero lift somewhere in the middle of the pin stack, it severely raises the difficulty but detecting the zero lift is a lot harder than you think. LPL has amazing skill here and can not only feel out the zero lifts but avoid them altogether. He also immediately knows when he oversets any pin and has to back out and try again (i.e. even LPL isn't perfect). The fact he has a whole box of test locks without any security pins of just one keyway style doesn't surprise me in the least.
Impressive... takes a lot of patience and perseverance to do what you do sir. I also note that you didn't need to stretch your hands once which is also pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing your practice routine and I can see why I'll never be a serious lock-picker... 👍😄
Didn't look at the video length when I clicked on it, watched him show off his locks... LPL: "So, sit back and relax, this is probably gonna take a while" Me: "Wait holy shit is he about to!?"
And remember folks, these are locks, in a vice, lots of light, no noise, no looking out over your shoulder, all the right tools, many yrs of practice. Imagine doing them, in the door, box, window, elevator access panel, or whatever.
I would greatly appreciate seeing you use some kind of force-meter to demonstrate your tension strength and tension movements. Those movements are essentially impossible to see by just your hand movements and flex of the turning tool. I think it would also add a bit of "science" to the art. That said, the entire concept of this video is amazing and awesome.
I'm just a random dude watching your video in Alaska. I actually opened a Master brand combination lock at Home Depot that was securing (yeah) some electrical meters that I wanted to buy. I just did it because I was bored waiting on the person to come open it. I've watched most of your videos and I remembered how easy they are to open. That's the first lock I evere opened without a bolt cutter. Took about 20 seconds. I really appreciate your videos. I waited for the girl and told here that I opened the lock. I didn't open the cage. She didn't care.
ok so you got me. i see a box of cylnders thinking its a set you sell for spares or some shite. then i see a comment about an hr long vid which definitely caught me off guard as no vids are of such length. then you state youre gonna pick all of these in a row and you do this routinely as a mans of keeping proficient. from a career auto tech, MUCH respect
I love these alternative sorts of videos! LPL Could you make a "recommended locks" list to actually use? If you stocked them in your shop I'd buy them directly from you even if they were more expensive Keep up the great work!
If Elder Scrolls 6 doesn't hire him as a voice actor, or at least mention a legendary lawyer of lockpicking and a skeleton key to be found, I'll be furious.
I got a bucketfull of stolen "Love Locks". These are the ones that took the longest time to pick. Sometimes I open everyone in few minutes and sometimes I struggle for hours. I have not yet discovered why this is, excluding hangover and other similar reasons.
You mean the ones that people put on bridges etc to signify their love? I imagine rust could be a factor if the lock was not designed to be weatherproof.
@@chrishawkins963 their one job, arguably, is to never open, so who cares if the mechanism rusts to pieces? That might even be a "feature". If the lovebirds come back in a year and the key doesn't work, it just proves their love is truly eternal!
The Covert Instruments starter kit doesn't come with instructions. Just pins, springs, the starter lock, and a few picks and tensioning tools. Your initial instinct is to fill up the entire pin stack. Don't do that. I recommend starting with just one pin in the keyway (no security pins) and practice until you get the feel for tensioning and get basic pick motions down. Then move onto two pins, then three, four, five, etc. Each additional pin will increase the picking difficulty quite a bit. Security pins will increase the difficulty even more.
Question. Do the differences in angles of the way you would have to hold your hands for an installed lock (in a door) vs. the practice vice, goof you up when picking an installed lock? I would love to hear your opinion on this. What do we need to know? I have always wondered. Keep up the great videos. Always very informative and often entertaining.
This is the kind of content I've been waiting for (and asking for, though you might not remember... or haven't seen the comment). I appreciate it. A lot.
Your skills are incredible, and when I ask this question, I don't mean to take anything away: Don't you find that the locks are quite a bit easier when you are able to put them in the perfect position for you, rather than how they would be "in the wild"? I've seen you work with a simulated door frame and wondered how often you use that for practice? Also, I don't know if I've ever seen you answer whether you use your skills as a side hustle as a locksmith?
