[721] ERA “Viscount” 5-Lever Mortice Lock Picked

[@1977ajax]

These locks were (are?) very popular in the UK for front doors, and were mostly made by a firm called Chubb. This type of lock generally known as 'A Chubb' in the UK.

[@d2xdt2]

Could you pick it again when the case is open? That would be useful to see how you recovered.

[@olithomas4722]

d2xdt2 this is very hard to do as the case keeps the mechanism together.

[@michaelandrews2619]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5qpm2aVab99maM watch this one, it's the same lock with a perspex cover.

[@WetAdek]

@forum guy if someone wants to break in, they will find a way to do it or most probably already know how, so it doesn't matter

[@WetAdek]

@@michaelandrews2619 this is really good, thx

[@notfunnnydude]

@forum guy this channel shows how easy lock can be picked. And telling the owner to switch the lock to a more secure lock. Since almost every type of lock requires different tools, i think it wouldn't be a problem. Unless the lock shows the series number, then that would be a problem.

[@s0men00bb]

Italian "CISA" makes these in two sided versions , not sure if the levers work similarly as wafers inside. Key is dual sided , but , haven't looked if second side is mirror of the first side. Will have to buy one to check it out , as they are losing popularity in my country. Not sure if they also add wardings between levers. These type of locks were quite popular as cabinet / wooden lockers lock in furniture back in the days. They had at maximum 3 tiny levers with some wardings , I remember picking them all the time in my apartment , until my family decided to stop me with pin tumbler ones. 😂 I also made "universal keys" for different models and manufacturers , and I think I still can do it , but , they aren't put in modern furniture anymore. :) The last time I picked one was in 90's , when I was teenager. :) The way I was making key or keys was to insert completely blank key , then bump it , until I see dents , then filing off material that isn't needed. :) The other method was overlifting it , but , just enough to push springs off the way , so , the levers will always be in real gates. :) I think I have few of them in my basement , and , I was frankly shocked to see that they are still in common use in other parts of world. I hope that some robber and thief wont look into my comment , but , this is my 2 cents. :)

[@rickbooker]

Would it be possible to do a video explaining how this lock works and possibly picking it with the cover off? Thank you for sharing your expertise.

[@lockpickinglawyer]

It would fall apart... if need to make an acrylic cover. But, maybe.

[@RichardSShepherd]

Yes please! A tutorial with an acrylic cover would be v. useful.

[@chrishoward99999]

@@RichardSShepherd There's a good video here showing that - kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5qpm2aVab99maM

[@alexandrumarzenco6998]

@@lockpickinglawyer It would be awesome if you could make a video explaining how a lever lock works. I can't wrap my brain around it and I'm very curious, probably others are too :)

[@DarkChasm]

I always hope that after the gutting you show us what picking actually does and how the false gates work while picking. Hoping you will make an extra short video to complement this one to show what goes on inside.

[@lmaoroflcopter]

This is pretty much a standard lock on most UK homes with lever locks. This or a Chubb 5 lever. 5 levers being mandated by most insurance companies here for coverage of contents against theft.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

M3ta7h3ad, don't they all trivially open with a screwdriver and a wrench?

[@lmaoroflcopter]

Bear Arms no idea I've not tried it. I'd imagine if you did you're just going to mangle the insides and it'll never open.

[@jamesg1367]

It's been nice getting an education on lever locks as I watch your channel. I'd not have guessed it at a glance, but in general they do seem about as secure as the vast majority of pin tumbler locks, and as robust. Further, they appear to me as if they'd be quite inexpensive to manufacture. Although this particular lock does not appear designed to allow re-keying, I would imagine it's readily done in some of them by swapping out or rearranging levers.

[@WJS774]

I don't see why you couldn't swap out the levers in this one.

[@ralfkramden9291]

Would like to see the levers actually working as you would pick it. Is there a way to demonstrate that with the cover off?

[@bird718]

i love the way those keys look

[@Bodragon]

They don't do your pockets any good.

[@kman1759]

A "how to" video on these would be great; how you know you're in a false gate, how to avoid it later, etc.

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

Yes, it would have been nice to see both the key and the pick operating with the cover off.

[@jaybonkersbonkers3613]

It feels like the bolt slides a bit then stops. Allso other levers go hard

[@rakuengrowlithe4654]

It's cool to see this kind of lock because I see it all the time. It's the only one I ever see on interior doors but it's also used on front doors in my apartment complex. I was wondering whether it's more or less secure than the normal tumbler locks. I actually had to take one apart and adjust some parts because somehow an interior door had the lock installed backwards so the door just pushed but had to use the handle to close. Dunno how that happened.

[@chriss4365]

I think this is the coolest lock design.

