We all know lots of people have matches and lots of people have watches, but how many people do you know who have fire and time mashed together? Congratulations, you have now been introduced to our Arson Watch! Check out the details here: www.scamstuff.com/products/arson-watch Sound like something you need? Good news: it’s the prize in our free giveaway this week. Just sign up at gimme.scamstuff.com and you could be one of THREE winners to receive an Arson Watch (no purchase necessary, giveaway ends 3/11/2021). Congrats to the winners of last week's Modern Rogue Mystery Box Jackpot giveaway: Colin Gregg and Mark Shane (We will contact you via email within the next two weeks).
actually he opened it very quickly, the only part he took a while was in the preparation of the tools. he always selects his tools beforehand, this time he crafted one before, but the opening part was very quick
I'm not sure if he's the best lockpicker, but he's by far the most popular and easy to watch and understand. I just can't watch RU-vidrs like Bosnian bill, with his 10 minute videos, after seeing lpls 1-3 min ones
I would suggest he is equally as good as Bosnian Bill. A little bit more entertaining but still just as informative. If I HAD to choose just one lockpicker to subscribe to it wouldn't be easy but LPL would pip Bosnian Bill by the tiniest of margins... Thankfully that isn't the case and I am free to subscribe to both which I have done...
On the next episode of The Modern Rogue: Will the Lockpicking Lawyer get his gold Rolex? Does Jason finally overcome his fear of knives? And will we finally learn what was in the Homer Box? All this and more, next time!
I like how this whole video culminates in LPL taking 20X longer to make a copy of an existing key for these guys than it would take for him to simply pick the lock.
You can see in LPLs video, the absolute understanding of every little thing he's doing It's fascinating seeing the transition from hobby crafts, to a full on trade specialist
I love how as the lockpicking lawyer made his key he actually cut out a key blank first before cutting the teeth. I think that's probably the biggest difference, this is an extremely accurate tool they are trying to copy. Starting out with making a blank key is probably the easiest way to duplicate a key.
Seeing the lock picking lawyer take over made my day. I was like oh are we gonna see a response video. Nope he justs pops I to the video and owns them. You guys are the best, always remind me that even when life is somewhat crap, their is still interesting things to learn and adventures to be had.
"If you have access to the key wouldn't it be easier to put the key on the plastic and cut around it?" If you have access to the key, wouldn't it be easier to use the key?
Not necessarily. For example if you don't want someone to know. Maybe a Russian diplomat leaves his keys on the table. You copy or take a photo and later in your secret spy lab cook up a key to the vault containing the launch codes. Of course, it was a trap all along and they were just testing your loyalty. Off to the gulag. Pick the cell lock with this tool Bosnian Bill and I made, only available at covertinstruments.com
that's assuming you can have access to both the key and the lock at the same time, as well as have enough time time to do what you need to do inside the locked area. if either is not the case then no, and something like making a backup key could be one reason why you'd not have access to the key and the lock at the same time.
Theres a few other ways to cut plastic keys... Op1) use an 1/8” single hole punch. Then use scissors to clip points between the punches Op2) use a V- Shape leather cutter. Op3) rough cut with scissors. Then peal the abrasive layer of a fingernail file and wrap it around a matchstick. Use that to file the rest of the way. op4) rough cut with scissors. then use the corner of a for side fingernail file
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how unobtrusive Modern Rogue’s sponsorship segments are? It’s literally just 10 seconds at the beginning of the video to say who sponsored it, then a few minutes at the end to discuss them.
@@schenkov not entirely. I know a few channels do it this way like MR and rSlash but a lot (if not most) disclose there’s a sponsorship at the beginning but they’re do the ad read in the middle of the video when they know people are watching and are less likely to click off
I think Scam school was the first video series that I saw which had specially made video content to advertise the sponsor rather than just reading a blurb within the video. I think those are kind of neat too, although they are maybe more obtrusive (and maybe less effective for that matter).
And 4 commercial segments, each about 3-8 minutes total. I particularly enjoyed the one that spent 3 minutes talking about how to poop in order to lose weight. 🙄
This is the first I'm seeing this channel, through a YT recommendation, and it BLEW MY MIND seeing Brian Brushwood here. The last time I think I saw him was on Scam School on Revision 3. Man, there was so much content on that website I miss now.
now I wanna see a puzzle in a Resident Evil game or an escape room game where you have to create a key using a painting of a mountain range as the reference for the key
Guys, I feel like the algorithm is against you... I realised I hadn't seen any of your videos in ages so I turned on notifications and I still didn't know about this video till 4 days after upload. Yall deserve more views and I love you both, sad to see you're not getting the promotion you deserve
Not all locks are shimmable (like door locks or most non-master locks), so it's a good trick to know. Tho I suspect in most cases, once you have the print, you'll have time to make the fake key out of something a bit more durable than a plastic bottle.
@@Excludos aye I know what you mean, for normal pin tumblers this will work to a degree but when you start getting to detents or medico biaxels, disk detainers and side pins, then you realise that this only works so much, and when most locks can just be cut and most door locks snapped it just seems like it’s not worth the hassle, especially when you need to have the original key with you to make a second key
Feel like they really glossed over that the most important part of the bidding was the flat section in the valleys. If you're using a pair of scissors those would be very hard to cut, hence the special tool required. They might have pulled it off if they scored those flats first with the knife, then took off the excess. You can see the peaks don't matter because the special tool cuts the excess. the main thing is getting that flat in the right spot.
@@Dem0n1337 I mean, I suppose, but part of the reason he showed up was because the Rogues tried with exactos and failed. It does demonstrate it's possible in principle, but doesn't demonstrate it's actually feasible with an xacto.