Great video. I am a visual learner, this type of content is exactly what I look for. thank you for your time and dedication. it is sincerely appreciated.
So, if you actually practice (with something that is a challenge for you) a skill for several hours a day, you can become proficient? It just takes doing the work, that's all?
With the right practice, yeah. As one of the '80's inspiration "gurus" said, "Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes permanent." So you want to practice at a challenge level that's easy enough where most of the time you're doing things "right", but hard enough that you're doing things you still need to learn better.
My learning crutch is not knowing where I am in the keyway and which pin i am on. Does the ability to know which pin you are on so easily come with lots of practice and feel? You easily identify not only which pin you are on, but key information about it (Zero lift, overset, etc.) I'm stuck in my journey and not sure how to hone the skills where I can't tell what I am doing wrong. Excellent content as always!
There's probably better methods to train this, but I used to just sequentially push pins, going up and down the keyway, over and over. My struggles were similar to yours; knowing where I am, relative distances and just moving around in the keyway. Doing this, slowly, while concentrating on building a mental image of what I'm doing has helped me a lot.
I cannot believe it! Many hours of practice are needed to become an expert at something? In all seriousness, I love your videos, and love it when you call out bad lock manufacturers (which seems to be them all).
I'm curious about one aspect - when you're picking a lock in a vice like this, you can position both the lock and your hands in ways you wouldn't with a lock mounted inside a door. Since so much of it seems to by feel, is there any difficulty translating techniques from what we see here to dealing with a lock "in the wild"?
A 54 minute LPL video! …And it’s not even Christmas! If it was me picking these locks and not LPL, 54 minutes would be the approximate runtime for me to pick just ONE lock - twice that to show it was not a fluke. 😂
GREAT LESSON SIR! That actually answered a LOT of questions I had, and I think this video is going to help me with my picking practice/skills a LOT! As always, THANK YOU! For giving your time making these videos for us "beginners"! And making QUALITY videos that actually break down and shows us what you're doing and how and why! (Not to mention I don't even want to know what your time is worth per hour being a lawyer and all! Lol!)😁
IN STARWARS OBI WAN KENOBI WAS DEALING WITH AN ALIEN AND HE USED THE FORCE TO TELL THE ALIEN..."THESE AREN'T THE DROIDS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR"... BUT IN LPLS INSTANCES...WE COULD SAY...THESE AIN'T THE LOCKS WE'RE PICKING HERE...WE ARE PIQUING OUR BRAINS...LOL
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1:48 Lock 1 (1min 4sec) High-cut 6 that was hard to get to
3:04 Lock 2 (1min 1sec) Pin 2 is zero-lift, easy trap to fall into
4:13 Lock 3 (27sec) -
4:47 Lock 4 (28sec) -
5:24 Lock 5 (29sec) Zero-cut pin in back
6:01 Lock 6 (1min 32sec) High-cut 6 behind low-cut 5 and zero-lift 4
7:43 Lock 7 (52sec) Overset 3
8:44 Lock 8 (42sec) Overset 1
9:38 Lock 9 (2min 47sec) Hard to set 5 and 6 without oversetting 3
12:32 Lock 10 (26sec) -
13:04 Lock 11 (26sec) Couple of really low cut pins
13:38 Lock 12 (32sec) -
14:18 Lock 13 (30sec) "Pro tip: keep mental map of lock"
14:56 Lock 14 (27sec) -
15:31 Lock 15 (27sec) High-set pin 1
16:08 Lock 16 (1min 14sec) Very low-lift pin 5
17:39 Lock 17 (36sec) High-set pin behind low-lift pin
18:26 Lock 18 (1min 29sec) Low-cuts in the front, easy to overset
20:05 Lock 19 (31sec) -
20:44 Lock 20 (43sec) Low-cut pin 1
21:35 Lock 21 (1min 31sec) Strange feedback?