[@uklockpickers]

Very nice picking 😀👍

[@davepost7675]

I wish you would show how the lock works while the innards are exposed.

[@BD90..]

Dave Post Check out Andy Mac locklab ...he is the Lever lock Guru of KZbin.

[@revspicks6906]

kzbin.info/door/dQkinrwAoia5gg4W90_vYQ Andy Mac

[@robertsyrobbo2501]

Buy one and take it apart if you're into lockpicking you must have a somewhat mechanical mind...

[@BltchErica]

It's weird how there are so few guides on this type of lock. Tough luck for UK lock pickers.

[@jeremiahkennedy1683]

I find it hard to believe that this video has been viewed over 1k and it's only got 111 likes? Come on KZbin you can do better than that!!! Really cool lock! Great picking LPL

[@Salsuero]

A lot of people don't bother interacting with videos. Even if they like what they see, most people will just watch it and move on to the next video.

[@thumperlockpicking9269]

Great pick, I would love to see a close up of that picking tool. I did my first video this evening and it was a bust. My camera kept falling, and I really wasn't ready to start my channel. But I wanted to pay Tribute to a great pick maker. I bought 3 picks from him and they were beautifully made. I'll get better on recording, but thank you for your teachings

[@fnordingers]

I would love to see the lock operating while open to understand the principle.

[@Mn-yh2bp]

That curtain is mostly just for operating the lock, it performs the same function as the core in a pin tumblr lock. In fact you could tension on just the curtain with any need for a special tension tool.

[@superconfort]

Today's "this is the lockpicking lawyer" was a little bit happier than usual. Tell us... It sounded like more energy or something.

[@phatshah7377]

Probably just had sex.

[@JPX7NGD]

pat, do you perverts ever stop (assuming before the housewife with the concealed carry forces you to)?

[@SunriseLAW]

Seems almost all the locks in Argentina are like this, a ring of keys there is humongous.

[@georgeparkins777]

So a couple of years ago, Masterlock made a five-lever classic-style padlock and I bought one at a Lowe's to use on a garden gate. Now I can't find any information about it, but ironically enough I think it's the only secure lock I own. Do you know about this, LPL? It's pretty light, stainless or galvanized body with exposed rivets, brass "T"-shaped faceplate that says "Master" and has a keyhole with a sliding gate presumably to keep the elements out. The key has pretty normal bitting and the levers are all visible if you shine a light through the keyhole and look in the port where the shackle goes... it looks like an early twentieth-century piece, except that it has the modern "Master" text on it and that I bought it new seven years ago.

[@brandsthatcreatelitter1648]

The Viscount is nicknamed the Locky’s gift.

[@francoisdastardly4405]

I love this type of locks. Here in Argentine are very common.

[@danielroglich3309]

Love seeing the gutting for a lever lock. Great picking brother and great review!

[@kgames9403]

Would have been cool to see the lock work with the cover off, assuming it wouldnt launch levers across the room

[@lotsabirds]

It would be neat to see you pick this one when it is opened so we can see the guts in action. I'm a fairly new subscriber...a couple of months! GREAT videos!! Thanks!

[@AttiliusRex]

Hi! I'm interested in knowing how easy/difficult it is to pick an ASSA 9 lever tumbler lock These are marked as "security locks" and most private houses have them in Sweden as insurance companies requires atleast 9 lever tumbler locks unless you want a penalty to your insurance cost. I can not find anyone being able to pick these kind of "security locks" and would love to see you try.

[@robertfairburn9979]

Your added a new valuable skill. These types of locks are everywhere in New Zealand. Sadly pin tumbler is taking over

[@MarianoRodriguez]

If you could press that sticker all the way down, that would avoid myself going utterly insane. Thanks.

[@johnhuyton7966]

I couldn't cope with him not fully pressing the sticker down

[@MG-Raiden]

These are my birthday digits

[@netking66]

Interestingly this model lock does not bear the BS 3621 'Kitemark' meaning that a lock has been type tested with regard to strength, security, etc. Yet it seems to have the main features of a BS 3621 lock. Many BS 3621 locks are of similar construction to this ERA lock so presumably LPL would not have any real difficulty picking them. In practice it is rare that a BS 3621 would be compromised in a burglary (unless MI5 or MI6 was responsible) - usually the door and frame are damaged while the lock remains relatively intact.

