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If you have an interest in learning how to pick and bypass your way through a world of objects designed to keep you out, then subscribe and hit the notifications bell for tutorials, reviews and much more.
If you would like to email me directly, you can reach me at fishpicks1@gmail.com
If you would like to email me directly, you can reach me at fishpicks1@gmail.com
044 Dangerfield practice lock review
In this episode I'll be sharing my opinion on the Dangerfield cutaway practice lock - a two ended euro style design with grub screw access to the pin chambers. This is an ideal training tool for newcomers to locksport which offers endless pinning combinations - enjoy!
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043 Restoring vintage locks using electrolysis
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In this tutorial I'll take you step by step through how you can restore rusted vintage locks using the magic of electrolysis. As a bonus, I'll also share the results of my first experimentation with ultrasonic cleaning technologies - a process ideal for locks with alloy components which tend to not fair well when submitted to electrolysis.
042 How to Crack a Soviet Combination Lock
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In this week's episode I'll be showing you how to decode a Soviet combination lock. I picked this lock up on EBay where it was listed as a 'Vintage Russian lock' and I bid on it because it was so different to the other models in my collection. We'll be looking at how to secure a 'blind' open (ie. without looking at the dials) as well as decoding it using visual cues. Enjoy!
041 Locksport Unboxing Quiz 2
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That's right folks - it's time for another locksport unboxing quiz! This time I'll be taking you through a whole bunch of amazing locks sent to me by Jason Gabriel - how many questions will you get right?! Stick around to the end for the chance to win one of the locks featured and I look forward to reading your thoughts in the comments section.
040 A beginner's guide to key impressioning (3/3)
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In this final episode of my 3 part series on hard key impressioning, I'll be attempting to create a working key from a Yale cylinder lock, using the principles and techniques I taught in parts 1 and 2.
039 A beginner's guide to key impressioning (2/3)
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In this second of our three part series on hard key impressioning, we'll be looking at how to create and read the impressions left on the key blank and the filing techniques you need to then arrive at a working key.
038 A beginner's guide to key impressioning (1/3)
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In this 3 part series, I will be offering a detailed beginner's guide to key impressioning. We'll be looking at the tools you'll need, how to prepare your blank and how to create impressioning marks. From there we will go on to explore filing techniques and some tips and tricks to help you accelerate your skills so that you'll be able to make a working key for an unknown lock without disassembl...
037 how to bypass a magnetic padlock
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In this episode I’ll be taking you through the steps I took to bypass a vintage magnetic padlock. With no open keyway, and a devious locking mechanism, this lock type can’t be shimmed, pickled or bumped so I needed to do some out of the box thinking in order to secure an open. This was definitely one of the more challenging locksport challenges I’ve undertaken and I learned a lot along the way.
036 How to restore and pick a 6 lever lock
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In this episode, I'll be sharing my thoughts about how to restore and pick a 6 lever lock. I'll take you through the steps needed to employ two chemical baths, made from readily available household items which I used to restore the lock to working order. Then I'll go on to teach you how I made the tools needed to pick the lock, including an animation explaining the internal mechanism of a 6 lev...
035 How to use a locksport decoder card
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In this episode I will show you how to use a locksport decoder card in order to solve a devious little conundrum I've come up with! I've taken three keys with different bitting and their corresponding key pins which I've sealed in blank envelopes. After shuffling them up, the challenge will be to reunite each pair using a recent market release by Red Team Tools - the DDC20. This all-in-one tool...
034 How to make a new key using a Lishi decoder and cutting tool
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If you've wondered how to make a new key using a Lishi Decoder and cutting tool, then this is the episode for you! Having misplaced the key to my Sparrows Cutaway lock, I decided to try and produce a working key without gutting the lock, simulating the conditions I might face out in the field. While impressioning would be the best approach I think, I am only just starting to learn that nuanced ...
033 Locksport Unboxing Quiz & Giveaway
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A few weeks ago I received a package of locksport booty from US picker Pix which contained some really interesting items. Rather than just do a traditional unboxing video, I thought I'd try out something a little different - so I've created my first locksport unboxing quiz. Can you correctly answer all 10 questions?! Give it a try and please do stick around at the end to find out how you can wi...
032 This is how to pick your first Small Format Interchangeable Core
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In this episode, you'll learn how to pick your first Small Format Interchangeable Core. Having received an SFIC Lock Voy padlock from Doctor Hogmaster last week, I set about learning everything I could find about Small Format Interchangeable cylinders. They are not easy to pick because, as you'll see, they are designed to provide two independent sheer lines - one which operates the locking mech...
