(picking 596) Improvised lever lock picking – fun with locks from India

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I got three locks from India as a present. The brands are Link, Hittco and Krishna. As they are all lever locks I had to improvise the picking on them due to the lack of appropriate tools. A bicycle spoke, a piece of a coat hanger and regular picks accomplish the job nicely. Have fun.

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  1. I got three locks from India as a present. The brands are Link, Hittco and Krishna. As they are all lever locks I had to improvise the picking on them due to the lack of appropriate tool. A bicycle spoke, a piece of a coat hanger and regular picks accomplish the job nicely. Have fun.

  2. Hi Potti314, nice to see you being fascinated by Indian locks. Aligarh in UP, India is famous for locks. I was also intrigued to see the clear practice lock with levers. Do you have a video where you demonstrate how picking works on lever locks using that clear demo lock? Regards.

  3. Dude I'm from India & I want to know about how to pick an Indian lock without any picking tools. I have wires which can be built into tensioning tool but I don't have a picking tool like you. So, suggest me about what should be done.

  4. The brass lock is a failed design in India,I had few of them I had to throw them, the top plate with rivets can be easily removed with small screwdriver and a blow from a set of pliers or small hammer and the brass is a soft metal so the top lid comes off easily. Then the bolt can be slided back and the lock is breached nowadays new locks with same principle of operation come the difference is they come with thick steel sheet covering which curles over the back and covers the backing lid of same thick steel.

  5. Very nice job. I've seen a lot of handmade Indian padlocks on ebay. Also, a lot of vintage/antique padlocks which may or may not have been made by the same guys making the other locks!

  6. Great improvisation of the tensioners for those wonderful padlocks. πŸ‘
    Thanks also for bringing back some childhood memories. As a kid, I spent hours of trial and error, finding odd objects to use as picks and tensioners to attack locks. I didn't know what I was doing and never had much luck, but it was a great learning curve. Today, it's much easier with ready made tools and the internet, but you showed, once again, the essence of locksports philosophy; anything is possible with some curiosity and inventiveness when facing a new challenge! πŸ‘

  7. Great picking on these locks from India buddy and, some very cool homebrew tensioning tools my friend πŸ˜‹πŸ‘ Awesome job and video as always and, thanks for sharing these very nice locks with us πŸ˜πŸ‘ Great work Michael and, really like that Krishna lock mate. Very cool stuff my friend πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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