Hobbs and His Locks: The Great Lock Controversy of 1851

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In April 1851, Alfred C. Hobbs boarded the steamship Washington bound for Southampton, England. His official duty was to sell the New York City-based company Day and Newell’s newest product - the parautopic lock - at a trade show - London’s Great Exhibition. But Hobbs had something a bit more nefarious up his sleeve, or rather in the small trunk that accompanied him on the ship. In it sat a large assortment of picks, wrenches, rakes, and other slender tools. You see, Hobbs wasn’t just trying to sell his locks. He was trying to prove that his competitors’ locks were, quite simply, not good enough. He had the tools, skills, and charisma to do just that. Alfred Hobbs was about to launch the Great Lock Controversy of 1851.
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[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@rationalbushcraft]

Bosnian Bill could pick it. Dude can pick some of the toughest locks out there. But yes it was a lever lock not a pin tumbler.

[@smassive77]

Its and old video, I know but I have to leave this comment. I'm from Stratford CT. It's not a town in a city. How is that possible? It's a town located next to the city of Bridgeport. Sheesh, I thought you were smarter than that.

[@andrepahlsson2265]

Oö

[@AJarOfYams]

"There is a problem with your lock. It won't keep your door shut." Savage

[@JamesStocks]

*dubstep drop*

[@alvaricoke41]

Ye Olde Roast

[@Mazaroth]

4th degree burns.

[@Typhyr]

Apply cold water on burn

[@tomc5136]

'now look here, you little shit'

[@illusionearthfaerie]

"This is the Lockpicking Lawyer and today we are going to pick this unpickable lock from this video"

[@-DQ-]

Nah, he picks mostly low to mid security locks 😂 real high sec locks are rarely seen on his channel

[@naverilllang]

all locks can be picked, even if it is extremely difficult. their reatest weakness is that they are meant to be opened. a weakness which can be exploited. the safest lock is just a wall.

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

Walls can be picked. With a pick.

[@AtlasReburdened]

Thermal lance beats everything.

[@izaicslinux6961]

The safest lock is not making yourself a target, and ensuring that the valuables are not known and well hidden... if nobody knows there is valuables, then they won't have a need to go looking for them... Then again, perhaps some theif just happened to break into your house, and break your living room lamp, exposing all your life's savings.

[@foxymetroid]

As the saying goes, "The best security is looking like you don't need it."

[@TodayIFoundOut]

It's one of the (many) reasons the plot of the first Harry Potter makes no sense. The safest place for the Sorcerer's Stone is not behind some series of "locks" Voldemort was always going to be able to figure out how to get by. Better to have that elaborate set of "locks" ending in the mirror that supposedly is a way to get the stone (using it all as a trap more than anything), but then put the stone in the safest place for it on Earth (and easiest for Flamel to access when he needs more elixir)- Dumbledore's pocket.

[@drink15]

He put all his skill points into lockpicking.

[@protojager]

and smithing apparently.

[@lcmiracle]

Sophisticated Dinosaur had he invested in enchantments, he would have been nigh-invincible

[@Narinjas]

Not lock picking but dexterity and inteligence because he was a mechanical genius.

[@nin2494]

A.A. B. That’s fallout, not Skyrim.

[@sillykristy]

don't forget Speechcraft (or Mercantile for older Elder Scrolls titles).

[@SeraphinaPZ]

So basically Hobbs was an all around wizard when it came to anything that required him to work with his hands. No double entendres intended.

[@HeadShoht]

Sera such a bad joke

[@blackwing88cyper51]

in bad taste maybe but still very crude and funny well atleast to me XD

[@draxiss1577]

That ABSOLUTELY was intended. You don't have to pretend.

[@ShadowAraun]

Quick, disable his hands. we can't let this man use somatic components!

[@eldermillennial8330]

zzz43452 English (York Rite) Freemasons, while embracing a disturbing degree of moral relativism, are ANGELS compared to the LONG schismed Italian Rite freaks. Be wary of all Masons, but be fair in telling the difference, too. The York, Scottish and Shriner rites have objectively done some good in the world in spite of their relativism. The Italians, however, are rotten to the core.

[@ablationer]

The irony is that the locks Hobbs was selling were most likely just as easy to pick if not more-so, but obviously he couldn't demonstrate that without shooting himself in the foot.