23:15 Lock 22 (2min 47sec) Can't pick 6 without picking in opposite direction
26:09 Lock 23 (18sec) Couple zero-lift pins
26:36 Lock 24 (57sec) High-cut pin 1, oversets at the back
27:44 Lock 25 (3min 28sec) Pin 4 requires direction switch, 6 is zero-lift
31:24 Lock 26 (1min 9sec) -
32:40 Lock 27 (21sec) Couple pins are different sizes
33:11 Lock 28 (23sec) "Rare easy one"
33:43 Lock 29 (35sec) Zero-lift 6, never touched
34:26 Lock 30 (26sec) -
35:01 Lock 31 (23sec) High-set 1, low-set 2
35:36 Lock 32 (25sec) "Pretty easy"
36:11 Lock 33 (1min 32sec) High-cut 6, 3 or 4 easy to overset, direction switch
38:06 Lock 34 (54sec) Zero-lift pin 2
39:10 Lock 35 (16sec) Accidental 5-pin lock
39:39 Lock 36 (55sec) 6 is high-cut
40:43 Lock 37 (18sec) "Uncharacteristically easy"
41:09 Lock 38 (14sec) -
41:32 Lock 39 (2min 47sec) Direction switch, acts like it has tapered security pins - might be worn out, puts it aside
44:28 Lock 40 (1min 1sec) -
45:43 Lock 41 (27sec) -
46:18 Lock 42 (36sec) -
47:00 Lock 43 (24sec) -
47:33 Lock 44 (12sec) Couple of zero-lifts in the back
47:53 Lock 45 (1min 11sec) Strange pin 3 or 4, overset 1
49:11 Lock 46 (50sec) -
50:10 Lock 47 (28sec) -
50:46 Lock 48 (2min 39sec) High-cut 1 and 3, low-cut 2, zero-lift at the back, direction switch
*Average picking time:* 55.2 seconds
*Median picking time:* 35.5 seconds
*Fastest picks:*
Lock 44 (47:33, 12 sec)
Lock 38 (41:09, 14 sec)
Lock 35 (39:10, 16 sec)
Lock 23 & 37 (26:09, 40:43, 18 sec)
*Slowest picks:*
Lock 25 (27:44, 3 min 28 sec),
Lock 9, 22 & 39 (9:38, 23:15, 41:32, 2 min 47 sec)
Lock 48 (50:46, 2 min 39 sec)
Terminology:
*Zero-lift* = pin requires no lifting
*Zero-cut* = must push pin all the way in
*High-cut/-lift/-set* = must push pin very far in
*Low-cut/-lift/-set* = must push pin, but very little
*Over-set/-lift* = the pin was pushed too far in
*Direction switch* = pins are set in such a way that you must tension the lock in the opposite direction, mostly caused by zero/low-lift pin being in front of a zero/high-cut pin and the front pin needing to be set first, making it hard to set the back pin without over-lifting the front pin in the process
Lock picking time is measured from once he starts moving the picks towards the lock to when the final pin is picked, measurements can vary by up to ±1sec.
Minute statistical nitpick, median would be better as a measure than average due to a small number of relatively long pick times.
Very useful! I applaud your effort for such a thorough comment!
@@NorthernSeaWitch in that case we'll add both xd
Your comment probably took longer to make than this entire video !
Bravo, sir 👏
Thnx😊
ALMOST 1 hour of just LPL? NICE!! HE SHOULD DO 2 HOURS LONG ONE TO SHOW THAT IS NOT A FLUKE
Agreed
🤣
Hahaha
It's not....only whales have flukes!! Lol
Just re-watch the video to make sure it's not a fluke
I love it. "Here is a box of locks most people would find impossible to pick. I pick them daily for practice." Just amazing.
You have heard the phrase dumb as a box of rocks.... Well the lock picking lawyer is just smarter than a box of locks lol
These are all super easy. But they're all unique. If he were to get 100 new ones, they'd all be just as easy.
And now you know why he's so good at picking. Endless hours of practice and training. Keep in mind what he said: he does this multiple times per day with different sets to maintain his skills. That's some serious dedication. I had assumed he practiced constantly, but I hadn't imagined he go so far as to have multiple sets of locks that specifically target his weak points. I am seriously impressed!🤯
Scales and Arpeggios
The Lock Picking Lawyer is a TERMINATOR! He is a freaking machine! On a sidenote, I am really, really looking forward to the April Fools' Day video as always! Thank you for creating such a gem.
