I have the American versions of these at my office, always thought the key was crazy looking. I was floored how easy you got it open, you are a master of your craft.
don't be so impressed by his picking. he's probably picked this lock 19247889326749 times before making this video. he knows exactly what to do in order to pick it. it's not an easy lock to pick, don't worry.
I certainly picked it before the video... twice. I generally do that just to make sure I can open the lock before setting up the camera. If you doubt, but See my playlist of picking dozens of MTLs. Some are harder than others... this one was almost as easy as they get.
I think the Multi Lock deters the raking and low skilled pickers. Generally I have had good performance from them, one on our garage, my significant other lost her key and called 3 different locksmiths, all declined to try and pick the lock!
The problem is one of motivation. Why spend thousands of hours developing and maintaining picking proficiency when you can charge a customer far more to drill and replace a lock? Or am I too cynical?
I got behind on watching your videos, LPL, as I took an 8 month break from lock picking. So now I'm going back and watching all the videos I missed. I had forgotten how truly talented you are. Thanks for your fantastic videos; they are greatly appreciated.
Great picking. Yes, you make it look so easy. By the way, I don't pick many dimple locks, but when I do, I use your,,, Off the side of tension wrench technique. Thank you
Two notes on Japan: 1) it's an island nation, so the Ocean is usually not too far away. 2) Apartment doors are usually on the "outside", meaning the staircase and corridor is not internal.
Hello, I just started dimple lock picking, could you make a video about lock picking dimple locks for beginners? What kinda of locks are best for beginners and also go over witch dimple picks are best or not so good.
When I come across an old lock that is dirty, I use a little WD-40 it makes it almost like new. Thx for the vid. I haven't came across these locks yet, but at least I kno it can be picked.
zwz • zdenek If they did that sure. I think they feel secure enough with their aluminum bars held together with sheet metal screws over their Windows though.
Security here is certainly weird. I think that someone could easily break into my place if they wanted to, but the crime rate is so low in the part of Tokyo where I am that some people still leave their houses unlocked. I have a friend who lived in Yokohama for over 20 years and never once locked her door. She never had a problem. Recently, I left the key in my bike lock by mistake after I parked it in public near a train station and left it there for the whole day - and it was fine. One day last year, the road near my house was covered with 10,000 yen bills (about $100 each). There were thousands of dollars. People came out of their houses and we all gathered it up carefully and took it to the police station together. There was never even a moment when it crossed anyone's mind to do anything different. Turns out someone had a bag with a house deposit in it fall out of their bike. The cliche about Japan and honesty is true - at least where I live!
Can you please also post links in the video description area to the things you use - tensioner, pick, disassembling plate, guide tube, etc. It is very interesting and would be helpful for buying the right stuff.
Do you think a Mul T Lock interactive is adequate security for a home? Do you think an average criminal would be able to bypass the lock? Assuming that kick prevention is in place so the criminal can't just kick in the door. Thanks!
Thanks! It was a decision between an MT5+ or an Interactive+ and the key control on the MT5+ made getting a key in the case of a lockout a pain (safe deposit the key card because without it you get no key) vs. the interactive where the locksmith can keep the key info on file without requiring the card. Not to say that MT5+ isn't more secure (in part because of key control) but I don't believe the added security is necessary for the situation. Also, the locksmith said that interactive+'s use different key ways for each locksmith for residential locks so bump keys would be hard to obtain if not impossible.
CodeBurger Interesting. So it prevents someone from making duplicate keys unless they are the lock owner, if I understand that correctly. In a way a security feature, but not one the average consumer would be concerned about. Thank you for the answer.
+BangDroid A spring loaded captive "detent" (more like a pin) is present in the core. When the key is inserted, the "detent" pushes the interactive element, which in turn pushes the corresponding pin. The Interactive element is a captive pin inside the key, which ensures that key duplication requires special equipment which is only available to the manufacturer. I am not sure if the interactive element have a variable size.
I'm trying my hand at Mul-T-Lock but never really managed to succeed. I have a Classic, MT5, and Interactive to play with but admittedly I just have standard pick sets so I don't really have any flag picks. Anybody got recommendations for a good flag set(s)?
I have this cheap chinese padlock from ebay that I only picked once. It's utter crap, but still a lot harder than a no.3. Also after I took the plastic 'weather' protection off, part of the lock, the bible, is plastic!
Note how THICK his tension bars are ,. They always are , yet shister lied about his bangood set saying that the LITERALLY wire thin tension bars were adequate....as a real lawyer should know, in court , a lier is a lier,, Once you lie, you loss.
Where do you live that lock picking tools are illegal? Here in the US there are no places that I know of where it is illegal to own lock picking tools.
not where I am ether but it is Illegal to possess any implement for lock picking in japan unless you are a certified locksmith check out www.lockwiki.com/index.php/Legal_Issues stay safe, stay legal
allow for a master keying system - multiple (different cut) keys can operate the lock - for example if it's the lock from an office door, the office occupier would have a key to that lock and no other offices - but the building security staff would have a single master key to all the offices - that wafer basically creates a second sheer line so a key can have multiple operating cuts at that position - hope that helps
Just for info, LPL, your videos have as of yesterday all vanished from my subscriptions feed. I remain subscribed but must visit your channel to discover whether you have posted any new videos. Likewise bosnianbill, Forgotten Weapons, and several others.
Yours and some others have reappeared. I'm not sure they're all back. This is not a confidence builder. Notably, all of the missing channels I identified, with no exceptions, were of the type being targeted by RU-vid's multi-pronged censorship initiatives. Conservative commentary, chemistry, firearms and the like.
Honestly I think the merch people produce for their RU-vid channels are corny and kinda lame, but I'd Live in a LockPicking Lawyer sweater ~ Or, some LPL loafers!! 🤫🤑🙃