[@Anastas1786]

My grandfather, a retired sheriff, says "a lock is just to keep an honest man honest".

[@ShadowAraun]

my grandfather, also a retired sheriff, says the same thing.

[@Tee_B]

@@ShadowAraun as does mine.

[@goretoriumgaming8600]

@@Anastas1786 Locks are for honest people, guns are for the dishonest.

[@Mihayan1]

My grandfather is dead

[@arcadeportal32]

Lockpicking increased to +35, Leveled up

[@timothymclean]

So, Hobbs was basically the 19th-century equivalent of a white-hat hacker mixed with an antivirus salesman.

[@bilbo1778]

Reminds me of Difference Engine by William Gibson - there's a class of folks talented at programming mechanical computers called "clackers"

[@derekbroestler7687]

That's EXACTLY what he was... When he wasn't just being a mechanical genius...

[@timothymclean]

Derek Broestler So...he was sort of like a steampunk hacker/tinker/salesman?

[@derekbroestler7687]

I'm a generalist locksmith but I specialize in antiques, in that regard, Hobbs and Harry Houdini are pretty much two of my greatest influences, and I have books by both of them in my collection....Hobbs was the OG of locksmith / penetration testers / salesmen / showman / touch of troll... OK, consider this, It's 68 years after the American war for independence. The two countries are, on trading terms, but there's still some attitude on both sides... Both countries have undergone a huge industrial boom in the post war years, and one thing was CERTAIN... When it came to locks, no one made a better lock than the Brits... The Chubb and Bramah locks were considered by everyone in the world to be UNPICKABLE... (in fact the Bramah lock challenge had been in place since BEFORE the war... Here comes The Great Exhibition, which is like NOTHING we have today.... Imagine the FIRST "World's Fair" to the power of "The Stark Expo"... People, both makers and consumers from all over the world are there to either show or check out all manner of new "mechanical marvels" food, culture, everything, it wasn't just locks (but locks WERE a MUCH bigger deal back then than they are now)... Now, here comes Hobbs, an American, in THEIR HOUSE, saying his locks are better and the British locks weren't all that.... and everyone there is like "Cool story bro".... but then he commences to pwn the competition left and right. And he didn't just do it... he was all about creating enough of a spectacle and rubbing it in JUST enough, that EVERYONE was talking about it... It made the papers all over the world... People lost their minds, Bramah actually refused to pay for a minute claiming that Hobbs MUST have cheated somehow, and there was a lawsuit which Hobbs won. THEN between the money he earned selling the parautoptic lock AND all that challenge lock reward money, NOT to mention all the notoriety... he sets up his OWN company... In England... Just dropping it like the big D in the locker room. And he sold A LOT of them... Here we are, more than 160 years later, and about a third of my calls from antique stores looking to get keys made for antique British furniture, (especially writing desks, which had the best locks the person buying them new could afford)... Hobbs, Hart, and Co.... and that's JUST the stuff that made it to the US at some point...

[@derekbroestler7687]

I'm a generalist locksmith but I specialize in antiques, in that regard, Hobbs and Harry Houdini are pretty much two of my greatest influences, and I have books by both of them in my collection....Hobbs was the OG of locksmith / penetration testers / salesmen / showman / touch of troll... OK, consider this, It's 68 years after the American war for independence. The two countries are, on trading terms, but there's still some attitude on both sides... Both countries have undergone a huge industrial boom in the post war years, and one thing was CERTAIN... When it came to locks, no one made a better lock than the Brits... The Chubb and Bramah locks were considered by everyone in the world to be UNPICKABLE... (in fact the Bramah lock challenge had been in place since BEFORE the war... Here comes The Great Exhibition, which is like NOTHING we have today.... Imagine the FIRST "World's Fair" to the power of "The Stark Expo"... People, both makers and consumers from all over the world are there to either show or check out all manner of new "mechanical marvels" food, culture, everything, it wasn't just locks (but locks WERE a MUCH bigger deal back then than they are now)... Now, here comes Hobbs, an American, in THEIR HOUSE, saying his locks are better and the British locks weren't all that.... and everyone there is like "Cool story bro".... but then he commences to pwn the competition left and right. And he didn't just do it... he was all about creating enough of a spectacle and rubbing it in JUST enough, that EVERYONE was talking about it... It made the papers all over the world... People lost their minds, Bramah actually refused to pay for a minute claiming that Hobbs MUST have cheated somehow, and there was a lawsuit which Hobbs won. THEN between the money he earned selling the parautoptic lock AND all that challenge lock reward money, NOT to mention all the notoriety... he sets up his OWN company... In England... Just dropping it like the big D in the locker room. And he sold A LOT of them... Here we are, more than 160 years later, and about a third of my calls from antique stores looking to get keys made for antique British furniture, (especially writing desks, which had the best locks the person buying them new could afford)... Hobbs, Hart, and Co.... and that's JUST the stuff that made it to the US at some point...