031 1K Subscriber Giveaway
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To celebrate achieving my first 1000 subscribers, I have two giveaway bundles to share with the locksport community. All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning, is follow the link below and then sign up with the email you'd like me to contact you on, if it’s your lucky day. Please play fair - one entry per person and good luck to one an all! www.fishpicks.co.uk/giveaways
030 Mini Lathe for Locksport - review
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One of my latest acquisitions is a mini lathe which I have used successfully to polish picks, shape tension wrenches from windshield wiper blades and craft my first security driver pins from 3mm brass rod. This relatively cheap power tool has allowed me to operate more safely and precisely, freeing up both hands to manipulate the materials I'm working with. If you are considering getting into l...
029 A tale of two key safes - can I open them both?
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029 A tale of two key safes - can I open them both?
028 How to make your own notched decoder to open combination locks
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028 How to make your own notched decoder to open combination locks
027 locksport unboxing 2 - care package from Kurt Kiffman
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027 locksport unboxing 2 - care package from Kurt Kiffman
026 Review of the 'Pocket Pick' by Martin Newton & John Falle
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026 Review of the 'Pocket Pick' by Martin Newton & John Falle
025 Opening a vintage warded lock using bypass tools
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025 Opening a vintage warded lock using bypass tools
024 This is How I picked my first American 1100
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024 This is How I picked my first American 1100
023 How to make the best tension wrench for lock picking using wiper blade inserts
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023 How to make the best tension wrench for lock picking using wiper blade inserts
022 How to repin the Sparrows Progressive Lock set
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022 How to repin the Sparrows Progressive Lock set
021 Can I open the HoKey CoKey puzzle lock?
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021 Can I open the HoKey CoKey puzzle lock?
020 Does polishing your lockpicks improve their performance?
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020 Does polishing your lockpicks improve their performance?
019 Successful Lockpicking Using a Vise
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019 Successful Lockpicking Using a Vise
017 Decoding the new Master Lock 175 Magnum
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017 Decoding the new Master Lock 175 Magnum
016 How to escape the Locksport Doldrums and start opening locks again
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016 How to escape the Locksport Doldrums and start opening locks again
015 How to Hold your Lock Pick for Success
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015 How to Hold your Lock Pick for Success
This is a big help Fish.Iv been struggling with my 1100 I got a few days ago.Iv opened 7 times in the first 2 days but nothing yesterday or today.I will try this technique though👍🏻
Amazingly made lock-picking easy and understandable.
Fish, you did it for me, thank you. I've been trying to open a 4 wheel lockbox for more than a week now (not continuously), then I saw your video and ... make a "decoder" out of a feeler gauge! Well, I have a feeler gauge. So I found one that fit, not snugly, but not loosely - 13mm (15mm was just a bit snug). I put the feeler gauge in at the left side of the first wheel - then just marked the gauge (along the top of the wheel). Moved it one to make sure that 0 wasn't the first digit. 3 wheels later and ... no. I got the number (and wrote it down the SECOND time), but the box wouldn't open! So I started decrementing all 4 wheels by 1, trying, decrement by another 1, try ... eventually it opened. (I have no idea why I chose the number I did. Now it's set to 0000, until I need it again. So thank you.
12pc broken key extractor kit online for a few bucks does the job very well. Slight modification to one or two of them and you now have a full set with varying gauges down to 0.15mm.
Where did you get your giant lock model? It’s brilliant
I made one of these using a nail file.
That was fantastic. Now alls I need is the name of the clamps you used in the video oh! And where to buy them.. Thank you.. Robbie from huyton Liverpool UK 🇬🇧
Best video I've been able to find on the subject.
You have a link to some of your picks you use?
I'm handicapped and have been using a regular table vice for 2 months. just recently got the table panavice along with the super clamp. Would love to find a way to mount it to my powerchair. Currently I have to sit at a table to pick.
Applying tension as you normally would to open a standard lock will not work as you need to apply tension to the control sheer line only . other wise you will only be able to pick the lock open . You described two sheer lines in your vid . How can you apply tension since the second sear line is not accessible by using your tension wrench .
What alloy of steel are quality wiper blades made from? (alloy number would be particularly invaluable). Given that information, it is easy to get the details for heat treatment. Heat treating is not difficult. It would lead to less breakage when twisting the metal. You would then treat the metal to a desired flexibility and/or hardness,
I wish I could like this more than once. I’m nowhere near picking an 1100 yet, but I love the methodical approach and realizing that it’s okay to take things apart first when you’re learning. What a great explanation. Thank you!
