This is part 4 of a 5 part series on lever lock picking. We will cover types and terms, lever padlocks, non-curtained mortice lever locks, curtained lever locks and specialised techniques including overlifting, pre-lifting and tryout keys. Here is the FULL playlist :-) ua-cam.com/play/PLXm18pW-yyX7qhybbWL85Y80JeN2K9vhY.html
Of course you post this as I'm about to leave the UK after a year living here and being able to really purchase practice locks... You're the reason we can't have nice things. I love your videos, bro.
I must say never mind the picking as usual it's spot on and easy to understand but more importantly the camera focus is first class. Robbie from Huyton Liverpool UK
Thanks for doing this series. It's well made and very informative. I was a little sad to hear what part 5 is, I was sure it was going to be a give a way of all the items used in the video's!
I’ve just binge watched the series so far and can’t wait for the season finale and the cliffhanger ending. Just wondering whose going to play locknoob in the Netflix/ HBO serialisation. My money is on Benedict Cumberbatch 😂
Another great video! You are really showing the basics well. Nice job! I bought myself an Andy Mac Padlock and Curtain picksets for Christmas. I have a few choice locks to practice on now that the holidays are past us. Great fun!
very useful I have instructive put in practice all your explanations and save to take a set of andy mac but for Spain we have almost no locks, a hug and thanks
Just ran across your channel. Great. Over 40 years back I used to work on some high end bit key locks (Corbin here in my area of the USA) for some affluent customers. Years ago I saw the British movie “The Cracksman” and loved it. Now I’m old enough to know Hollywood is not exactly realistic but I think I remember seeing a bit key “pickset” in the movie. Actually a “build-a-key”. Had never seen anything like this before. By adding different sized key parts to the post then securing them with an end screw it could make up a true key. “THINK” I remember that. If you know what I am talking about can you tell me whether any this was TRUE HOLLYWOOD or is there anything factual about it. It just looked sharp as s**t. Thanks for your vid and keep up the good work.
I'm interested to know how you would know which side of a mortice lock has the bolt in it. The tools you show look to me only to be able to work if the lock is accessed from the side opposite to the bolt. What happens when the opposite is the case?
@@LockNoob Thank you for your reply. I'm probably being thick but the tools @3:28 in particular look to my untrained eye only workable from the opposite side. If they are used to turn the curtain on the same side as the entry point surely they will be in the way of the picks designed to fit into their cut-outs. I ask because I'm tempted to buy a set.
@Lock Noob - Where can we buy those clear-sided padlocks and mortice lever locks you show in these superb videos? I notice Andy Mac also uses them. But I can't find anything like that either here in Australia, or on eBay. Are they home-made jobs? Or is there a source that I just haven't found yet? Keep up the great work - excellent series, this one in particular. :)
I’m enjoying the series. I was.a little surprised how you advised the curtained locks need tools that are specific to them. As a holiday gift to myself I got a Chubb Battleship & a Chubb 3G114. I bought this Old English padlock pick set at www.uklockpickers.co.uk/old-english-padlock-pick-set-uklp-special.html. I was able to open the Battleship quickly after slightly shortening the tension tool. I was also able to open the 3G114 which appears to be curtained (and it has a Perspex cover to see through). Perhaps I just got lucky with those tools & models. Just thought I’d share. Not easy to get a range of lever locks stateside.
There isn’t the room to do that. You could use a wire, but you would have to bend it and flat it to basically look like the other curtain tensioning tools, so you might as well just use them
Loving this little series it’s nice to see the technical side of the operation 🙂 there is a blacksmith that has forged/machined a multi locking box I think you might like the workings of it. here’s a link vimeo.com/288711470 I hope you enjoy, it is truly a work of art
This is part 4 of a 5 part series on lever lock picking. We will cover types and terms, lever padlocks, non-curtained mortice lever locks, curtained lever locks and specialised techniques including overlifting, pre-lifting and tryout keys. Here is the FULL playlist :-) ua-cam.com/play/PLXm18pW-yyX7qhybbWL85Y80JeN2K9vhY.html
Of course you post this as I'm about to leave the UK after a year living here and being able to really purchase practice locks... You're the reason we can't have nice things.
I love your videos, bro.
Thanks friend, good luck with your new adventure :-)
I must say never mind the picking as usual it's spot on and easy to understand but more importantly the camera focus is first class.
Robbie from Huyton Liverpool UK
Thank you 🙏
Really pleased to see the curtain lock solution. Nicely demonstrated and explained.
Thanks :-)
You certainly don't disappoint. Great tutorials. Enjoying this series very much.
Thanks :-)
Thanks for doing this series. It's well made and very informative. I was a little sad to hear what part 5 is, I was sure it was going to be a give a way of all the items used in the video's!
Lol, I don’t even own all these tools and locks, sadly :-)
I’ve just binge watched the series so far and can’t wait for the season finale and the cliffhanger ending. Just wondering whose going to play locknoob in the Netflix/ HBO serialisation. My money is on Benedict Cumberbatch 😂
John Nash - hmmm...you may be onto something...maybe Fassbender if Loki the god of mischievous locks is to make an appearance. 🦹🏻♀️
Awesome! I think I should be played by Dame Judy Dench :-)
Lock Noob you might have a point there as she’s got lovely hands 😂🤔
Thanks for the video.
Another different viewpoint on curtain lever locks.