[@holm8536]

"There is something the matter with the lock" "What is it?" "Your lock won't keep the door shut" What a fuckin' savage

[@MephLeo]

A very, very picky man.

[@termy3934]

Hey, Michael here @vsauce

[@guylee0]

lol clever

[@TheEvilCommenter]

T3rmination Nation lol I came here just to post that

[@termy3934]

Great minds think alike lol

[@1stPCFerret]

Interesting that his later life had him first make a sewing machine that stitches a LOCKstitch, and then he goes to work for a firearms manufacturer as the operational parts of firearms were also called "LOCKs".

[@wolf1066]

I was going to make exactly that comment but I see you were here a year before I was and beat me to it.

[@1stPCFerret]

Ferrets are QUICK! 😸😸😸

[@SwaggerOnHundred]

I thought it was about John Locke and Thomas Hobbes the 17th century English philosephers

[@omkardhakephalkar2737]

+1

[@kekero540]

That’s the pun

[@christianislas746]

SwaggerOnHundred haha same 😂

[@alexwyman8380]

Lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one

[@anon15169]

me too

[@michaeltichael]

Yea, I heard about Hobbs from trying to find out more about the Bramah locks and how to pick them. He even fashioned his own tools. An amazing feat, even for today.

[@DickDiamond74]

they got trolled 1st thing that morning lol

[@kd1s]

If people knew how easily common household locks could be opened without the key they'd be shocked.

[@MrTohawk]

On the flip side: I can easily open my door if I lose my key.

[@kd1s]

Same here.

[@cult_of_odin]

I pick locks at least 4 times a week at work. No matter how advanced or secure people think a lock is it will never be secure only slightly more difficult to get into.

[@SplitWasTaken]

Big Boss as with everything, if it can be opened legitimately, it can be opened illegitimately with barying degrees of dificulty

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

They would have lock shock.

[@MattyH907]

One of your best videos ever made! You earned my patreon subscription today! Been watching for years and I'm ready to make the leap!

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Thanks!

[@MilesBader]

Yeah, this was a really well done episode, it seems to capture the vibe of the channel perfectly....

[@danielhale1]

Great video! It reminds me of the fun stories of the physicist Richard Feynman, who learned how to break locks as a hobby and played pranks at secure sites like Los Alamos just for the hell of it.

[@maximgun3833]

A Six step guide on picking open a lock door Step one: Load Shotgun Step Two: Aim at Hinges Step Three: Fire Step Four: Aim at lock Step Five: Fire Step Six: Kick the door Pros: Pretty badass and awesome Cons: You now need a new door

[@scythelord]

Step Seven, realize that any door you could open with a shotgun is one that could be simply kicked in.

[@maximgun3833]

Step 8: Get yelled at for wasting ammo and alerting the residents

[@Ulquiorra_..]

That's right draw attention to you breaking into something by making a loud noise

[@maximgun3833]

Step 9: Gain a 5 star wanted level

[@Zulfburht]

Maxim Gun also lets everyone know your breaking into said place. Letting police know who to arrest

[@danielderamus9573]

Hey Today I Found Out crew check into the different types of hardplate used in safes. They make bi-metal types that will actually grab your drill bit and break it, ball bearing imbedded plates, ceramic (such as Mosler's Relsom line) that can not be drilled even with diamond grit bits. Or the old us post office safes that had tear gas in them!

[@jacksonl.2201]

Drillssafe "We're in!" Tear gas happens

[@itsianman]

diamond drills can cut anything, as they are using the hardest material known

[@mandowarrior123]

Secret is using a hand saw. Hood ole trusty one for wood. Also for tear gas, use a frenchman. They have a genuine resistance to it nowadays.

