How to open a lock with a Swiss Army Knife / Lock picking with the tools of a Victorinox SAK.

In this video i show you my techniques, how i open a lock with the tools of a Swiss Army Knife.
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Used Knife: Victorinox Huntsman

[@Epiidevvy]

My man, Felix went out of his way to make a wooden demonstration model. That's dedication.

[@marexmal]

I'd love to see the process of making that with Victorinox, only ;)

[@hello7533]

Rumour has it that he made the demo lock with a leatherman. 😱

[@jckelsey]

Great model!!

[@kalilay]

he knew he wasnt really going to be able to do any lock picking with his knife so he needed something to stretch the video out to try to convince the algorithm to show his videos to more people. thats dedication to the algorithm

[@deykno87]

Called making money 💰 off this vid lol

[@pierluigip8284]

No music, no drama, no cool drone footage, just amazing skill. Great Felix 💪🏻

[@FelixImmler]

Grazie!!

[@sanjaraejour9632]

Despite having watched many lockpicking videos, yours was the first that actually explained why the pins bind as they do. I also really liked your wooden demonstration version, and how you were able to visually demonstrate it without having to look through a tiny camera or lots of clear plastic.

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you very much for this wonderful feedback!!!

[@ELee-fr4tr]

Everyone should check out the “Lock Picking Lawyer”, he is the master. he can typically pick any lock and I really mean any lock under 2 minute and then take out all the pins and springs, to show the audience. His videos rarely takes more than 5 minutes. He also never shows his face , only his hands.

[@PuppetMaster8707]

I truly enjoy how much effort you put into your videos I definitely always walk away from them learning something new to add to the toolbox of knowledge

[@FelixImmler]

This comment makes me very happy!!! Thank you!

[@DhruvGN8]

Despite having tried to understand lock picking from dedicated lock picking channels like LPL, I couldn't understand why it worked. With your beautiful model lock, I was finally able to understand how it works. Great video and explanation, thank you!

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot for your wonderful feedback!

[@hydroxide5507]

ive watched so many lockpicking videos but this is the best most simple yet most complete video on it. good job man

[@3ver4fter53]

Hey Felix, the great vibes you put into sharing your knowledge is unparalleled. Thanks for that and keep on keeping on :)

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

Awesome video Felix.If an SAK user never uses the toothpick, replace it with modified tweezers which can pick a lock and open handcuffs. Thanks again Mr. Immler.

[@FelixImmler]

Super idea! Thank you!

[@chrisgriffith9252]

@@FelixImmler Is there a replacement tool like that? Similar to the other after market add on tools like the fire ant you have shown.

[@outlaweduk]

if you pointy the tweezers you dont need the toothpick , that fire thingy can go there

[@wilelee]

I love itI love it. You’re not afraid to admit when something doesn’t work, but you go right back in there and do whatever it takes to make it work. You‘be shown usAll it takes is patience and time thanks Felix I love your show!

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

I love your wooden lock model!

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you very much!

[@shadowx8405]

Such a cool channel. Love the fact that you're a Swiss Army Knife fan, and have SO MANY ideas for his to use it. So unique. Big fan!

[@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami]

Great video. The old style tweezers without the plastic cap always worked well as a tension wrench with it's 90° bend at the end.

[@video-oq1hj]

Your videos are getting extremely professional. Thankyou.

[@gdcleanfun]

Thank you! That's a nice bit of info to file away in the recesses of my brain for when it's ever needed.

[@user-po7iv4ni3o]

Man you sure know how to smile Felix 😁 Your mood and attitude always seems excellent.

[@censusgary]

That was a very clear explanation of how lock picking works. Thank you.

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot Gary!!

[@edc-ru8rq]

You're so cool I'll tell all my friends who are Victorinox collectors in Korea I hope you have a nice day~~~~~~~😀😀😀

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you so much for your support!!!

[@RyanMclain]

Can't imagine ill use this often (if at all) but its one more in the toolbox. Can't help but place value on this. Thanks as always felix

[@Misanti888]

Thank you Felix for all your efforts in sharing great SAK content. Stay blessed 🙏☺️

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot for this wonderful compliment!

[@Misanti888]

@@FelixImmler I own just a couple of SAKs and its only from your channel have I learned how potentially versatile n useful d tool can be. Much appreciated...😁

[@saschageissler2439]

Das war nebenbei eines der besten Videos zum Thema Lockpicking und wie das ganze funktioniert, das ich je gesehen habe.