[@scottjackwitz5464]

Could you please pick it while the side plate is off or with a clear acrylic side To see how the lever pick engages the levers

[@emilyduncan8834]

Wow i watch all your uploads! The way in which you explain things or teach to me would be useful in a college setting! Your very easy to listen to almost soothing. I can understand your words perfectly. And you pronounce wry word perfectly add in almost a posative tone! You rock! I have a challenge for you but the lock has no name on it! Its this wooden little like maybe treasure chest type deal with upper case letters in a circle alphabetically front A to J. With a dial in that middle. Then the Nov to openthere box is about a half an inch down from the dial. It looks pritty old... Im dying to know whats inside. If i could post a picture somewere please respond with were! You are amazing at lock picking!

[@EpicATrain]

Could you make another video with this same lock with the face cover off with the key in with you locking it and unlocking it then picking it? :3

[@DeGriz]

In Russia locks like these have keys with two sides, sometimes not even symmetrical or slightly different thickness, also they have minimum 6 levers

[@brendanbubb7120]

Would it be possible for you to do a video on 2 & 3 level mortice locks? Most commonly used in South Africa

[@TSODInc]

How about showing the picking from the inside, open as it is in the closing frames

[@johnhinnighan6462]

It's great that you've got into lever locks

[@toshtoshboy]

I have put Perspex covers on some locks so I can see what I am doing to practice

[@noakeswalker]

Looks like false gates on most of the 5 levers in fact - surprising that they didn't give you trouble, except on 5. Lots of commenters seem to want to see inside while you pick - as the cover is a flat plate, you _could_ make a clear plastic cover to show this, although there are plenty of other YT vids that show the operation of the lock like this, if not the picking...

[@FiveRustyNails]

It would have a good idea to show the operation of the lock with the key once the side was removed.

[@Nick-hm2dm]

Is anyone else OCD and annoyed that he didn’t press the sticker down all the way. LPL just wants to watch the world burn.

[@omarbaalwi3544]

Thanks

[@ladinate9091]

I’ve managed to lock myself in my shed 🤣🤣🤣

[@dazevers]

Very nicely Done a new Direction for you cool 😎👍

[@hubifornia]

Wished I could have seen that lock function once with cover off.

[@benharris9175]

Would be cool to see it picked again with the side off so we can see the pick tip at work.

[@mattresbert]

Brilliant stuff as always

[@jamlarna]

Someone locked the medication trolley in work with one of these locks and I thought I'd see if it was easy to pic 😢 do you do home visits to the UK ? Oh I thought I'd add I actually work here in hospital and they lost the key 🗝️ that's why I need to pic it 😅

[@donaldasayers]

There needs to be an agreed definition of "pick resistance" to go alongside the security ratings which only seem to relate to lock strength. You can't rake a lever lock or bitch pick it, you have to go pin (lever) by pin to get it open. In the UK we use lever locks a lot, the insurance companies like them. But lever padlocks tend to be mechanically weak, whereas pin tumbler padlocks are strong but tend to be pickable Lever locks for doors tend to have symmetrical bitting because the key has work from both sides. So they are never as tough to pick as they seem.

[@WJS774]

In practice does the symmetrical bitting really matter? You're doing everything by feel anyway.

[@techwg]

It would have been nice for you to visually show it working and show the false gate, for a visual reference.

[@locksmitha2348]

Awesome video

[@HuntersXO]

Lost my shed door key and I'm into lock picking so to save me kicking my door down I might have some fun 😅

[@curocks8360]

My grandparents had a lock similar to this on the front door of their home.

[@theauditor456]

Nah why did he not stick that sticker down all the way 🫣

[@kingdarkem]

Hmmm...wish the explination of its internal mechanisms were a bitmore detailed. I would like to design my own style of these mortise locks but I don't fully understand the complete interaction of all the internals. Particularly the retraction and extension of the bolt. It does not look like it's under spring pressure at all

[@leor838]

If possible please pick this lock while you have the cover off. Thanks

[@Melds]

Enjoying the lever locks. Doing the Chubb Detector next? :)

[@lockpickinglawyer]

Maybe... I need to find one first. ☹️

[@cardiffpicker1]

Melds do you mean Chubb or union detainer?

[@lockpickinglawyer]

Detector is correct... a very old lock, first picked by the infamous C.A. Hobbes.

[@cardiffpicker1]

LockPickingLawyer yes I know what it is and I believe it was the 6 lever version that was originally picked by Hobbs as they were originally 4 lever. I was only asking as a detector is hard enough to get hold of in the uk never mind in the US. In fact I have only ever seen 1. And never seen a detector padlock.

[@AlbertLebel]

Very nice, I have a similar one sitting at the house. But mine is older looking, (dirty)..

[@fjk6657]

I would like to see you pick it with the side plate off, or a plexiglass side plate, thank you

[@i_am_Sabhi]

Can you please show a transparent version/opened after disassembly... I live in India and Majority of the locks here are like this even for cupboard and lockers... Please help me learn this. Also a Challenge, can you can open it with diy tools. Thanks & Love from India.❤️

[@G1ZQCArtwork]

Quote of the day, "Locks are for Honest Men". (And your Insurance installments).