[@sebastianschmidt566]

@@itsianman in principle your right. The problem here is not that the diamond's don't cut through the ceramic. The problem is heat and resistance. The diamond's are attached to the drill bit by a layer of electroplated Nickel (Ni) and this layer can melt. Cooling is a problem even in stationery tools. That's why you can see that on hard steel the tools are set more slower then machine is capable of. So the ceramic plate means drill fast your nickel melts and the drill bit is for the dump or make it slow and you need more then an hour to drill trough. 🤔

[@itsianman]

@@sebastianschmidt566 unless you had a ridiculous drill and drill bit that you could pump coolant through lol

[@SlyPearTree]

I really wish there were more documentaries about the lock history.

[@krashd]

Yeah, my masturbatory tastes are difficult to cater for also.

[@erictaylor5462]

Just because you can pick the competition's lock doesn't mean the lock you are selling is better.

[@nispelsm]

Unless, of course, you competition is unable to pick your locks, then they have no way to prove otherwise...

[@tinyman1144]

Monthly lockpicking competitions on live tv?

[@huxleypig69]

Yes! Hobbs' lock certainly is less well known that the Chubb Detector. The Detector was still in use by the UK MOD until very recently.

[@alessandrodonadi1368]

But it is undoubtedly a great selling point

[@erictaylor5462]

indeed

[@Zheeraffa1]

With relatively recent subscriptions to bosnianbill and LockPickingLawayer channels, this was indeed very interesting.

[@niranthbanks3595]

I’m curious how Mr. Hobbs would get along with a challenge lock.

[@connerwilliams661]

Clever title, made me think of Calvin Hobbes and John Locke. The European philosophers of absolutism and constitutionalism Who are often compared and contrasted together.

[@millitron3666]

Hobbes first name was Thomas. You're probably confusing it for the classic "Calvin and Hobbes" comics.

[@connerwilliams661]

Millitron oh haha I didn't realize my mistake, you're right

[@humblesoldier5474]

Are locks are unbreakable, and un-pickable. Mr. Hobbs "Give me a few hours." *Later* Your lock has been picked. Little did anyone know Mr.Hobbs had the Skeleton Key of Nocturnal.

[@Narinjas]

Our locks are unbreakable, and un-pickable ... i just wish he would be around today to pick the Bowley Lock

[@bee-ep9qz]

This was a super interesting video. I always enjoy the ones about people in history who I wouldn't otherwise know about if I stuck to the stuff of our school textbooks.

[@damondegre8609]

This was a great learning experience especially Hobbs abilities and sarcasm.

[@paulbowser1989]

I live in Stratford, CT and have never heard this story. I love hearing these old stories

[@ZetOpal]

Appears someone actually invested their perks into the Lockpicking Skill.

[@limitlessbeast3867]

Someone has their lock picking skill leveled to 100 and maybe even a few legendary tags. Did not know the elder scrolls was a thing back then.

[@wesleylance8221]

Well, he seems like a mechanical genius, which makes me think he wouldn't be stupid enough to put perk points into lockpicking.

[@CaioDrago]

Wesley Lance haha nice one!

[@pravinrao3669]

he was also an master alchemist ,enchanter and he knew the restoration potion glitch .

[@pingukutepro]

It's Fallout Newvegas

[@JohnMarkIsaacMadison]

I find it funny how people were skeptical of his lockpicking skills. Now a days, no one would question that.

[@seppstarthebest]

just subscribed! amongst a gazillion of clickbait channels on youtube you really stick out with short, entertaining, truly interesting and amazing stories. keep up the good work!

[@threadEvent]

He says "I hope you found this video interesting," and I said, "I did. I do. I find that shit way the what-the interesting."

[@magus104]

picking locks is easy all you gotta do is shove a swissarmy knife blace into the lock and BOOM insta lock pick. At least thats the 80s macgyver shows us.

[@foxymetroid]

Why would Macgyver need to do that when he had a rubber band and a piece of string?

[@melissaa.bernstein910]

Thanks for the Bridgeport, CT shout out. In recent decades, our city is much maligned, but we have a fascinating history! Remington Arms is a big part of that fascinating history! (See PT Barnum, Bridgeport mayor)

[@coolworx]

I love the philosophical pun in the title. And the episode was - as usual - well worth the time. Thank you.