Thank you SO much for this video! I learned a lot and I even used my knowledge to get my friend's Nintendo Switch out of my teacher's locked desk. I got suspended for a week and there are officers involved and there is even talk about me getting EXPELLED! I love what you do and how you are inspiring young minds like mine all over the world! Keep up the good work!
but fr this was sarcasm. i really did get suspended for a week and there are officers involved and talk about expelling me, but i dont blame u guys im just a dumb 15 yr old boy. keep it up fr
3:29 The reason you'd want to use this method is to duplicate a key that has a controlled chain of custody. If you're permitted to have custody of the key but not take possession of it i.e. a set of keys you have to sign out with a photo ID, etc. This is only necessary where you're under constant video recording or surveillance, carrying a compromised mobile device or are required to surrender mobile devices upon entry. Otherwise, just snap a pic on some fine-scale graph paper. The trick is to use one of the weakest points of physical security - the toilets. Nowhere but the most top-secret facility would ever employ cameras in the toilets. Even if you're being escorted by a security guard, they're going to leave you alone to do your business... even if your business is a sooty-key impression. The bathroom has built-in plausible deniability and social squeamishness of interrogating a stranger about why they took so long to take a dump. At worst, all you have to say is you had explosive diarrhea and that would shut down the questions pretty quick. And if all you need is a lighter and some packing tape, you can carry those without rousing suspicion. Cigarette lighters, utility knives, and a wallet are almost always waved through security if you're "supposed to" be there. Carry the tape in your wallet, wrapped around a piece of wax paper, or just triple-wrapped around an innocuous "shopper's club" card with a "hey buddy" flap to ease quick unwrapping of the tape. Then you take the imprint home and cut the key off that. If you're someone who menstruates, even better. Just fill a carefully-opened tampon wrapper or applicator with modeling clay and make the physical impression into that. Nobody but the most dedicated, nosy, and socially-awkward security guard would closely inspect menstruation hygiene products. The same theory would apply by sneaking a .5mm or 1/64th inch ruler into the toilet and either writing the measurements down really fast encoded in an address book, on dummy business cards, or getting really good at memorizing. This being said, as many a finish-carpenter would say, 9 out of 10 times, scribing is better than measuring. Edit: For those who don't know, it's surprising how many supposed high-security places still use physical lock-and-key access control vs electronic keycards for their most sensitive areas. Like, even the high-ups can't get into certain mission-critical spaces - mainly utility, electrical, and mechanical service areas... which also tend to be poorly monitored, and which are expected to have high volume of unknown third party service-workers who are never questioned about their purpose or credentials. High-visibility yellow is often the best camouflage. There are some good arguments for using physical lock-and-key access control in high-end commercial, industrial, and institutional security culture, but all it takes to defeat is training, audacity, and a source for the right key blanks. All ideas expressed in this comment are meant as white-hat penetration testing data. The intent is to provide security personnel with advice on how to harden access control against unlawful or unauthorized penetration only.
Probably could’ve gotten soot on it quicker if you were actually burning something that produced soot. Butane doesn’t produce soot as good as say a burning candle. Could’ve coated that key in an inch of soot just by waving it over the candle for a second or two lol.
I was going to comment "why not just trace around the key on the plastic and then cut it out with a craft knife" but then the video got to the point where Brian mentioned the comments so I will retract my comment.
Found what looks to be a GREAT sale on this exact style of Lishi brand key cutter after watching this video. ($40 bucks on sale down from $75) I don't even do a lot of work with locks, but I regularly find myself needing something that can do precision cutting for thinner aluminum tabs, and this looks like a PERFECT tool for my hobbies, so thanks for the recommendation! (Plus, now I can do stuff like this for the thrill of it, and I can -theoretically- cut my own keys for home use if need be.)
I remember watching the video talking about the soot method, what I ended up doing was tracing the key on masking tape (with a pen), apply to plastic, then cut with scissors. At some point I might've also used (a flat screw driver) to turn the plastic key in the lock, worked fine with me!
Brushwood seems like the kinda guy I'd get hammered with in a smokey bar and despite the conversation beginning with like niceties and normal shit, it would end with screaming about the Patterson Gimlin film or something
As a Locksmith it is enjoyable to see people trying this out, it's rare to find non locksmiths trying out locksmithing themselves. It is also a nice reminder to appreciate how far our specialist kills and knowledge set is developed beyond the average person
Nice method if you have access to the key; one other way I've seen that I love for quick (relatively) key copying is to put something like sharpie on the top of a blank for that lock maker, then put it in the keyway and turn back and forth; what should happen is the pins should scratch away at the sharpie; you can then file down at those locations to the first key depth for that lock, then re-apply sharpie and repeat. Basically, as the pins get to the right height they'll rotate with the cylinder and not scratch off the sharpie, so you eventually just kind of brute force your way to a working key.
Yes, that Lishi aluminum blank cutter the LPL uses makes it pretty easy, but it is also pretty easy with nail / cuticle cutters, or very small wire cutters... one just has to be accurate. You guys make it look really hard. Of course in the real world, one would just snap the lock or the latches with leverage.
A trick I found helps is to make the key slightly over with add just a little to the backside and don't cut the notches to the depth you want it to look like a key blank, until you push the key in the lock a few times. this sets the grove(s) that otherwise will make the key narrower and the notches won't be in the right place
The whole time I kept wondering if they were gonna account for the warding, the reason there's a horizontal slit in the original key in the first place, in the improvised keys. Spoiler: They don't, and is almost certainly a major part of the reason they can't get enough tension to finish the job.
ive decided to watch the modern rogue more because of how happy and upbeat it is like fast and that and its really been helping me with depression ive only just noticed it :>
You can buy a " Hand Sheet Metal Nibbler" online that does the same thing that the LPL has for like $20. You might have to hold it at a 45 degree angle because it cuts tiny squares, but it should work!
