he knew he wasnt really going to be able to do any lock picking with his knife so he needed something to stretch the video out to try to convince the algorithm to show his videos to more people. thats dedication to the algorithm
Despite having watched many lockpicking videos, yours was the first that actually explained why the pins bind as they do. I also really liked your wooden demonstration version, and how you were able to visually demonstrate it without having to look through a tiny camera or lots of clear plastic.
Everyone should check out the “Lock Picking Lawyer”, he is the master. he can typically pick any lock and I really mean any lock under 2 minute and then take out all the pins and springs, to show the audience. His videos rarely takes more than 5 minutes. He also never shows his face , only his hands.
Despite having tried to understand lock picking from dedicated lock picking channels like LPL, I couldn't understand why it worked. With your beautiful model lock, I was finally able to understand how it works. Great video and explanation, thank you!
I truly enjoy how much effort you put into your videos I definitely always walk away from them learning something new to add to the toolbox of knowledge
I love itI love it. You’re not afraid to admit when something doesn’t work, but you go right back in there and do whatever it takes to make it work. You‘be shown usAll it takes is patience and time thanks Felix I love your show!
Awesome video Felix.If an SAK user never uses the toothpick, replace it with modified tweezers which can pick a lock and open handcuffs. Thanks again Mr. Immler.
Hello from Wellington, New Zealand. Thank you Herr Immler for yet another excellent video. The more I learn how to use my Swiss Army Knife the happier I am that it is always in my pocket in case of emergency. Please keep up the great work.
In my youth I used to pick locks just for fun to understand how they worked. NEVER to enter into a place or access something I had no right to enter or access something that wasn't mine. Back then I used to use flat hair pins with two legs, one flat and one wavy (bobby pins?) as tensioning and raking tools. Given how clever you are I'm guessing you could easily turn a pair of those hairpins into a pick set that you could stow somewhere in your SAK. ;-) That would save wear and tear on your toothpick and your tweezers and keep them in good working order for their intended purposes? It is a good skill to know and could come in handy in an emergency. I did put those skills to good use a few months back when entry needed to be made into a home in an emergency, but we did not want to damage the homeowners property. I was able to pick a door lock and make entry to take care of what needed attention as the homeowner was thousands of miles away in hospital. It was the first and probably the last time that skill came in handy for a legitimate purpose in my case, but there you have it.
Now that I have retired from my career as a dentist, I am looking for a new career. Burglary sounds good. I own several unused SAK given to me over the years from dental suppliers. Thanks for this instructional video to help me launch my new career, Felix!!!
Hi Felix! Fun and useful demonstration. As I am sure you know, one can find lock picking demonstrations all over the Internet. One of the consequences of these tutorials has been to show the shocking weakness of commerically available locks. As a consumer, I hope this exposure will force manufacturers to get serious about the security of their products. Danke!
ein wahrer Meister seines Fachs, ich habe mindestens 50 Swiss Army Messer Tendenz steigend, aber diese Fähigkeiten werd ich wohl nie erreichen, meine tiefste Bewunderung
Hey Felix! For a long time I dreamed of learning how to do this, but there was no reason. And now you've intrigued me. I will definitely try. I suspected that SAK was capable of this. I give a like.
I learned how to pick a lock off the TV show "Magnum PI" years ago. it took many episodes to get the way to do it. Yours it took only one vid!!! In Canada it is illegal to carry lock picking tools unless you are a lock smith. Now every Boy Scout could go to jail. Great vid.
Thanks Felix, I spend a lot of time and energy trying to avoid needing this skill. Might be better just to accept that I probably will need it someday.
@@FelixImmler I own just a couple of SAKs and its only from your channel have I learned how potentially versatile n useful d tool can be. Much appreciated...😁
Once i had bend the tweezers using it as a tension tool and i had used the stainless pin as raking tool,the toothpick was too big,but the pin was too short,so i holded it with the pliers of my SAK,finaly it works with a little bit of luck.Now in an emergency situation I could separate the tweezers in to two part,to use one as tension tool and to file the second part with the metal file from my SAK to use it as a raking tool(i carry two tweezers,one my pocket,one in my key chain,Lol).The paper clips are great locking picking tools,MacGyver's style...anyway,nice video as always,Greetings from Greece my friend.