[@tranthanhduy3594]

Sir i have to press like button immediately for your effort

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you!

[@peterwheeler4402]

Hello from Wellington, New Zealand. Thank you Herr Immler for yet another excellent video. The more I learn how to use my Swiss Army Knife the happier I am that it is always in my pocket in case of emergency. Please keep up the great work.

[@RT-fb6ty]

Exactly so. A proper SAK is an indispensable tool when combined with imagination and skills.

[@davestoltzfus4417]

I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing them

[@OnTheRiver66]

I never expected this video! Well done! I enjoy picking locks, but never thought of using my Swill Army knife to pick a lock.

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for your nice feedback!

[@DmitryUstinov861]

Hey Felix! For a long time I dreamed of learning how to do this, but there was no reason. And now you've intrigued me. I will definitely try. I suspected that SAK was capable of this. I give a like.

[@joeschang28]

Another great tutorial ! Thank you so much Felix

[@usmanahmad5732]

Hey Felix..It was also the name of horse of Alexander the Great.. But you seem to be a good Thief.. The way you opened the locks and after you smile that gave me goose bumps.. 😂😂😂

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for visiting my channel and thanks for your funny comment!

[@HNZ.]

my Friend, you're awesome, and your wood model it's the Best!!!! tnx for the class!!!

[@John-oz1do]

Fantastic and well done. No way Sak even dreamed this was possible with their product

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you John!

[@hectorherrera4193]

Excellent explanation of the lock picking process.... This is the best lock picking video I have seen.... Thanks for sharing

[@FelixImmler]

Hello Hector. Thanks a lot for this wonderful compliment!

[@oliferous]

That handmade wood model is so great!! You hit the ball outta the park sir!!🤘

[@FelixImmler]

😆 Thank you very much!

[@danpost4755]

I really enjoy your content Felix! Keep up the great work!

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you Dan!!

[@donoberloh]

Your demonstration is fantastic, thanks.

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot Don!

[@pasjeihobby]

Mad man is back ! I love your videos.

[@magician5440]

Best explanation yet👏.Keep making great content. You're very good at it.

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you so much for this feedback!

[@topperboggs214]

Interesting video. Amazing what a SAK is capable of in the right hands. Thanks for showing us...

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for this kind comment!

[@mattnobrega6621]

I'll bet every door is open for this guy. Keys like a locksmith. Thanks sir for your thorough and deep educational video 😏👍

[@nauticalknotcraft]

I wonder if Victorinox thought of this as another function? Good Friday to you Felix. Excellent video as always. Love the effort you put into your projects. Thank you for going the extra mile. Bravo.

[@fananox2057]

He is paid by them soooo, Kinda!

[@tungshoupin5065]

utterly fabulous - thanks!

[@MB_EDC]

Loved the wooden model! Great use and abuse of the SAK tools. I think I will get a lock pick set and only use the SAK tools if needed in an emergency

[@Olyphoto7]

Bravo Felix 👏 more proof that the SAK is the ultimate EDC tool.

[@flaco5581]

Thanks Felix, I spend a lot of time and energy trying to avoid needing this skill. Might be better just to accept that I probably will need it someday.

[@VladimirLadev]

Make a simple pick from a paperclip. Brilliant idea to use the tweezers as tension!

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot!

[@Kargoneth]

@1:40 I like your giant lock model, Felix. Your explanation of the pins becoming progressively jammed and freed makes sense.

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for your compliment!

[@alexzingo6952]

Fine video, very well made with a lot of efforts put in it. Thank you!

[@anamaldonado854]

Felix,you are the best.Hello from PR😃

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you very much!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's an ingenious application! Well done, my friend!

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you so much my friend!

[@adamcarson3363]

Cool wooden model! Great video, thanks for making it!

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you Adam!

[@benterwellen]

Always great info from you Felix, ty for sharing…

[@FelixImmler]

Hello Ben. Thanks a lot for watching!

[@chrillestefable]

Hi Felix! Congratulations for your wonderful videos! Thank you!

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikaaalto3135]

Thank you for this excellent video, Mr. Felix Immler. I think you may have kickstarted my new career. LOL.

[@walterdebnam8021]

Thank You Felix, my first time seeing your channel, I would like to see more of your videos.

[@s9plus20]

Nicely done Felix!! Thanks for sharing!

