Historical locks and lock picking
- Historical and Fantasy Lockpicking [x]
- The History and Future of Locks and Keys [+] [x]
- Historical Locks: Lexicon of locks and keys [x]
- The History of Padlocks [+] [x]
- Ancient Egyptian lock (and its Sumerian ancestor) [x]
- Ancient Mediterranean locks
- Re-creating an Ancient Key and Lock Mechanism (early antiquity) [+] [x]
- Roman locks and padlocks [+]
- Scandinavian spring padlock and keys, 9th-11th century
- How to be a medieval thief (and how to catch one) (Baghdad) [+] [x]
- Lockpicking in a medieval German epic poem (13th century)
- Lockpicking in The Canterbury Tales
- The Dietrich, a simple lockpick for a simple lock
- Locks and thieves’ tools in a 16th century German commonplace book
- Housebreakers and Burglars of Victorian London
- On Burglars’ Tools (19th century New York) [+] [x]
- An overlooked thieves’ tool: the dark lantern
- Another overlooked thieves’ tool: the rope ladder
- Video: Picking a 200-year-old warded mortice lock [+] [+]
- Old lock and key [+]
- Flintlock lock door
- Locks in Dungeons & Dragons [+]
- Thieves’ Tools in Dungeons & Dragons [+]
- [D&D 3.5] Open Lock optimisation
Modern lock picking: Overview
- What is Lock Picking? The Good, the Bad, and the Not So Ugly [+]
- Lock picking laws [1] [2] [3] [4]
- Lockpickers Vs burglars
- Zen and the Art of Lock Picking from the legendary MIT Guide to Lock Picking
- Video: I’ll Let Myself In (other ways to sneak in) [+]
Guides and tools
- How Lock Picking Works
- How to Pick a Lock: A Step By Step Guide To Slaying Lock [+] [x]
- PDF: The LSI Guide to Lock Picking
- Infographic: A Graphical Guide to Lock Picking
- Infographic: Pick a pin-and-tumbler lock
- What Is Binding Order? [+] [x]
- Security Pins [+] [x]
- Improving Single Pin Picking Skills [+] [x]
- What Are All Those Picks Used For? [+] [x]
- Best Lock Picks for the Budgeted Picker [+] [x]
- PDF: Lockpicking Tools User Guide: Tips & Tricks
- Lock Bumping [+] [x]
- PDF: Bumping Locks
- Tension Direction, Pick Selection, and Lock Picking Vises [+]
- Video: Mastering Master Keys [+]
- Video: “Unpickable” Europa Padlock Picked FAST: an example of raking [+]
- High tech lock is “invincible to people who do not have a screwdriver” [x]
- 9 Best Practice Locks To Quickly Learn Lock Picking [x]
- Transparent Padlock Educational Toy [+]
- Lockpicking multitools
- Universal keys
- If lockpicks don’t cut it, try a thermal lance
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DIY and improvised tools
- Building your own lock picks [+] [x]
- Video: How to make lockpicks and tension wrenches [x]
- Best sources of metal for lockpicks [x]
- Ratyoke’s Guide to Magnificent Home Brew Lock Picks [x]
- How to Pick a Lock with a Bobby Pin [+] [x]
- Video: How to pick a lock using hairpins [+]
- Video: Lock picking with office supplies [+]
- How to Pick a Lock with a Credit Card [+] [x]
- How To Open A Lock With A Knife (lol)
- Infographic: How to pick locks and padlocks with improvised tools
- Video: How to open a padlock with a coke can [+]
- Video: Yale Key Lockbox opened with a Red Bull can [+]
- Video: How to open a padlock with two wrenches [+]
- Video: 3 Ways to Open a Lock [+]
- Video: Pumpkin Saw Converted into Electric Pick Gun [+]
Safes
Master locks
- How to Crack a Master Lock [+] [x]
- Infographic: Cracking a Master Lock [+] [x]
- Video: Finding the combination of a Fortress lock in 12 seconds [+]
Escape artist: Handcuffs and zip ties
- How to Pick Handcuffs [+] [x]
- Video: Escaping Handcuffs [+]
- Escaping Handcuffs (the needlessly hardcore approach) [+] [x]
- Video: Breaking zip ties with shoelaces
- Infographic: Breaking zip ties with a bobby pin
- Video: Concealing escape tools [+]
Archive Tags: open lock, thieves’ tools, how to steal, escape artist.
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