Maybe he won't make a special video this year, so we will be the fools after spending 10 minutes looking for a non-existent joke? ;-)
1st April: Hidden microphone in LPL bedroom "Good moan out of 2, content sighs out of 3..."
I hope he shows us his cock.
@@Paxmax Yeah - I'll do it again just to show that it wasn't a fluke.....
You are LOCKing forward you mean? mh? mh?
I saw a 53 minute video from LPL, and my brain just automatically assumed it was actually a 53 second video - undoubtedly featuring the wave rake!
Me too!!!
Or perhaps a magnet.
nope not a single wave rake in this video. its called a hook pick and is single pin picking on every lock
Love the idea of this video. It shows all his doubters (as if LPL cared) that the path to greatness starts with a pick and dozens of locks (all for just a specific scenario). This is a technique and a skill set honed over hundreds(if not thousands) of hours of practice
In his case, probably some more zeroes added to the end. I have watched him since his channel was relatively new, and he was a very very talented picker then, picking some of the most difficult locks.
Picks dozens of locks, multiple times a day. How do you even have time to work
at 8+ years, I'm sure he broke into the 1000s years ago
@@nukewurld I think TH-cam is his money maker now with almost 4.2 MILLION subscribers and his online sales. Not so much as a lawyer I bet.
It never occurred to me that he picked for hours a day.
Reminds me I need to work on my picking skills … on the guitar.
oversetting is my most common hurdle. LPL says he uses the heaviest tension that he can get away with, which offers more feedback, but imo also increases the likelihood of an overset. Very much a fine art of feel. Rock on, good sir.
Do whatever works for you… what I prefer might not be your most effective strategy. The reality of picking is: if the lock opens, you’re doing it right. 👍
@@lockpickinglawyer Thanks man. After watching your videos, all masterlocks are only a matter of time. I like to put an audiobook on and practice (The Silmarillion is good stuff) Thanks again.
@LockPickingLawyer didn't you say it helps prevent an overset with heavier tension?
@@matthewkinley34 With heavier tension, you have to push harder against the pins, which imo makes it more likely. Give it a try and see for yourself.
@@KF1 oh I know what you're saying but it also can stop the key pin from going passed the shear line in theory. I'm not knocking you in any way shape or form. I can't even tell what pin I'm on most the time when I'm picking lol
this is the legendary video where LPL says "difficult" and "careful" the most
This was really enjoyable. Sometimes your shorts make it look so effortless that one could overlook how much practice developing a skill does take.
Lock picking isn't just a skill...to some it's considered an art.
@@davidzuleger6077 Art is also a skill
@@ShockingPikachu yup
Yeah, I finally decided to jump into lockpicking as a hobby after watching him for years.
I made some good progress with the practice lock and then my first padlock. Then, I just flat out hit a wall with an old disc padlock. That made me realize that he makes it look easy because there's a ton of practice and experience behind it.
So, I recalibrated and decided to try and get the feel down with the practice lock and various bittings (including security pins) before I try to jump into more difficult locks.
I feel like I was just monkeying around kind of lucking into picking stuff open without a solid base of fundamentals.
But it's fun. For anyone on the fence, I highly recommend it.
@@ShockingPikachu Speaking as an old art major, I agree with this completely. I'm no great artist but a pretty decent draftsman. I wasn’t always - it took hundreds of hours of practice before I could create a drawing that wasn’t embarrassingly bad.
BTW, I’m also convinced that almost anyone could learn to draw as least as well as I can if they were willing to put as much time as I have into it.
57 min LPL ASMR video? this is how im going to sleep for the next year.
this is just what i thought this vid should have been called^^
My thoughts exactly in fact I just made a similar comment before I read this one 😂
By hitting repeat on the video just before going to bed... *soft rattle, click, click... rattle...*
It’s like LPL is breaking into my room while I just sit relax and listen 👂 and I love ❤️ it 😅
I just said that and then read this comment
We need more videos like this. A practical and real view of it being done live.
