Historical locks and lock picking
- Historical and Fantasy Lockpicking
- The History and Future of Locks and Keys
- Historical Locks: Lexicon of locks and keys [+]
- The History of Padlocks
- Ancient Mediterranean locks
- Re-creating an Ancient Key and Lock Mechanism
- Roman locks and padlocks [+]
- Scandinavian spring padlock and keys, 9th-11th century
- Lockpicking in a 13th century German epic poem
- 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
- An overlooked thieves’ tool: the dark lantern
- Video: Picking a 200-year-old warded mortice lock
- Old lock and key
- Flintlock lock door
- [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
- 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 [+]
- 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? [+]
- Security Pins [+]
- Improving Single Pin Picking Skills [+]
- What Are All Those Picks Used For? [+]
- Best Lock Picks for the Budgeted Picker [+]
- PDF: Lockpicking Tools User Guide: Tips & Tricks
- Lock Bumping [+]
- PDF: Bumping Locks
- Tension Direction, Pick Selection, and Lock Picking Vises [+]
- Video: Mastering Master Keys
- Video: “Unpickable” Europa Disc Padlock Picked FAST: an example of raking
- High tech lock is “invincible to people who do not have a screwdriver”
- 9 Best Practice Locks To Quickly Learn Lock Picking
- Transparent Padlock Educational Toy [+]
- Lockpicking multitools
- If lockpicks don’t cut it, try a thermal lance
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DIY and improvised tools
- Building your own lock picks [+]
- Video: How to make lockpicks and tension wrenches
- Best sources of metal for lockpicks
- Ratyoke’s Guide to Magnificent Home Brew Lock Picks
- How to Pick a Lock with a Bobby Pin [+]
- Video: How to pick a lock using hairpins
- Video: Lock picking with office supplies
- How to Pick a Lock with a Credit Card [+]
- 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: 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 [+]
- Infographic: Cracking a Master Lock
- Video: Finding the combination of a Fortress lock in 12 seconds
Escape artist: Handcuffs and zip ties
- How to Pick Handcuffs [+]
- Video: Escaping Handcuffs
- Escaping Handcuffs (the needlessly hardcore approach)
- 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.