Hey Felix..It was also the name of horse of Alexander the Great.. But you seem to be a good Thief.. The way you opened the locks and after you smile that gave me goose bumps.. 😂😂😂
This is what I have been waiting for 😀 As a beginner at lock picking, I would say your last solution is the best, but quite limited to certain locks. I think a good, basic, easy test lock would be a Master lock N°3. A very interesting project and very well demonstrated. I will be mentioning it on my channel (where I do a bit of lock picking) 👍👍👍🍻
@@mollylemonk I made a video ages ago, #010 Bushcrafting a Key From a Beer Can :-) Just a bit of fun really. One of the most common lockpicking tools that are made from beer cans are shims. Cheers Molly 🥂
Great video by the way I was thinking instead of having a toothpick you could have two sets of tweezers one regular and one pointed. The pointed tweezers could also act as a toothpick.
the tweezers toothpick combo is exactly what I went for when my friend just gave me a lock and a swiss army knife, took me a solid 5 minutes, then he just used the awl, shoved it straight into the lock and opened it on the first try, doesn't work with all locks but works with enough locks for me to think they designed it like a skeleton key on purpose
Excellent explanation of how locks work! This will work on small, light locks, but with heavier locks you will not likely have enough torsion force to lock the pins in place. I bet you could modify some of the other tools on the SAK to pick just about any lock if you took it apart or had 2 SAK's modified purposefully.... I did something like that with feeler gauges.
Hi Felix I bought my first Swiss army knife in Lucerne. I still have it today with a pouch and small torch. The other multi pocket knives have little deffects, a broken corkscrew, another a broken can opener. But that is wear and tear.. 7Swiss army knives. All still great tools.
Most new model Victorinox Swiss Army knives have a hole for a straight pin but have no pin. I added one to my hunter model and camper model using a pin with a plastic ball on the end used for sewing. I might think it would work for a lock-rake if you wanted. If the pin is the same length as the tweezers I believe it would work the same. Adding the pin with the plastic ball end works fine on knives with corkscrews and regular straight pins work for ones with screwdriver tools. I like the pin with ball end better because they are easy to replace if you lose one. 🤔🙂
Omg if only I've known this before! Some time ago my neighbor locked his bike to the rail and the code didnt work the lock jammed. Asked me for help but I didn't have bolt cutters. So with the Swiss champ steel saw I sawed through the very thick bike lock ( took me about 15 minutes). Great video, uncle Felix.
I just carry two bobbby pins taped together hanging off the key ring and use the pliers to make a tension wrench and pick when its time to use them, works everytime ive used this method twice and bobby pins and tape are expendable.
I always have two SAKs with me - a Classic SD in the watch pocket of my jeans and a Spartan. I will grind one of the tweezers to a point and leave the other as is.
Hallo Felix, an dir ist ja ein Einbrecher verloren gegangen! 😄👍😄 Man glaubt gar nicht, wofür das Victorinox alles zu gebrauchen ist. Einfach ein super Messer und ein echtes Multitool!👍👍👍 Liebe Grüße aus Wels und ein schönes Wochenende!
My man, Felix went out of his way to make a wooden demonstration model. That's dedication.
I'd love to see the process of making that with Victorinox, only ;)
Rumour has it that he made the demo lock with a leatherman. 😱
Great model!!
he knew he wasnt really going to be able to do any lock picking with his knife so he needed something to stretch the video out to try to convince the algorithm to show his videos to more people. thats dedication to the algorithm
Called making money 💰 off this vid lol
No music, no drama, no cool drone footage, just amazing skill. Great Felix 💪🏻
Grazie!!
Despite having watched many lockpicking videos, yours was the first that actually explained why the pins bind as they do. I also really liked your wooden demonstration version, and how you were able to visually demonstrate it without having to look through a tiny camera or lots of clear plastic.
Thank you very much for this wonderful feedback!!!
Everyone should check out the “Lock Picking Lawyer”, he is the master. he can typically pick any lock and I really mean any lock under 2 minute and then take out all the pins and springs, to show the audience. His videos rarely takes more than 5 minutes. He also never shows his face , only his hands.
Who else would like a stainless or titanium after market toothpick
The short toothpick in stainless would be nice so I could put it in the hidden slot on the plus scales
This is the best explanation of how a lock works that I have ever seen. Sure, I never cared to search for one before, but the point still stands.
Thanks a lot for your compliment!
Despite having tried to understand lock picking from dedicated lock picking channels like LPL, I couldn't understand why it worked. With your beautiful model lock, I was finally able to understand how it works. Great video and explanation, thank you!
Thanks a lot for your wonderful feedback!
I truly enjoy how much effort you put into your videos I definitely always walk away from them learning something new to add to the toolbox of knowledge
This comment makes me very happy!!! Thank you!
ive watched so many lockpicking videos but this is the best most simple yet most complete video on it. good job man
Sir i have to press like button immediately for your effort
Thank you!