There are many of these training session videos out there. I made one a while back, but it didn't get 20K views in one hour ;)
It's always a real view done live...
Also would be nice to see the locks in doors to see how that plays out
@@marcusmarcus8616 Expanding on this, LockPickingLawyer should make a few videos where he steals bikes and breaks into people's homes.
This is like a year's worth of LPL content. Gotta ration it well and keep some for rainy days.
inb4 you slip up and watch the whole thing 3 times
@@curlyvideos playing on a loop!
Over a year by the number of locks picked, a month and a half by video duration
@@curlyvideos You have to watch it multiple times just to see it's not a fluke.
Master Lock sees an hour. They cheer, then they find out it his whole practice bin.
LOL LOL LOL😁
If these were Masterlocks, he's just wave rack them all open in about 4 minutes. It would take longer to set each one than to open it.
A 53 minute video of him picking master locks would’ve been at least 200 locks.
This is oddly relaxing to watch.
Also, it is very reassuring. We often seem you picking locks like magic. Here we can see that even a master lockpicker has to work to open locks, and has to practice daily to keep his skills up.
Thank you
Oh boy LPL, that's just what the doctor ordered! I've missed just watching you pick, but going on for this long was fantastic. I'd love to see more picking videos like these, they offer a lot of insight to all levels of pickers. Thank you.
Like everyone else in this thread, it was a delight to watch you go through some of your more challenging locks. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to show us some of your routine... (And thank you for showing us that even you have a mortal side that struggles with some locks, even if only for a few seconds 😉) 🤗💜
Practicing the art is key, thank you for the videos and making this craft much easier to understand.
it doesn't look like LPL needs any keys
@@ktulz , he IS the key! ^_^
You made a pun!
a 53 minute video...
and its pure lockpicking joy!!!
This is amazing LPL, thank you for this gift from you and well done on honing your skills so much!!!
Mr LockPickingLawyer sir! Yesterday I started my training to become a locksmith! With that 1 year long course and your teachings I aspire to one day be a great professional just like you 😁❤️
You do know once you finish your year. You will have to start over from the beginning, just so you'll know it's not a FLUCK.
Hey, this comment was about a year ago. How's it going?
The discipline and dedication to hone his skill is second to none. Impressive.
I just picked a big rusty JAK lock in 19 minutes..... The top of the keyway was too large for my tensioner and i couldnt get the pick in with the tensioner in the bottom. Finally figured out that if i put the pick in first followed buy the tensioner i could reach all the pins, 30 seconds later it was open woo woo!
Im just getting started and find it very relaxing. Thank you for making these videos :)
This is gourmet content right here!. Thanks for the show. I am going to put this on a big screen and enjoy some pop corn and soda with it
by far, this is the best channel I've subscribed to. BY FAR! . I've always loved the craftsmanship, design, style as well as the challenge of unlocking them. There are so many great locks from around the world. I purposely look for discarded locks with no keys and take on the challenge to try and open them, which is what brought me here to your channel. I've learned so much from you and the knowledge your freely give is worth more than it's weight in platinum. So I wanted to stop by and say thank you so very much and let you know that there are many of us grateful for your videos. I hope to see more in the future. Thanks, again!.
Bout to get up for the day... Ooo lock picking lawyer video. I'll watch this before I get..... Wait.... What 😂
Didn't expect an hour long video. I'm probably going to have to get up now and play this as I work!
I have stuff to do before lunch time, so this may become afternoon viewing!!!
Yeah, man! I was like "oh, a five minute video, some good lock" and then realization hit 😂
Just seeing him have minor trouble with a bunch of these really brings home the point he usually makes about regular locks "not being too hard" to pick.
I saw 1 hour and I thought someone invented the best lock ever.
A great look at the real work of concerted practice. It also explains why you can do so much with a short hook! Also a nice demo on the cheapest way to practice with a lot of different cores - buy KIK cylinders.
This is the longest I've seen you on any lock ever! I love it! Thanks for the content!
EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!! Thank you for making lock picking accessible for us! I'm an auto tech and I'm the guy at the shop that can into locked vehicles quickly. Most of my unlocking involves a slim jim or a thin long rod. I have been playing around with picking locks for 20 years but I've gotten more serious about it after subbing and watching your videos.
Love it. A solid video of being brilliant on the basics or keeping it simple. Simple doesn’t mean easy. LPL needs to sell these challenge kits over on CI for the rest of us.
I just bought the covert companion for myself and as a wedding present for a friend. Thanks for everything.
A nearly one hour video of LPL picking some of his more challenging locks? Yes, please!
I like how deliberate this session was: No cuts or fastforewards set to music, no counter in the corner, just sharpening skills
Great practice!!!😃
I like to watch the little finger on the pick hand!! The farther out it goes the closer he is to the open 😅
Great picking!! 🐈⬛🐾🐈🐾👏👏👏👏🍻
I have to watch out for that
I'm really glad I found this video as it's definitely helped with my confidence in picking locks knowing I'm not the only one falling for these traps! Love the videos as always, thank you!
Every time he opens a lock my brain is waiting for “Ok, folks…”
Zero lifts are still the bane of my lock picking prowess. Haven't even gotten to security pins yet on my own adventure into lockpicking. When you put a high cut pin right behind a zero lift somewhere in the middle of the pin stack, it severely raises the difficulty but detecting the zero lift is a lot harder than you think. LPL has amazing skill here and can not only feel out the zero lifts but avoid them altogether. He also immediately knows when he oversets any pin and has to back out and try again (i.e. even LPL isn't perfect). The fact he has a whole box of test locks without any security pins of just one keyway style doesn't surprise me in the least.
Wonderful calming video to have on monitor 2 while I knocked out tasks on monitor 1. Thanks!
I was literally just telling my girlfriend about how you do this while watching T.V....thanks for helping to be a valuable part of our relationship.
This is a great video to show kids that have an "interest" in something. There is a difference between an interest and a passion.
Right hand ring finger= reinforce balancer for stabilizing middle finger. Right hand pinky finger= air balancer.
Looking forward to this year's April fool's episode
He'll fool himself by avoiding the co-axial lock by andy pugh
It’ll be 45 minutes of LPL pretending to be unable to open a MasterLock No.3
Impressive... takes a lot of patience and perseverance to do what you do sir. I also note that you didn't need to stretch your hands once which is also pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing your practice routine and I can see why I'll never be a serious lock-picker... 👍😄
Didn't look at the video length when I clicked on it, watched him show off his locks...
LPL: "So, sit back and relax, this is probably gonna take a while"
Me: "Wait holy shit is he about to!?"
What a peaceful educational video, thank you LPL. :)
Great illustration of how skilled you are at picking. Thank you.
I loved the longer format, for me watching LPL is very therapeutic.
And remember folks, these are locks, in a vice, lots of light, no noise, no looking out over your shoulder, all the right tools, many yrs of practice. Imagine doing them, in the door, box, window, elevator access panel, or whatever.
Imagine how long this video would have been if he included gutting each one of these so he could explain what he struggled on for some of these locks.
Thanks LPL for showing how much work goes into your craft :)
I would greatly appreciate seeing you use some kind of force-meter to demonstrate your tension strength and tension movements. Those movements are essentially impossible to see by just your hand movements and flex of the turning tool. I think it would also add a bit of "science" to the art.
That said, the entire concept of this video is amazing and awesome.
I'm just a random dude watching your video in Alaska. I actually opened a Master brand combination lock at Home Depot that was securing (yeah) some electrical meters that I wanted to buy. I just did it because I was bored waiting on the person to come open it. I've watched most of your videos and I remembered how easy they are to open.
That's the first lock I evere opened without a bolt cutter. Took about 20 seconds.
I really appreciate your videos.
I waited for the girl and told here that I opened the lock. I didn't open the cage. She didn't care.