I got three acrylic locks with my set. I can get two of them in less than five seconds with rakes but the third (the exact one in the video) I can't manage to get with anything (TOK/BOK, adjusting tension, trying different picks, etc).
Good tip. It would be even better if we knew the size of the material used. My wiper material is 1.2mm thick by 3.8mm wide and it seems a bit too thick?
Can this lock still be found? I found a bunch of similar (but probably different) locks on amazon and ebay with vastly different prices (from 10 Euro up to 80+). How do I know which is the one where the pins are easily swappable?
My 1100 has identical key 🤯 what are the odds of that?
Thanks for the great level of detail in this video! I'm considering the Sparrows progressive set and reload kit but wasn't really sure how to replace the normal driver pins with spool/serrated/mushroom pins.
Just a thought? Could you not cut them out of canned food lids?
I just got the Vegas 4 pack on 5_1-24. I had same problem
This is one of the best explained video I have come across. Very informative. Thinking about investing in a Lish tool.
Great video. I can pick the 1100 but it takes forever. I’ve pick two different 1100’s twice. The paclock 90a pro is super easy. 14 second pick on it. 100’s of times. I am still trying to figure out why the 1100 is so hard.
Thanks! Super easy to pick if you understand whats happening with it
What size is the hole you have drilled?
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Is SC4 or KW5 for ordinary european locks? Cant find that information anywhere
Listening with earphones on the music is too loud and distracting.
Inspirational. Opened 4 locks my first week and now stuck. Your advice is well taken so am doing something else and then going back. Keep the faith and keep the videos coming. Thank you!
This is the best advice I've seen yet, instantly increased my ability to "feel" what was is going on, thanks for sharing!
I was able to decode my M175 MasterLock using the method outlined here. I did not have a thin metal probe so I had to use the alternative method at 5:15 on the video timeline mentioned in the video for each of the four dials. I'm very happy!!! Thank You
Best video I have found on spool pins
How important/valuable is it to work from the back of the stack as opposed to the front for a beginner? Thank you for a very helpful video!
Cut an energy drink can open to make my tool and got right in. Thanks!
Great video! Thank you.
Excellent job, but you should invest in stainless steel shim stock. Of what ever thickness you want. I’d also suggest using micro machining these to shape. Easily done and inexpensive.
Very informative video and good production quality. Crazy/sad that you have so few views/subs!
What’s would recommend more, the sparrows progressive lock system or the covert instruments training lock that is all of these in one system?
I've just found your videos and am well pleased. Ive been a fan of LPL and Bosnian Bill for years and have been looking for other vids. Lock Noob and a few other have nice vids. Now you're on my list of locksporters as well!
I'm handicapped and my life at 67 as a nerd is a bit dull. I've always been interested in lock picking so I'm waiting on my first sparrow kit along with a vice to hold my practice lock as my right hand is a bit uncooperative. I did pick one lock with 2 paper clips about twenty years ago for a friend that locked herself out, was amazed it worked. I also suspected it was a cheap deadbolt! Please keep the videos coming. TY
What’s about Covert Instruments CI training lock? Which one is the best since that one came out?
I write novels. When writer's block hits, i see it as a push to live more experiences for more writing material. #2 in this list is what brought me to locksport. I have acquired a number of odd hobbies and skills over the years. ETA: I love your philosophical approach to lock picking. I just subscribed. Keep up the great work.
Great video. Sadly this channel hasn’t posted in 2 years
Look I need help or it might be too late. I picked 3 different 1100 American Locks and I spun them the wrong way and they are stuck. The key only goes in a very little. Is there a way to fix it or am I F-ed
Thank you so much for sharing.
I got locked out of the office today, and our "spare key" ended up being the control key.... so all i had to do was use tweezers or a screwdriver to turn the prongs? :[
Yeah I cannot agree with the rest of you more this guy Mr Fish is an amazing teacher the way that you explain everything and go through all of your processes in detail is so understandable and relatable to the same questions and problems that I have ran into personally and I feel like if you were my sex ed teacher I would already have some videos out with Riley Reid . Lol keep up the good work do you have another channel where you were making any kind of instructional videos on anything else
Excellent demonstration. New sub.
Searched for "homemade tension wrench" and this was the first video shown. So your Google-fu is working. Do you have a video that shows when to use the tail of the tool instead of the head?
had mine open in 5 minutes. First video I found for this model and it was excellent. Thanks!
Really miss your content, Fish!