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How to Pick a Lock
ChannelCommon SenseIn brief
You’ll learn to quickly pick a basic lock using everyday items like bobby pins, saving time when locked out of a drawer, door, or house. The method is demonstrated on common locks and works best with practice—though the creator says it can take 20–30 minutes to master initially. This skill is useful for emergencies or when keys are lost.
Questions & answers
What tools can I use besides bobby pins?
Anything small and strong enough to fit and turn the lock, like a strong wire.
How long does it take to learn?
The creator says it may take 20–30 minutes during your first attempt.
Description from the creator
An easy way to pick a lock within one minute. How to pick a lock with only bobby pins. How to open a locked drawer or door and what to do if you have lost your keys or you are locked out of your house. A pretty handy skill that stops you from calling a locksmith.
This is a fairly essential life skill if you are ever in a situation when you are kidnapped, or you lost your own keys in an important time.
For normal locks like these you can use pretty much anything to easily pick the lock. Just make sure it's something small enough to fit into the lock, but also strong enough to turn it open (bobby pins, strong wire will do). Figuring out how to pick the lock may take around 20-30 mins during your first try. But with some practice you should be able to get it done in 1 min.
Check out my Part 2 video - How to Relock a Picked Lock:
youtube.com/watch?v=eU2DT9Ax6e4
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I own the copyright to this video. It is filmed by me and features my room drawer and lock. Also features my two hands. Music used in this video is free non copyrighted stock music provided by the Camtasia audio library.
This is a fairly essential life skill if you are ever in a situation when you are kidnapped, or you lost your own keys in an important time.
For normal locks like these you can use pretty much anything to easily pick the lock. Just make sure it's something small enough to fit into the lock, but also strong enough to turn it open (bobby pins, strong wire will do). Figuring out how to pick the lock may take around 20-30 mins during your first try. But with some practice you should be able to get it done in 1 min.
Check out my Part 2 video - How to Relock a Picked Lock:
youtube.com/watch?v=eU2DT9Ax6e4
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I own the copyright to this video. It is filmed by me and features my room drawer and lock. Also features my two hands. Music used in this video is free non copyrighted stock music provided by the Camtasia audio library.
About this tutorial
Common Sense published this 1:04 video tutorial on October 28, 2015. It has been watched 5,001,164 times on YouTube.
- Channel
- Common Sense
- Category
- Howto & Style
- Duration
- 1:04
- Published
- October 28, 2015
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- 5,001,164
- Likes
- 28,367