[82] How To Pick Locks With Paracentric Keyways 

_Five years later:_ "A six minute video?? He must have opened 15 locks!

Your voice really has changed over the past 5 years

His voice will become even cooler over the next 5 years. Trust me i can see the future.

LPL, as you stated, there are a lot of lock picking instructional vids here on RU-vid. Yet few are made by guys that have the talent of being naturally talented teachers. Personally, I'd love to see a lockpicking series of videos starting from "this is a pick" and going through to advanced topics, made by you. You really have the natural teaching talent. I've been an instructor pilot serving as a sim instructor, line check airman and giving Initial Operating Experience qualifications to airline pilots for 20 years. Why do I mention this? I know how to spot good teachers. : )

2022: "This is the LockPickingLawyer and today I'm going to create a series of videos, that show cutaway locks." Later: "This is the LockPickingLawyer and today I'm going to be picking the lock on this Delorian, so that I can go back to 2015 and make a cutaway video about paracentric keyways."

Was sent here in a time machine from video 1248. People in 2021 talk much faster. World is changin´ man.

82k views as of now. Let's see if that grows following today's reference

Oh my gosh this was a serious "aha" moment for me. Thank you so much for showing this with the cutaway lock. You are such a fantastic teacher!

Here from 2021... are we sure this is the same guy? :) This version of LPL sounds scared to be on video! If I only we could let him know what a legend he'll become.

That video is just fantastic. This simple idea to just cut away the have of the plug to see you self picking and learning fro it is great. Will do cut-aways from some from my euro cylinders. Very valuable info and demonstration. Thank you.

Very informative! Was not expecting a paradigm shift when I started the video. Thank you.

Some very good points, and a subject I've never seen addressed before, very good description with the cutaway plug. Thanks for taking the trouble, even us Locksmiths can learn something new. Well done.

I'm here because of the video he uploaded today and the only comment I have is... damn, he sounded so different back then.

Thanks LPL! I just started this addictive and fun hobby and this is this exact explanation/ instruction I needed. I love your videos and I'm glad you're making a living off lock picking.

Great video!! As a beginner I struggled for so long with a S schlage keyway until I mastered it and I until seeing this video was scared to face anything more parametric than that, now I feel confident and am going to buy a steep hook or 2 :D

My word, this stuff might be years old and the production value is so different, and this is a baby LPL by today's standards, but this information is still gold! Thanks LPL!

I know this is an older (but very useful) video and i am very impressed with the way a cut-a-way lock demonstrates how the right pick makes such a huge difference between getting the lock open or not. Awesome video! Thanks lpl.

Probably one of the more important videos, given new life.👍👀

No doubt the best instructions pal video I have seen in months and months. Give yourself a big pat on the back,great work Sir👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻😘😘👏👏👏👏

Oh thank you for that bit of explanation! I've been having problems with even Schalge C keyways and a 0.015... time to vise up some hunks of brass and get picking! :)

Great video. Very clear demonstration on the cutaway core. Nice instructions. Thank you for pointing that out.

Hands down the best LPL video I’ve seen!

Such a useful video. It helps me in picking my ABUS Titalium locks with their paracentric keyways.

I’ve come here from the future to tell you that you will one day have millions of subscribers.

I love this video because you not only showed how narrow keways can be overcome, but you also showed the cutout...how the inside of that type of lock works.

LPL from the future sent me!

This! I thought I can't pick a particular lock at all. Watched this and have picked open it immediately.

Its amazing watching this video after watching your newer ones. The amount change is so great. Keep up the AMAZING work!

Awesome, this worked very well for me, I was just able to open my EVVA lock which I was never able to open before. This just took me to the next level man, thank you so much!! Btw, no master pins in my lock!

Thank you so much. This is a great help to get into such paracentric Keyways. Great and very informative video: Thanks!

*Mind* *Blown* Glad you pointed this old video out in a new one!

Really great video mate, great idea to use a cut away plug. Perfect explanations, a pleasure to view. Thanks for sharing ;-)))

You really have come a long way in your quality of presentation and videography.

Great tips - just what I was looking for. Thank you!!

It sounds more normal at 1.25 playback speed. I'm curious if the older videos were slowed down a bit to help disguise his voice.

Great subject, and awesome job with your demonstration using the cutaway!

This is so helpful. As a new lock picker I have been trying to work my pick around the wall of the warding to reach the pins on really tight paracentric keyways. I will now re evaluate my approach 👍🏻

I got my Covert Instruments' companion to learn to pick, but all I had were Aussie Lockwood and Able locks... thought I was just never going to work it out. So I got a cheap Master lock, managed to rake and pick that consistently after a few days of intermittent attempts. In fact, it's kinds almost too easy to open that lock if you shove anything into it (nice one Master locks!). That got my confidence up a bit. But still was stuck with the tight keyways on the Lockwoods. This video cracked it for me... now I can feel the pins and start getting better at this with trickier locks!

This video made the biggest impact on my picking. Only wish I saw it sooner.

Great video with information that will help many pickers.

Great help, only just started picking and never really through about the shape of the pick until now

YOOO... blast from the past after today's video. What a change in voice and delivery.

thanks for linking this, very useful view on the inside

Yet another fantastic video with great hints and tips ;o))))

The entire time, i thought it was me..... Thank You!!!

Lock picking lawyer's flow is a lot better in 2021. He is talking much slower but I know he is teaching.

Absolute great advice :) and very nice to see with the cutaway lock. I think I will have to make me a number 7 hook and try it out ;). Thank you so much. Also never seen a green Peterson in 0.015...always thought they were blue.

Excellent explanation. Seems a lock maker could make the lock nearly unpickable if there was a second keyway halfway down the cylinder.