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for watching!

[@cocobeddo]

Beste 👍🏽mit aufwändig gemachtem atrappe aus Holz. Wie cool hehe 😀

[@FelixImmler]

Vielen Dank!!

[@antoniovillalont.1217]

Thanks a lot. After watching your great and very clear video I could solve a problem of the lock of my desk at my new office…

[@FelixImmler]

Haa ha haaa super!

[@krazmokramer]

Now that I have retired from my career as a dentist, I am looking for a new career. Burglary sounds good. I own several unused SAK given to me over the years from dental suppliers. Thanks for this instructional video to help me launch my new career, Felix!!!

[@FelixImmler]

Good luck! 😅😂

[@sttonep242]

I love your energy!

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you very much!!

[@joanneg7646]

Woke up at 1:30 found this channel so awesome! I learned super interesting stuff :)

[@FelixImmler]

That makes me happy. Thank you!

[@pnyarrow]

Hi Felix. Great demonstration and thanks for showing them 'warts and all' Stay safe. ATB. Nigel

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you Nigel!

[@bayermarcus1974]

Wieder mal super gemacht. Alleine Respekt für das Model!

[@FelixImmler]

Danke für das Lob!

[@price48]

I've done this recently using the tweezer as a tension tool and a bent paperclip as the rake. It's worked a few time for me.

[@CountDoucheula]

Excellent video. If your SAK has the pliers & a file, you can use bobby pins like girls put in their hair to make all kinds of funky little picks & tensioners. And you don't even really need those. You can snap the bobby pin in half, use the lock itself for any bends that need to be made and grind any sharp corners down on the pavement

[@bazzc]

Nice video🙏 I have some practice locks to play with, so got on it to try. But used the added sewing needle in the saw slot as the pick, and bended the tweezers with the can opener to create a tentioner (and bended it back when done), it worked easy on the easy practice lock, after a couple of tries some others locks but locks with high and low key teeth did not open I got myself the other Macgyver toy (paper clip that kan be added on the keyring) and bended a little hook with the hole of the awl to improvise a hook pin and got some extra ( not all) locks opened. I tried to take the tweezers apart with just my sak (modified ranger) but almost cut myself.... maybe a video to take those apart in the field with just a sak could help😉

[@CampfireKodiak]

I learned a lot watching this thanks!

[@JackRoberts-gp9ro]

Awesome video as usual! This makes a good case for having two tweezers in one knife.

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot Jack!!

[@scenicdriveways6708]

Hello my friend, Terrific video, I really enjoyed it. I will have to give this a try. Thank you for sharing it with us. JT ( Kentucky - USA )

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot for watching and your weekly comment!!

[@ArturB.G.]

Very cool! I've had success using the corkscrew for tension.

[@The5150owl]

Great video! I've picked the lock tp my old 93 Mazda just using the awl. I"ve also seen it used the the same way to get into news paper stands

[@FelixImmler]

Super interesting!

[@davidliftsheavycircles]

I actually always have the tweezers in my swiss champ in my pocket and the tweezers in my SD on my key chain! So this is great!

[@james_lessick892]

Very good video, thank you. Informative indeed.

[@BeercanBushcraft]

This is what I have been waiting for 😀 As a beginner at lock picking, I would say your last solution is the best, but quite limited to certain locks. I think a good, basic, easy test lock would be a Master lock N°3. A very interesting project and very well demonstrated. I will be mentioning it on my channel (where I do a bit of lock picking) 👍👍👍🍻

[@mollylemonk2633]

it wouldn't be hard to make a rake from a beer can in a fix . . .

[@BeercanBushcraft]

@@mollylemonk2633 I made a video ages ago, #010 Bushcrafting a Key From a Beer Can :-) Just a bit of fun really. One of the most common lockpicking tools that are made from beer cans are shims. Cheers Molly 🥂

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you so much for your support!!

[@comicmania2008]

Love it, I might modify an old one of mine!

[@Pserenity1982]

I have to try. Thanks for showing!

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for watching!

[@BladeWalker77]

Grazie, very interesting. I edc a Swisschamp and I'm happy to know one more possibility of use of my Vic.

[@FelixImmler]

Grazie Leonardo!

[@chopsddy3]

You have either contributed to my delinquency or edified me. That was right on the line. Good to know.

[@FelixImmler]

Haa ha haa, thanks for your compliment!