[@DeviantOllam]

A lovely video conveying marvelous facts about a fascinating time in history. And thanks for the book recommendation to your viewers! :-D

[@NoctisMotus]

A damn fine book! Loving my copy still. Even with the typos. ;)

[@Ucofatoffski]

nice to see you both here :)

[@NoctisMotus]

Hey there. You just never know who you'll bump into where a love of locks is involved. :)

[@SupremeLordGeek]

Wasn't expecting to see the main reason I want to go to DEFCON in the comments of a TIFO video! Will you be speaking this year? (Assuming there is one)

[@DeviantOllam]

@@SupremeLordGeek hah, I guess we'll just have to see. Fingers crossed!

[@DiHandley]

Brilliant and well researched. Thank you.

[@DrRich-mw4hu]

Wow! Thanks Simon and team GREAT video!

[@Shatterverse]

Best quote ever there at the end. "Your lock won't keep the door shut." lol

[@SeanLaMontagne]

Every video of yours I have watched so far has been fantastic. My complaint is that I haven't discovered you until recently.

[@brian9731]

The Chubb name is now owned by United Technologies Corporation (UTC), an American company. Chubb's famous domestic and commercial locks are still manufactured but no longer bear the Chubb name because that part of the operation is now owned by Assa Abloy. Chubb locks in custodial environments (prisons and police stations) are also now manufactured by Assa Abloy but do still bear the Chubb name under licence from UTC. UTC owns Chubb Electronic Security, which installs services and maintains security systems.

[@JaredElliott1]

Very interesting information. I found the fact that he went to work with Remington toward the end to be of most interest. Good video.

[@OhioCruffler]

Two people didn't like the video. Their last name is likely Chubb...

[@BronxLockPicker60Rodriguez]

I really enjoyed this video. As I have a KZbin channel where I pick locks. I have read this whole story a few years back. Thank you for sharing

[@mtodd4723]

Cool ! Thanks for sharing .

[@joshuapazmino7985]

This channel is like Great Value Vsauce.

[@DraconicDuelist]

Comparable quality in greater quantities and for a better price?

[@FroggyBB]

@@DraconicDuelist yes, but off-brand.

[@DraconicDuelist]

@@FroggyBB Yeah, but unless you're actively trying to support someone associated with a brand, or you have stock in the company, who cares about the brand names? IMO off-brand cereals usually have better flavor than the on brand counterparts. For example Fruity Dino-Bites > Fruity Pebbles.

[@Blox117]

did you just compare him to walmart brand? LOL

[@Xamarin491]

@@DraconicDuelist Comparable, if not worse quality

[@rayfridley6649]

Ever hear of Linus Yale, Jr. When he took over his father's lock-making shop, he invented a pin-tumbler lock cylinder that still in use today. It was the first to use a flat medal key that is easy to carry than the larger bone keys previously needed to open a lock.

[@shadowfire246]

Your voice makes the video well done and very informative

[@seanmcdonald5859]

As i was once told by a professional lock smith, "All locks and security barriers are there to make things as difficult as possible and take too much time. We sell time, not impenetrable walls."

[@HermeticWorlds]

This was really interesting, thanks

[@rshipley21]

That was a beautiful story. Much appreciated.

[@oldesertguy9616]

That was really interesting! Thank you!

[@800beemer]

Today I just found out that there was a channel on You Tube called "Today I found out". "Subscribed?" "Absolutely Sir!"

[@beth-rg8bm]

Well done!

[@tonyholt90]

That was brilliant, I did read about it many years ago but that was a nice recap..

[@toothpaste22]

More like this! So good this video

[@dbzkidkev2]

Interesting! Very proud coming from Bridgeport

[@JavierCR25]

Great video! Awesome story indeed.

[@greg5775]

Well done, sir!

[@tig3r_lily]

Awesome video Simon

[@billkariri]

this was a good one mate

[@marcuscorder]

Great video!

[@bhgtree]

As Sherlock Holmes said: The best place to hide a needle is not in a haystack, but among other needles. So the more expensive and secure lock used, is an sign that theres something worth stealing.

[@MPdude237]

Very interesting story. Good one

[@Darthnightt]

Thanks heaps that was very very interesting

[@DrLongWang]

When I saw Hobbs and Lock in the title I was not expecting this.