A vid w/detailed explanations of what feedback constitutes "definitely overset that one" & other trip ups would be seriously useful
ok so you got me. i see a box of cylnders thinking its a set you sell for spares or some shite. then i see a comment about an hr long vid which definitely caught me off guard as no vids are of such length. then you state youre gonna pick all of these in a row and you do this routinely as a mans of keeping proficient.
from a career auto tech,
MUCH respect
Meaty upload from lpl! I recently bought a couple of your kits and have started the lock sport hobby, this will be a great watch to help me learn!
Compliments for the steadiness of your hands and the unflinching conduct of your picking!
Cheers,
Anthony
I love these alternative sorts of videos!
LPL Could you make a "recommended locks" list to actually use? If you stocked them in your shop I'd buy them directly from you even if they were more expensive
Keep up the great work!
Read his bio on TH-cam it would answer your question. He won’t recommend locks.
He has spoken highly of the Pac Lock brand in a few of his videos.
My fingers started cramping just watching!
These locks have no security pins and they take him longer than 90% of the locks he picks on this channel
He should make another video like this.... just to make sure this one wasn't a fluke
Thank you LPL for teaching us to be unstoppable pro picker , for a good reason :).
Still waiting for LPL to appear in The Elder Scrolls as the Thieves' Guild leader that bestows upon you the Skeleton Key.
If Elder Scrolls 6 doesn't hire him as a voice actor, or at least mention a legendary lawyer of lockpicking and a skeleton key to be found, I'll be furious.
Very encouraging to watch while trying out my new Covert Instruments FNG kit.
I got a bucketfull of stolen "Love Locks". These are the ones that took the longest time to pick. Sometimes I open everyone in few minutes and sometimes I struggle for hours. I have not yet discovered why this is, excluding hangover and other similar reasons.
You mean the ones that people put on bridges etc to signify their love? I imagine rust could be a factor if the lock was not designed to be weatherproof.
@@Gameboygenius you're probably right, but you would hope lovelocks would have pretty good weatherproofing considering thats effectively their 1 job
@@chrishawkins963 their one job, arguably, is to never open, so who cares if the mechanism rusts to pieces? That might even be a "feature". If the lovebirds come back in a year and the key doesn't work, it just proves their love is truly eternal!
With that raised pinky, I bet he's a natural at drinking tea.
Thank you so much for this
I'm home sick from work today, this is just what I needed. Loving the ASMR!
Sure I will practice with you!!!!! You handsome man! Your wife is so lucky ☺️
I could make you a lucky woman as well.
@@MatthewJamesKent I am lucky you won't
This made your commitment real for us. Thankyou for your dedication.
My first lock pick starter kit arrives tomorrow. Binge watching these tutorials for the last week.
The Covert Instruments starter kit doesn't come with instructions. Just pins, springs, the starter lock, and a few picks and tensioning tools. Your initial instinct is to fill up the entire pin stack. Don't do that. I recommend starting with just one pin in the keyway (no security pins) and practice until you get the feel for tensioning and get basic pick motions down. Then move onto two pins, then three, four, five, etc. Each additional pin will increase the picking difficulty quite a bit. Security pins will increase the difficulty even more.
Congrats - Get ready to eat some humble pie!
@@privacyvalued4134 thank you for the insight, very valuable information
Just a master perfecting his craft! I love it!
Question. Do the differences in angles of the way you would have to hold your hands for an installed lock (in a door) vs. the practice vice, goof you up when picking an installed lock? I would love to hear your opinion on this. What do we need to know? I have always wondered. Keep up the great videos. Always very informative and often entertaining.
This is the kind of content I've been waiting for (and asking for, though you might not remember... or haven't seen the comment).
I appreciate it. A lot.
LPL spent more time on that first core than all but a couple of locks featured on this channel.
I'm a auto technician of over 20 years now I like to find new things to do or learn thanks at 45 I still listen well
Your skills are incredible, and when I ask this question, I don't mean to take anything away: Don't you find that the locks are quite a bit easier when you are able to put them in the perfect position for you, rather than how they would be "in the wild"?
I've seen you work with a simulated door frame and wondered how often you use that for practice?