Hey Felix, the great vibes you put into sharing your knowledge is unparalleled. Thanks for that and keep on keeping on :)
I love itI love it. You’re not afraid to admit when something doesn’t work, but you go right back in there and do whatever it takes to make it work. You‘be shown usAll it takes is patience and time thanks Felix I love your show!
I love your wooden lock model!
Thank you very much!
Awesome video Felix.If an SAK user never uses the toothpick, replace it with modified tweezers which can pick a lock and open handcuffs. Thanks again Mr. Immler.
Super idea! Thank you!
@@FelixImmler
Is there a replacement tool like that?
Similar to the other after market add on tools like the fire ant you have shown.
if you pointy the tweezers you dont need the toothpick , that fire thingy can go there
Das war nebenbei eines der besten Videos zum Thema Lockpicking und wie das ganze funktioniert, das ich je gesehen habe.
That handmade wood model is so great!! You hit the ball outta the park sir!!🤘
😆 Thank you very much!
Hello from Wellington, New Zealand. Thank you Herr Immler for yet another excellent video. The more I learn how to use my Swiss Army Knife the happier I am that it is always in my pocket in case of emergency. Please keep up the great work.
Exactly so. A proper SAK is an indispensable tool when combined with imagination and skills.
@1:40 I like your giant lock model, Felix. Your explanation of the pins becoming progressively jammed and freed makes sense.
Thanks for your compliment!
Your videos are getting extremely professional. Thankyou.
Excellent explanation of the lock picking process.... This is the best lock picking video I have seen.... Thanks for sharing
Hello Hector. Thanks a lot for this wonderful compliment!
That was a very clear explanation of how lock picking works. Thank you.
Thanks a lot Gary!!
Fantastic and well done. No way Sak even dreamed this was possible with their product
Thank you John!
Thank You Felix, my first time seeing your channel, I would like to see more of your videos.
In my youth I used to pick locks just for fun to understand how they worked. NEVER to enter into a place or access something I had no right to enter or access something that wasn't mine. Back then I used to use flat hair pins with two legs, one flat and one wavy (bobby pins?) as tensioning and raking tools. Given how clever you are I'm guessing you could easily turn a pair of those hairpins into a pick set that you could stow somewhere in your SAK. ;-) That would save wear and tear on your toothpick and your tweezers and keep them in good working order for their intended purposes? It is a good skill to know and could come in handy in an emergency. I did put those skills to good use a few months back when entry needed to be made into a home in an emergency, but we did not want to damage the homeowners property. I was able to pick a door lock and make entry to take care of what needed attention as the homeowner was thousands of miles away in hospital. It was the first and probably the last time that skill came in handy for a legitimate purpose in my case, but there you have it.
I really love the huge wooden lock model. I can't wait to see a car size wooden lock model 😊
Great video. The old style tweezers without the plastic cap always worked well as a tension wrench with it's 90° bend at the end.
You have either contributed to my delinquency or edified me. That was right on the line. Good to know.
Haa ha haa, thanks for your compliment!
Felix,you are the best.Hello from PR😃
Thank you very much!!
Now that I have retired from my career as a dentist, I am looking for a new career. Burglary sounds good. I own several unused SAK given to me over the years from dental suppliers. Thanks for this instructional video to help me launch my new career, Felix!!!
Good luck! 😅😂
Man you sure know how to smile Felix 😁 Your mood and attitude always seems excellent.
That's an ingenious application! Well done, my friend!
Thank you so much my friend!
Thanks a lot. After watching your great and very clear video I could solve a problem of the lock of my desk at my new office…
Haa ha haaa super!
Hi Felix! Fun and useful demonstration. As I am sure you know, one can find lock picking demonstrations all over the Internet. One of the consequences of these tutorials has been to show the shocking weakness of commerically available locks. As a consumer, I hope this exposure will force manufacturers to get serious about the security of their products. Danke!
ein wahrer Meister seines Fachs, ich habe mindestens 50 Swiss Army Messer Tendenz steigend, aber diese Fähigkeiten werd ich wohl nie erreichen, meine tiefste Bewunderung
Danke für den netten Kommentar!
Hey Felix! For a long time I dreamed of learning how to do this, but there was no reason. And now you've intrigued me. I will definitely try. I suspected that SAK was capable of this. I give a like.
Bravo Felix 👏 more proof that the SAK is the ultimate EDC tool.
I learned how to pick a lock off the TV show "Magnum PI" years ago. it took many episodes to get the way to do it. Yours it took only one vid!!! In Canada it is illegal to carry lock picking tools unless you are a lock smith. Now every Boy Scout could go to jail. Great vid.
Thanks for your feedback!
