I have mixed feeling about this guy but forewarned is forearmed. I guess I'm surprised he hasn't come up here before. He seems to know his locks. Here's some samples --

Check out the follow-up to this one --




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBSSA5ot0tA



This is kinda fun if not very practical --




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeghG



Not to pick on Ace, this style lock doesn't fare well --




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh-MLiVCjc0



From the sublime to the ridiculous --




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJaca6MgrA0

Looks like padlocks are about as useful as door locks on a convertible. They just keep the honest people honest.

I have watched probably a hundred of his videos. He is a very talented lock picker. You can tell how crappy a lock is by how long his videos are.

Bosnianbill is another talented lock picker. He is a former EOD tech that now does work for the USSS. When scouting a location for V.I.P visits, he is tasked with non-destructively opening locks to perform inspections.

Both he and lock picking lawyer make fun of how easy Master locks are to pick:

He must be a defense attorney trying to grow his market. Next up, kids: how to car jack!

I wonder if those techniques work as easily when the lock is actually attached to the thing it is locking. For example, on the double wrench video, can you still use that trick if the lock is running through a hasp or latch?

a very big sledge hammer will break them all.

I had a business acquaintance (so to speak) that through a mutual agreement, provided me with lock picking tools and some training time.
There is a difference between raking and picking.
And it helps greatly to have "touch".
My acquaintance had it. I do not.
Locks only protect you from honest people.

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
I wonder if those techniques work as easily when the lock is actually attached to the thing it is locking. For example, on the double wrench video, can you still use that trick if the lock is running through a hasp or latch?

Look at his follow-up to that vid and yep, no problemo.

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Originally posted by Muddflap:
Looks like padlocks are about as useful as door locks on a convertible. They just keep the honest people honest.

They do keep honest people out. All I expect from them is to slow the rest down enough for me to catch them. I do hate thieves.

Great vids... Does anyone know what would be a good 5 or 6 pin padlock to use?

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Originally posted by Oldrider:

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Originally posted by Muddflap:
Looks like padlocks are about as useful as door locks on a convertible. They just keep the honest people honest.

They do keep honest people out. All I expect from them is to slow the rest down enough for me to catch them. I do hate thieves.

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Originally posted by Zeus007:
a very big sledge hammer will break them all.

Yep. That's what I think the guys used on my enclosed trailer/storage unit not too long ago. Guess they didn't want any expensive vintage Porsche parts. Probably looking for copper or tools. If one can't easily sell it on Craigslist, it has little value.

I pick padlocks at work on almost a daily basis. My guys are all very impressed by how quickly I do it, like Hollywood fast.

It's not that I'm that good, it just that the locks are that crappy. lol The Master locks like in the first video often open just by sticking the pick in them. It's funny that the cheap Chinese Master lock knock offs are usually a lot harder to pick than the real ones, probably because of all the slop in them.


The other day I had to open a decent lock and used it as a learning experience. I tried to pick it ever so briefly, but it was freezing out and they have good Medco cores in them that I've only been able to open like once (though to be fair I haven't spend much time trying). But I'd never drilled the core on a good lock, so I wanted to try. So I did... and it would have opened with a little more fussing and a little more force, but I said "What am I doing, it's F@#King freezing out here!" I got my Milwaukee cordless grinder with cutoff wheel out on my trunk and cut the shackle in literally six seconds.



It's always harder to open locks when they're actually on something. when they're not, they're always facing the right way.
It's also a lot harder when people are watching you.

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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
Great vids... Does anyone know what would be a good 5 or 6 pin padlock to use?

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Originally posted by Oldrider:

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Originally posted by Muddflap:
Looks like padlocks are about as useful as door locks on a convertible. They just keep the honest people honest.

They do keep honest people out. All I expect from them is to slow the rest down enough for me to catch them. I do hate thieves.

The Abloy padlocks with the Protec core are supposed to be some of the most pick-resistant locks out there.

I have a few I use on my firearms cases for travel and they are very beefy and high quality.

https://securitysnobs.com/Padlocks/

wow, this is very eye opening.

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Originally posted by cas:

It's always harder to open locks when they're actually on something. when they're not, they're always facing the right way.

This is a good point. The double wrench method shown in the videos can only work if there is sufficient clearance for the tools. With a beefy chain attached, it would be tough. But as you pointed out, the cordless cutoff wheel trumps all!

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
With a beefy chain attached, it would be tough.

The follow-up vid shows using the chain or hasp as a fulcrum instead of a second wrench.

That’s amazing as I was watching that I saw this guy on safe cracking!