[@LandyAndy62]

Exactly as the previous comment - can you replace the side plate with a Perspex plate and pick it again so we can see what you’re doing please?

[@BD90..]

Era is not to hard. The hardest I have come across is called the Maximum security 6lever lock sold by UAP from the UK. It is pretty cool. Would like to see you pick more Pagoda locks lol

[@k9builder]

I work in a prison and I can't help but wonder how familiar you are with the Southern Folger lock.

[@jonathansimmonds5784]

I'm getting fed up with being shown other people picking locks. Why can't someone make a demonstration lock with a perspex side so I can see what's happening inside???

[@bluephreakr]

Well, now you let out the magic smoke on that lock, I can see viscounts at a discount in the future.

[@DonzLockz]

You are fast as it is but to save time I speed you up to 1.5x so you smash everything in no time at all.😅🍺👍🏽🇦🇺

[@Kval47]

I would have liked to have seen the picking whilst the lock body was open.

[@ahahhh9119]

Bruh I just want to get my controller my mum locked in the room upstairs

[@thecheatingfoodie5028]

What do you call the ones with a side ways key hole ==O like this. I have an old storage cupboard, I can't figure out how to open it?

[@joeb7640]

These locks are really common in the UK

[@tonyholt90]

Well done LPL ! Great demo..

[@StabbedPerson]

What I don’t understand is why the two screws are accessible from the keyhole side it’s like screw picking it just use a screwdriver

[@jrd33]

The lock is fitted INSIDE the door. Only the keyhole is visible.

[@westcoaststacker569]

As John Davis said it is a mortise lock it goes into the door. Also, both sides have a keyhole!

[@allanmaureenmacintyre4474]

Hi LPL, how about showing us how you picked the lock with the cover off. Thanks.

[@rogerhudson9732]

So UK mortice locks are not very good, though the most recommended for security in Britain. How much better would it be to have non-symmetrical levers that would need 2 keys, an inner key and one for when you are out ( 5-lever locks are really 3 lever, 7-lever are really 4 lever)? 5-lever padlocks really can have 5 unique levers.

[@satan3090]

How pick proof are wittkop and kabamauer 14 lever locks?

[@mrbane2000]

Well you need these tools for this one, which are bigger and harder to find then normal small lock

[@casperjensen7552]

Kan you see if you can get hold of an old "Basta s-2000 lock" would love to see you pick one

[@jackietrades7731]

I'd like to make a replica in cardboard or plastic. any chance of getting a pic of each piece or equivalent? it seems a lot of ur viewers want more internal info too

[@bitkarek]

have nice day too

[@discobecky9179]

FLATTEN THE STICKER MAN CMON

[@FloTelip]

Why do we need this first tool 1:02 when we just want to turn the lock with this second tool 1:05 ?

[@Soufixxable]

Only thieves will like this

[@Kraken1000]

Good as usual. Um... when do you find time to do your lawyering?

[@FindAPick]

Brilliant

[@manxman8008]

hi, can you point to the false gate please. love your vids!

[@billhalt8811]

Have you ever picked a UK chubb front door lock?

[@lockpickinglawyer]

No. Lever locks are pretty uncommon in the USA. But I have some more Chubb locks on order. That said, I wasn’t overly impressed with their lever padlocks.

[@seeitpickitbinit2510]

Era Viscounts are one of, if not, the, easiest curtain mortice lock in existence. If you want to learn, they are very accommodating, like a drunk girl from Philly😉😛🤣🤣🤣❤️

[@xCorvus7x]

How would a lever lock with a straight edge on the key (and thus presumably only one lever?) work? Could you deconstruct one of those?

[@raatibrahimshayari8718]

I need this tool any link to buy..?

[@matsounds]

You should have shown it working while it was open. You really need to start showing the locks operating before and after

[@jasonpavlik4904]

leave the cover off and pick it again so we can learn about whats going on inside.

[@warddc]

would it be possible to open a lever lock by tensioning and then wacking the top with a hammer to get the levers to line up with the stop bar?

[@Lorcadus]

Ok I payed off my debt and rich now

[@joeyali8219]

I've got a cupboard which has been locked for years. I've tried an FB2 key which does hot a spring but doesn't open. Is there anything you can suggest?

[@ofekpearl]

Seems like a missed opportunity, while it is open, please isert the key and show us how it looks. Then pick it opened too. Please!

[@glasslinger]

Now I know not to buy one of those! Also the bolt only sticks out about a half inch. Probably can be pried with a crow bar in most doors.