You're so cool I'll tell all my friends who are Victorinox collectors in Korea I hope you have a nice day~~~~~~~😀😀😀
Thank you so much for your support!!!
Can't imagine ill use this often (if at all) but its one more in the toolbox. Can't help but place value on this. Thanks as always felix
I love you videos brother please keep making more you're so informative thanks for your time!!!!❤
Thanks Felix, I spend a lot of time and energy trying to avoid needing this skill. Might be better just to accept that I probably will need it someday.
Such a cool channel. Love the fact that you're a Swiss Army Knife fan, and have SO MANY ideas for his to use it. So unique.
Big fan!
Best explanation yet👏.Keep making great content. You're very good at it.
Thank you so much for this feedback!
Awesome video as usual! This makes a good case for having two tweezers in one knife.
Thanks a lot Jack!!
Thank you Felix for all your efforts in sharing great SAK content. Stay blessed 🙏☺️
Thanks a lot for this wonderful compliment!
@@FelixImmler I own just a couple of SAKs and its only from your channel have I learned how potentially versatile n useful d tool can be. Much appreciated...😁
my Friend, you're awesome, and your wood model it's the Best!!!! tnx for the class!!!
Thank you! That's a nice bit of info to file away in the recesses of my brain for when it's ever needed.
Once i had bend the tweezers using it as a tension tool and i had used the stainless pin as raking tool,the toothpick was too big,but the pin was too short,so i holded it with the pliers of my SAK,finaly it works with a little bit of luck.Now in an emergency situation I could separate the tweezers in to two part,to use one as tension tool and to file the second part with the metal file from my SAK to use it as a raking tool(i carry two tweezers,one my pocket,one in my key chain,Lol).The paper clips are great locking picking tools,MacGyver's style...anyway,nice video as always,Greetings from Greece my friend.
Hello Nikos. Thank you so much for this interesting comment. I have to go on your channel and look for this video! Greetings from Switzerland
I never expected this video! Well done! I enjoy picking locks, but never thought of using my Swill Army knife to pick a lock.
Thanks for your nice feedback!
I use to use the hook on my finger nail clippers, works great but I will gives this a try with my huntsman...thank you SIR Felix...
Thanks a lot for your interesting feedback!
Your demonstration is fantastic, thanks.
Thanks a lot Don!
This is the lockpicking inventor, and this is what i have for you today…. 😁😉👍
Interesting video. Amazing what a SAK is capable of in the right hands. Thanks for showing us...
Thanks for this kind comment!
Good tip! Greetings from Brazil! 🇧🇷
1:45 into this video & I see a BRILLIANTLY MADE MODEL MADE FROM EOOD 👍🏼. Like always, another great video
Thanks a lot for this wonderful compliment!!
Hey Felix..It was also the name of horse of Alexander the Great.. But you seem to be a good Thief.. The way you opened the locks and after you smile that gave me goose bumps.. 😂😂😂
Thanks for visiting my channel and thanks for your funny comment!
You are the real MacGyver with a swiss army knife!
I'll bet every door is open for this guy. Keys like a locksmith. Thanks sir for your thorough and deep educational video 😏👍
I am almost at exactly the same stage you are, I bought a set for my wife and I to do something fun together, It has been great fun
Hi Felix! Congratulations for your wonderful videos! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Ciao Felix, mi piace come spieghi e come dici le cose, sei un grande 👍grazie Angelo
Ну спасибо, Феликс, теперь все замки вскрою, бабла подниму! Спасибо за интересное видео!
I love your energy!
Thank you very much!!
OUTSTANDING 👍🏼
Thank you!!
Woke up at 1:30 found this channel so awesome!
I learned super interesting stuff :)
That makes me happy. Thank you!
This is what I have been waiting for 😀
As a beginner at lock picking, I would say your last solution is the best, but quite limited to certain locks. I think a good, basic, easy test lock would be a Master lock N°3.
A very interesting project and very well demonstrated. I will be mentioning it on my channel (where I do a bit of lock picking) 👍👍👍🍻
it wouldn't be hard to make a rake from a beer can in a fix . . .
@@mollylemonk I made a video ages ago, #010 Bushcrafting a Key From a Beer Can :-) Just a bit of fun really. One of the most common lockpicking tools that are made from beer cans are shims.
Cheers Molly 🥂
Thank you so much for your support!!
Fine video, very well made with a lot of efforts put in it. Thank you!
Great video by the way I was thinking instead of having a toothpick you could have two sets of tweezers one regular and one pointed. The pointed tweezers could also act as a toothpick.
Make a simple pick from a paperclip. Brilliant idea to use the tweezers as tension!