Also, I don't know if I've ever seen you answer whether you use your skills as a side hustle as a locksmith?
Great video. I am a visual learner, this type of content is exactly what I look for. thank you for your time and dedication. it is sincerely appreciated.
This is amazing! I would think it'd be worth challenging yourself to switch hands and pick using your other hand.
I started to watch this before bed until I realized how long the video is. I'll come back and watch the whole thing at work later 😉
So, if you actually practice (with something that is a challenge for you) a skill for several hours a day, you can become proficient? It just takes doing the work, that's all?
With the right practice, yeah. As one of the '80's inspiration "gurus" said, "Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes permanent." So you want to practice at a challenge level that's easy enough where most of the time you're doing things "right", but hard enough that you're doing things you still need to learn better.
This video is incredibly valuable, knowing every once in a while, even an impeccable pro like you has to reset cause of over setting
i’m excited to see what totally normal and not at all littered with innuendos video he’ll upload next week …
but this is cool aswelll
The 3 minute talking hands for 1 hour. It’s like a Netflix binge watch!
24:26 ! WOW ! Best part !
I'm too used to LPL picking locks in 2-3 minutes, the concept of a 54 minute video is blowing my mind.
My learning crutch is not knowing where I am in the keyway and which pin i am on. Does the ability to know which pin you are on so easily come with lots of practice and feel? You easily identify not only which pin you are on, but key information about it (Zero lift, overset, etc.)
I'm stuck in my journey and not sure how to hone the skills where I can't tell what I am doing wrong.
Excellent content as always!
There's probably better methods to train this, but I used to just sequentially push pins, going up and down the keyway, over and over. My struggles were similar to yours; knowing where I am, relative distances and just moving around in the keyway. Doing this, slowly, while concentrating on building a mental image of what I'm doing has helped me a lot.
Start by sequentially touching each pin… after a lot of hours behind the pick, pin locations become muscle memory.
I cannot believe it! Many hours of practice are needed to become an expert at something? In all seriousness, I love your videos, and love it when you call out bad lock manufacturers (which seems to be them all).
I'm curious about one aspect - when you're picking a lock in a vice like this, you can position both the lock and your hands in ways you wouldn't with a lock mounted inside a door. Since so much of it seems to by feel, is there any difficulty translating techniques from what we see here to dealing with a lock "in the wild"?
The answer is: absolutely. The difference is like night and day.
A 54 minute LPL video! …And it’s not even Christmas! If it was me picking these locks and not LPL, 54 minutes would be the approximate runtime for me to pick just ONE lock - twice that to show it was not a fluke. 😂
GREAT LESSON SIR! That actually answered a LOT of questions I had, and I think this video is going to help me with my picking practice/skills a LOT! As always, THANK YOU! For giving your time making these videos for us "beginners"! And making QUALITY videos that actually break down and shows us what you're doing and how and why! (Not to mention I don't even want to know what your time is worth per hour being a lawyer and all! Lol!)😁
I may not be first to comment but let me tell you I’m just as excited!
The satisfying sounds of pins as they are getting set one by one. I can listen to this music and sleep to it.
An hour long video. Definitely not a master lock video
I have to pick back up on this one later, but dear sweet youutube gods, this is what he does to just PRACTICE? DAMN
Vise: a tool used for holding an object firmly while you are working with it.
Vice: something like an addiction to picking locks.
Getting all relaxed watching this, then suddenly a loud ad.
Well i really hope my FBI observer really enjoys almost 1 hour of lockpicking. Here is to you miss FBI.
This is the best video from The lock picking lawyer!
Yes!!!! This is the content I was waiting for!!! Absolutely fantastic! 🤟🏻👌🏻
IN STARWARS OBI WAN KENOBI WAS DEALING WITH AN ALIEN AND HE USED THE FORCE TO TELL THE ALIEN..."THESE AREN'T THE DROIDS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR"... BUT IN LPLS INSTANCES...WE COULD SAY...THESE AIN'T THE LOCKS WE'RE PICKING HERE...WE ARE PIQUING OUR BRAINS...LOL