[@jameshall4385]

Great demonstration with that model and a good job picking a lock with a Swiss army knife but lockpicking lawyer has nothing to worry about

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you James!

[@adventureswithdaylan7161]

Great video by the way I was thinking instead of having a toothpick you could have two sets of tweezers one regular and one pointed. The pointed tweezers could also act as a toothpick.

[@OdeeOz]

Great tips of an old school trick I learned decades ago. 😀🤠 👍👍s & 5⭐

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you 😀😀

[@hortensialopez9296]

Very interesting know how works a padlock, all knowledge open the mind. Thanks Felix, a curious video clip

[@jtemme76]

God bless you for having a joyful spirit 🙏

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot!

[@Flashahol]

Excellent explanation of how locks work! This will work on small, light locks, but with heavier locks you will not likely have enough torsion force to lock the pins in place. I bet you could modify some of the other tools on the SAK to pick just about any lock if you took it apart or had 2 SAK's modified purposefully.... I did something like that with feeler gauges.

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot for your interesting hint!

[@edwardharrington678]

That was very good. Well done.

[@nicolanicola1067]

Sei sempre il migliore Felix!

[@williamburdon6993]

I am almost at exactly the same stage you are, I bought a set for my wife and I to do something fun together, It has been great fun

[@Explorerwolf]

Always great info from you Felix, ciaoo

[@FelixImmler]

Grazie my friend!!

[@feliceh]

Wie immer super cooler Content, weitet so!! Du bist echt ein Profi!! Vielen Dank Dir!

[@FelixImmler]

Danke Felix!

[@will.scotnativeingreece]

Hi Felix, well that was different but very interesting, great stuff! have a good weekend. Cheers Will.🙃😊

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you Will!

[@trentnichols5075]

1:45 into this video & I see a BRILLIANTLY MADE MODEL MADE FROM EOOD 👍🏼. Like always, another great video

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot for this wonderful compliment!!

[@calummcneil6006]

Excellent informative video. I have many Swiss army knives. I will be putting them to the test. Thanks for your help.

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot for your feedback!!

[@calummcneil6006]

@@FelixImmler Thanks Felix great videos.

[@calummcneil6006]

Hi Felix I bought my first Swiss army knife in Lucerne. I still have it today with a pouch and small torch. The other multi pocket knives have little deffects, a broken corkscrew, another a broken can opener. But that is wear and tear.. 7Swiss army knives. All still great tools.

[@neinsagined3047]

Super erklärt! Ich hab das auch schon mal mit so einem Übungsschloss versucht, bin aber kläglich gescheitert. Ich versuch das jetzt natürlich noch mal

[@FelixImmler]

Das freut mich sehr!

[@davidpeckham2405]

I learned how to pick a lock off the TV show "Magnum PI" years ago. it took many episodes to get the way to do it. Yours it took only one vid!!! In Canada it is illegal to carry lock picking tools unless you are a lock smith. Now every Boy Scout could go to jail. Great vid.

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for your feedback!

[@alcidesbarbosa6418]

Good tip! Greetings from Brazil! 🇧🇷

[@TerryC69]

Hi Felix! Fun and useful demonstration. As I am sure you know, one can find lock picking demonstrations all over the Internet. One of the consequences of these tutorials has been to show the shocking weakness of commerically available locks. As a consumer, I hope this exposure will force manufacturers to get serious about the security of their products. Danke!

[@brucewayne2091]

Nice simple demo!

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you Bruce!

[@KettleCamping]

Very interesting! Always fun to learn more about our Swiss Army knives and especially what we can do with it! I personally Ifind the toothpick to soft in general so I will modify another set of tweezers and figure out a way to add it to my SAK. My actual toothpick has already been replaced by a firefly ferrorod. Thanks again! Great video! Cheers!👍

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks for your super interesting feedback!!

[@shandhirani7559]

I used to this when I was a kid with the tweezers of the SAK 😊

[@BUZZKILLJRJR]

You are the real MacGyver with a swiss army knife!

[@MikeD-ne6ie]

Great video! Very interesting, informative, and well done , my friend! Thank you

[@FelixImmler]

Thanks a lot for watching!

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

On a lot of cheap locks, say from a Dollar Store, you can simply insert the toothpick as far as it can go and POP! You don't even need a tension bar.

[@thesistersofbollocks]

Good to see you!

[@FelixImmler]

Thank you!