Loved this video. Started picking a few days ago with the Lokko Beginner's Box over on Lockpickworld, and was having a TON of trouble trying to do anything in an American 1100. Tension bars were too thin and favored BOK tension, couldn't rake it, and my only 2 hooks were shallow and thick. I ordered a Sparrows Spirit Set, some TOK tension bars, and some thin SSDeV hooks. We'll see how that 1100 fares against those, though you could probably pick it with a paperclip.

You hit a home run on this one. Awesome video with great content!

Excellent explanation - guess I need some more picks Great work, thanks

This is like... INSANELY obvious. I don't mean that as a slight towards you; you're awesome for realizing this and putting the knowledge out there. I'm just kind of blown away that nobody considered that the thickness is not the issue [compared to the length/shape]. How is that possible?! I feel like it might be one of those rare situations where something is actually _more_ obvious to a total noob than it is an expert (for whatever reason)

Not the production value of your new videos, but more informative than most.

Thanks for this video.......I've just started trying to pick my first paracentric keyway and this was super helpful....

This Video helped me a lot Your learning Videos are the best

Here from video #1248 ... that's a lot of locks picked.

Thank you. Yes, many keyways are flat out intimidating visually. But I would agree, use the right tool for the job.

Great video, I had some real eyeopeners. I'm going straight back to my locks and practice what I just learned.

Thank you my friend this video was very helpful. I think I might be able to get some of these locks I've been having trouble with open now.

Brilliant LPL just awesome and a fantastic instructional video. Thank you for sharing.

I have watched a lot of your videos and this has been one of the most useful. Unfortunately I need to buy yet more picks!

Every time I watch you nowadays I get an advertisement for the British “Kinetica K4” lock. You won’t see this comment on such an old video but I would love to see you get into one

Great video! I wish I had seen this months ago.

Nice info thanks this should helps lots of peeps out, including myself

Hah :) here is where the ALS I sent out poped up :) Awesome! Really informative video, I will send it to a few people :D

Wow your voice is so different now compared to then. Much slower, softer and less assertive in this video. So cool

A most useful video for a beginner like me - thank you.

Great video! I have two Sparrows picks with similar designs and have never had a use for them. Now I know what for and how to use them. Many thanks!!

Looks like the warding will helpfully guide the pick into the pinholes.

I hate when people say they won’t / avoid covering stuff other people have covered. Your audience likes you, the way you explain things, your tempo, your demos, etc. so even if you cover the same content someone might learn better from you. And that’s not even accounting for whether they’ll discover those other sources, whether they’ll still be available years later, etc.

Thanks for that!!! I had trouble picking YALE Y1 now, its way easyer for me !!

Video 1248 sent me. Who else ?? lol

A brilliant video, very very Informative

I was actually worried you were feeling ill or something, the flair and enthusiasm you developed in later videos just wasn’t there in this one, didn’t realize it was such an early vid (especially since it was showing cutaways, which you’ve been doing a lot recently).

this video is like 0.5x speed compared to his modern ones

Doesn't such a steep hook make it difficult getting under a low set pin near the front when trying to reach the pins at the back?

Great video.

excellent as always!

Great video, great subject, thanks.

I've asked hundreds of questions and never got a response from this guy

I rarely comment but your videos are truly dumbfounding. I had a feeling this ^ is the case but you've helped me confirm solidly. Of course a cylinder must fit through a hole Most of your material has gems all over. I come to learn one thing and then I learn 10. If you will have me as a student (or protege if you have none) I also (whether you decide to accept my request or not) I respect and look up to you and will be happy to be of any service. Anything you need done in the UK, let me know. (Free of charge of course, if I haven't made it clear enough; it would absolutely be my pleasure)

You sound so much younger! Amazing how time changes people

thanks for clearing this up.

been struggling with these, good video

I have locks for example Burg Wächter 222 C 40 that are easy to rake but hard to single pin pick because of the paracentric key way and they don't have those holes.

Great video. Wish I’d watched this sooner!

Superb video sir. I think the pictures on the websites are misleading which I know caused me to have doubts in exploring picks outside of my gem and hook 1 but I took your advice and am now finding myself having a hard time putting the hook 7 down. I also had no idea they have it in 0.025 and I was even told by their rep that they don't so how did you get it? You also gotta tell me about the other high hooks you have, anything worth trying to the 7 is above the all? I know you go for the 7 in almost all of your videos but I'll ask just in case.

From the cutaway view, it looks like the real issue is that the warding is compromised by the manufacturers drilling the pin holes too deep. If the pin holes were only drilled to the warding and no deeper, could this lock be picked?

Mrs LockPickingLawyer must be a very happy woman.

I know this is an old video but god it has helped me thanks LPL

This only really works with the wardings that the pins go through, not ones which the pins rest on or above. One of my old door locks has a Yale(ish) keyway where the bottom right warding is blank, so is the left warding, with the pins seemingly only resting on it or descending into it a bit from the other side. So I have to go in at an angle resting on the bottom right warding and the top tail then gets in the way of any deep pick. It's a nasty bugger (but I'm sure that you'd be able to pick it no fuss anyway).

Very informative, thank you for recommending it.

WOW you are like the Bob Ross of Lock Picking

Welcome to video 82!

Great Video and Great Advice thank you.

He also developed his April fool's humor early on: "If you fill their holes, they fall fall for you very, very quickly." (around 6:30)

For those coming from his recent video i recommend upping the speed by 10% so it sounds like his recent video lol

I want more videos like this 😀

thanks I think you just explained to me why i can't get this American lock open, guess ill have to order a steeper hook.

That was some really good info.