Picking and gutting the mighty Schlage Everest Primus high security lock.This lock was a kind gift to me from my good friend Steel Pinnings. Jeff Moss was kind enough to key it up for me.
I just had a friend tell me recently that it was easy if you look at the key. I just laughed. He has never picked a lock. Had to let it go. Great pick man. Thank you
Hahaha.. Yeah, it cracks me up all the explanations people manage to come up with. Probably the most interesting thing about locks is the psychology behind them. Thanks for your comment and happy picking!
Very nice picking and wonderful video - a pleasure to watch. And very true what you said about picking lock, especially about the laboratory conditions under which we pick our locks usually.
Thank you very much +Potti314! I sometimes worry that people think these locks are low quality because I pick them. I only like to pick locks that are high quality, so I want to make sure people don't misunderstand. I could only dream of having such nice locks on my home 😊
According to the LPL,, there are only a handful of people in the world that can pick this lock. I'm surprised that you don't have a lot more views, likes and subs. 👍🏼
Thanks so much for your kind words :) I'm happy you enjoyed my video. Strangely, picking high security locks does not really drive all that many views or subs. That's OK though, since that was never really my goal with this channel. Just wanted to have fun and share the things I thought were interesting.
@@tumbl3r I for one appreciate your skills. It's somewhat satisfying to see how clever engineers are and how clever hackers are. You are a hacker of the rarest kind! 👍🏼
awesome picking my friend you make it look to easy. I have my first Schlage Primus to work on but I have not thrown a pick in it yet. So true about the key. It does me no good to see the bidding. Great video thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much man! Many of my style ideas are taken from +This Old Tony, who makes amazing videos about home machining. I'm happy you enjoy them, and thanks so much for watching 😊
Now if I can see a picture of a key that allows me to replicate it based on the photo if I can’t for some reason get a pick. Lastly it’s usually easier to slip the latch. I only ever see these on levers.
Nice job. Pete Restall did a video on this not to long ago and just raked the side pins in. He did say on his they just needed to be rotated. I don't know the difference between this and the regular Primus. Once again I wasn't gonna answer the question because I figured you probably did the same thing I did by looking up the DOM system D I showed you, but it looks like a few people have the right answer out there. They are very secretive about past locks. They even do an exchange, old for new. Seems they don't like having their old out there. I was gonna do a video on the D but I believe you'll do a much better video. I kinda want to do a video so I'm believed when I say I picked something but I don't really care as long as I know and it's a hobby meant for fun. I need a different tripod because it's not fun picking with it in between my arms.
Thanks Randy! I think raking would probably work under many conditions. The side pins do have to be lifted, but they tend to lift as a matter of course as you rotate them under tension. This one had a high cut on finger #5, which needed to be lifted very intentionally, but generally they seemed to lift and set just by rotating them.
If the sidebar is under outward spring tension, how is moved out of the slot in the body? When the sidebar pins are aligned correctly, does it just bump out of the way like a detent?
It's exactly like a detent. The sidebar in this case is "V" shaped, with the negative form inside the lock body. Once nothing is blocking its retraction, the turning force against one side of the "V" allows the sidebar to gain inward pressure and retract.
Keep at it and it'll pop for you. As I said, I'm far from having these things dead to rights, but if the side pin is rotating but won't lift, there is a good chance it's set. Thanks for watching and for your comments 😊
great job. man you can pick a lock. ....haven't picked one but those side pins look nasty. I do think seeing a key can help in picking still takes a skill to visually see a height of a cut and transfer that to a pick. but that's why we have blind picks and mummified keys.
Thanks Chris! I have no doubt you'll have one of these open easily. As for blind picks, I have never really thought that seeing the key makes an ounce of difference. That's just me though, and I understand that everyone is different. I'm also always saying bitting doesn't matter very much, but a lot of people find that it does. I guess it's just a matter of slight variation in how we mentally process things.
I'm far from having these locks down pat, but if the side pin is rotating but won't lift, there is a good chance it's set. Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed 😊
Very cool video, I like the antidotes and seeing others scramble to have a reason for how we can pick locks... Wel can't blame someone who hasn't picked could draw that conclusion. We do send and receive locks ith mummified keys... So they figure that the key holds the secret of the lock. And it kind of does. So why do you see the keys mummified if they have absolutely no bearing on a pick.
Thanks so much for this lock man! Certainly seeing the key seems to help some people. I think it's mostly with challenge locks though, where bitting is the major security feature. Personally I have never found that it makes an ounce of difference if I have seen the key or not, but that's just me. I just thought it was funny how lock makers seem to want to attribute picking to anything and everything except hard work and skill. 😊
Great pick - that does look like fun. I'll have to get a Primus to try. I have a DOM D that I haven't picked yet but the Diamant looks way too hard for me. I'd have a better chance playing BLACKJACK :-) .
awesome work! verry funny about the bi-lock and the key deal, lol maybe some one should give bi-lock a call and get a lock with out a key sent to ya :P
Thanks so much man! I'd love to take BiLock up on that challenge. They could even put it in a padlock, so there would be no chance I could tamper with it. It would be fun 😊. I hope my PM reply with Medeco information was helpful.
There is a small chance I have a line on one of them, but as often as not, these things don't pan out. Always keeping an eye out though 😊 As always, thanks for watching and for your comments!
Mey man! You are the winner of the PacLock! Congrats! I believe I had your address at one point, but please got ahead and send it to me just so I'm sure it's right. Thanks :)
Keyway and some super small changes to the finger pins. Picking is identical between the two, but in theory the Everest Primus has more restricted keyway in terms of access to blanks.
Sure thing Luis :) Everest is a substantially different lock from Primus or Everest Primus. It's likely that when you feel a very slight false set on your Primus core, you're done picking the top pins and need to move onto the sidebar fingers. They will be substantially harder to manipulate and will require a specialized pick to access properly. As you probably know, they need to be lifted and rotated in order to get the sidebar to retract. They are a lot of fun to pick and quite a challenge.
@@tumbl3r thats so true:) i was thinking of grinding the top part of the spare key i have then insert it but i feel that wont count if i pick it also ive been planning on making my 1st challenge lock could i send one to you