Thank you :-)
Great video my friend! Just like the previous ones. Thanks for all the effort you are putting to make this series.
Thanks ML :-j
Another great video! You are really showing the basics well. Nice job!
I bought myself an Andy Mac Padlock and Curtain picksets for Christmas. I have a few choice locks to practice on now that the holidays are past us. Great fun!
Thanks :-)
Great information and very nice picking 👏👏👏😊
Thanks :-)
Very well done demonstration of lever pick techniques.. will definitely point new pickers your way.
Thanks :-)
Thanks for this series of videos - learnt a lot watching these
Awesome :-)
Still going strong, great series of tutorials! 👍
Thank you :-)
Really enjoyed this series mate awesome video👍😊👍😊😎✌
Thanks Leon :-)
This is building into a great series!
Thanks! :-)
Nice techniques shown again -- looking forward to #5 video -- good job!
Thanks :-)
very useful I have instructive put in practice all your explanations and save to take a set of andy mac but for Spain we have almost no locks, a hug and thanks
No, I’ve not seen too many Spanish lever locks, but there are some double bitted lever door locks I’ve seen just over the boarder in Portugal :-j
Nice picking My Friend, i am glad you are making these i relly learned a Lot mostly by this very video because i was not so sure how this type worked
Thank you :-)
Again, well done.
Thank you :-)
Great way to help people your informative and very helpful.
Glad you think so! Thanks!
Great series.
Thanks :-)
Great tutorial again my friend, it´s going better and better with each video, thanks for showing buddy ;o)))
Thanks Tallan :-) it was fun making the series :-)
Just ran across your channel. Great. Over 40 years back I used to work on some high end bit key locks (Corbin here in my area of the USA) for some affluent customers. Years ago I saw the British movie “The Cracksman” and loved it. Now I’m old enough to know Hollywood is not exactly realistic but I think I remember seeing a bit key “pickset” in the movie. Actually a “build-a-key”. Had never seen anything like this before. By adding different sized key parts to the post then securing them with an end screw it could make up a true key. “THINK” I remember that. If you know what I am talking about can you tell me whether any this was TRUE HOLLYWOOD or is there anything factual about it. It just looked sharp as s**t. Thanks for your vid and keep up the good work.
Thank you :-)
Great info buddy great series
Thank you :-)
Quite a sturdy looking lock. I'd still only use them as an adjunct to a cylinder lock if it was for my back door.
Most people in the U.K. double up like that and lock the deadbolt at night :-)
Still here , gaining leverage , so to speak.
Lol :-)
Thank you Lock Noob
Thanks :-)
I'm interested to know how you would know which side of a mortice lock has the bolt in it. The tools you show look to me only to be able to work if the lock is accessed from the side opposite to the bolt. What happens when the opposite is the case?
You use the same tools?
@@LockNoob Thank you for your reply. I'm probably being thick but the tools @3:28 in particular look to my untrained eye only workable from the opposite side. If they are used to turn the curtain on the same side as the entry point surely they will be in the way of the picks designed to fit into their cut-outs. I ask because I'm tempted to buy a set.
Enjoying this series, you’ve done a great job! Did you make the tensioning rings or did you purchase them? If so who manufactured them. Thanks
Andy Mac (another youtuber) made the rings for the curtain locks and Mad Bob made the ones for the Padlocks :-)
Lock Noob 👍🏼
@Lock Noob - Where can we buy those clear-sided padlocks and mortice lever locks you show in these superb videos? I notice Andy Mac also uses them. But I can't find anything like that either here in Australia, or on eBay. Are they home-made jobs? Or is there a source that I just haven't found yet? Keep up the great work - excellent series, this one in particular. :)
Some lock smith supplies sell covers for common locks. I make my own from perspex
Love lever locks, being British!
me too
Would I be right in saying that these tools can only attack the locks from one side? It all seems to depend on the lever pack being in front.
Where can I buy the picks from?
very good🙏🙏
Where can I buy one of these perspex locks?!
Curtain locks are normally difficult to pick due to false gates. Is it possible to use overlifters in union 5 lever?
It’s possible :-)
I’m enjoying the series. I was.a little surprised how you advised the curtained locks need tools that are specific to them. As a holiday gift to myself I got a Chubb Battleship & a Chubb 3G114. I bought this Old English padlock pick set at www.uklockpickers.co.uk/old-english-padlock-pick-set-uklp-special.html. I was able to open the Battleship quickly after slightly shortening the tension tool. I was also able to open the 3G114 which appears to be curtained (and it has a Perspex cover to see through). Perhaps I just got lucky with those tools & models. Just thought I’d share. Not easy to get a range of lever locks stateside.
No, I hear lever locks are rare over the pond :-)
Why can't you just use a tenssioning wire like in non curtain lever locks to turn the curtain?
There isn’t the room to do that. You could use a wire, but you would have to bend it and flat it to basically look like the other curtain tensioning tools, so you might as well just use them
Loving this little series it’s nice to see the technical side of the operation 🙂 there is a blacksmith that has forged/machined a multi locking box I think you might like the workings of it. here’s a link vimeo.com/288711470
I hope you enjoy, it is truly a work of art
THAT IS AMAZING! WOW! thanks for sharing this :-)
i cant take this.... its like i'm at school again
Sorry, maybe these vids just aren’t for you :-|