Thanks a lot!
Super erklärt! Ich hab das auch schon mal mit so einem Übungsschloss versucht, bin aber kläglich gescheitert. Ich versuch das jetzt natürlich noch mal
Das freut mich sehr!
Wieder mal super gemacht. Alleine Respekt für das Model!
Danke für das Lob!
Excellent video! You really explain how important the binding of the pins is.
Getting that Simon Templar vibe...
Love it
😂😂 Thank you!
Cool wooden model! Great video, thanks for making it!
Thank you Adam!
Another great tutorial ! Thank you so much Felix
I've done this recently using the tweezer as a tension tool and a bent paperclip as the rake. It's worked a few time for me.
I have to try. Thanks for showing!
Thanks for watching!
Loved the wooden model! Great use and abuse of the SAK tools. I think I will get a lock pick set and only use the SAK tools if needed in an emergency
Nice simple demo!
Thank you Bruce!
the tweezers toothpick combo is exactly what I went for when my friend just gave me a lock and a swiss army knife, took me a solid 5 minutes, then he just used the awl, shoved it straight into the lock and opened it on the first try, doesn't work with all locks but works with enough locks for me to think they designed it like a skeleton key on purpose
Thanks for your interesting comment!
Great video! Very interesting, informative, and well done , my friend! Thank you
Thanks a lot for watching!
Sei sempre il migliore Felix!
McGyver never showed us this… but fortunately we have Felix and the Lockpickinglawyer :-)
😀😀😀😀 Thank you!
Excellent explanation of how locks work!
This will work on small, light locks, but with heavier locks you will not likely have enough torsion force to lock the pins in place.
I bet you could modify some of the other tools on the SAK to pick just about any lock if you took it apart or had 2 SAK's modified purposefully.... I did something like that with feeler gauges.
Thanks a lot for your interesting hint!
Great video! I've picked the lock tp my old 93 Mazda just using the awl. I"ve also seen it used the the same way to get into news paper stands
Super interesting!
Excellent informative video. I have many Swiss army knives. I will be putting them to the test. Thanks for your help.
Thanks a lot for your feedback!!
@@FelixImmler Thanks Felix great videos.
Hi Felix I bought my first Swiss army knife in Lucerne. I still have it today with a pouch and small torch. The other multi pocket knives have little deffects, a broken corkscrew, another a broken can opener. But that is wear and tear.. 7Swiss army knives. All still great tools.
The best demonstration
Mad man is back ! I love your videos.
I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing them
Most new model Victorinox Swiss Army knives have a hole for a straight pin but have no pin. I added one to my hunter model and camper model using a pin with a plastic ball on the end used for sewing. I might think it would work for a lock-rake if you wanted.
If the pin is the same length as the tweezers I believe it would work the same. Adding the pin with the plastic ball end works fine on knives with corkscrews and regular straight pins work for ones with screwdriver tools. I like the pin with ball end better because they are easy to replace if you lose one. 🤔🙂
Omg if only I've known this before!
Some time ago my neighbor locked his bike to the rail and the code didnt work the lock jammed. Asked me for help but I didn't have bolt cutters. So with the Swiss champ steel saw I sawed through the very thick bike lock ( took me about 15 minutes). Great video, uncle Felix.
Thanks a lot for your inspiration for an other video 😂😂
Grazie, very interesting.
I edc a Swisschamp and I'm happy to know one more possibility of use of my Vic.
Grazie Leonardo!
God bless you for having a joyful spirit 🙏
Thanks a lot!
The LockPickingLawyer would be proud :)
😅
Assolutamente fantastico!! grande Felix!!
I just carry two bobbby pins taped together hanging off the key ring and use the pliers to make a tension wrench and pick when its time to use them, works everytime ive used this method twice and bobby pins and tape are expendable.
Always great info from you Felix, ty for sharing…
Hello Ben. Thanks a lot for watching!
Very interesting know how works a padlock, all knowledge open the mind. Thanks Felix, a curious video clip
Beste 👍🏽mit aufwändig gemachtem atrappe aus Holz. Wie cool hehe 😀
Vielen Dank!!
I always have two SAKs with me - a Classic SD in the watch pocket of my jeans and a Spartan. I will grind one of the tweezers to a point and leave the other as is.
Good idea!!
Hallo Felix, an dir ist ja ein Einbrecher verloren gegangen! 😄👍😄 Man glaubt gar nicht, wofür das Victorinox alles zu gebrauchen ist. Einfach ein super Messer und ein echtes Multitool!👍👍👍
Liebe Grüße aus Wels und ein schönes Wochenende!
Vielen Dank lieber Willi!