[@emil9718]

Is that how you pronounce controversy ?

[@robberesford904]

Emil Olivarez why yes, it is.

[@tufelux8881]

Nah but the great Whistler can say it how he wants because he is a God.

[@amazur31]

kontrowersja

[@fsmoura]

That pronunciation of the word is controversial. Controverception.

[@Sitzkrieg]

only if you come from a small island with a small gene pool

[@shawnnewell4541]

My great grandfathers Thomas Barnes and John H. Newell owned the Barnes and Newell Safe making company in Pittsburgh. One of the best. Wonder if we're related.

[@Sip_Dhit]

Lock is "impossible to pick" Hobbs: click on 1, 2 is binding, 3 is loose...

[@thefiascogarage3215]

If you can make pictures in your mind? You can pick locks. The worst I've had was not a two sided key (two rakes taped together on 3 drags is less than 10 seconds for me), but the ever dreadful double deep cut before or after a shallow cut? You really need to work your mind and relax a spell. That w looking one goes in to the hilt with a tension bar, then the tongue rake gets slipped through and you'd be lucky to get it in 10 minutes. Not saying that I didn't do it in a lot less than 1, but it always feels like a lifetime regardless of if you hold your breath through the process. "Feel" is a gift, but relative luck works just as well.

[@pyroparagon8945]

The Fiasco Garage or just buy a lockpicking gun for 20 dollars, insert the mechanism, pull the trigger once, and it's unlocked. It takes 3 seconds

[@diamondflaw]

Clicked on this thinking it was a lockpicking lawyer or Bosnian Bill video... not even mad, excellent video.

[@rjperkins365]

That's my hobby. I'm picking a lock while watching this, and taking a shit,and smoking a cigarette. They really only start getting difficult when you start getting into Twins and d12, Trioving is pretty difficult with just the regular pin tumbler style cylinders. They have great tolerance and drivers. Everyday house locks especially in North America shouldn't even be allowed to be called locks.

[@sovietrussia3632]

Randy Perkins master lock us especially shitty, they know that their locks are shitty and have obvious weaknesses yet they have the audacity to sell them at up to 40 dollars.

[@sovietrussia3632]

Randy Perkins just looked at it channel too, Ur pretty good.

[@jackielinde7568]

Randy Perkins: Security isn't about keeping everyone out. That's impossible. It's about making it so difficult or time consuming that it deters 80% of the people. The average person in the US doesn't need a super lock that keeps out an expert lock pick, because an expert lock pick doesn't want what the average person owns. Likewise, no matter how good the lock is, it's not likely to keep out a psychopath/sociopath, since they'll just move on to another means of entry into a person's home, vehicle, or storage unit. Heck, there was a robber in the 1980's who was preying on homes in the more affluent areas of Phoenix and Scottsdale by putting a rock through the glass part of the back door, reaching in, and unlocking the door as if they were inside the house. And, at the high end, there is only so far you can go with a lock. Hobbs pointed out that every lock, no matter how sophisticated, is pickable and will be cracked at one time or another. Instead, security officials take a layered approach. Take safety deposit boxes. There are two locks on those boxes (or the doors on the slots where the boxes are stored), but they're the cheap key locks found on common items like cabinet doors and mailboxes. Even if the thief can't defeat the locks, the doors aren't that sturdy, either. Those measures are mostly to keep the common rift raft out of the boxes that aren't being rented by them. However, by making the vault and vault door that the boxes are stored in very difficult to breach, adding layers or security systems and monitoring equipment, a potential thief is likely to trip something or show up on a surveillance monitor long before they breach the vault itself. So, at the end of the day, do I have to worry about you stealing my bike because I used a simple Master Lock bike lock to secure my bike? No, because it's not worth your time or energy. But, it will keep the local kids from carting off with my hand-me-down heirloom (of sorts).

[@daneclark3161]

Why would anyone bother to pick a lock on a house when a foot will get them in much more quickly?

[@machintelligence]

The usual method of defeating a lock doesn't involve picking. It is more or less brute force and great stupidity. (Cordless grinders and bolt cutters work well again padlocks.

[@OttawaOldFart]

I love the way you say controversy, it is so different

[@LoderMike]

Well done

[@limerence8365]

Aren't there two similar but opposing philosophers called Hobbes and Locke!

[@user-xb9yv2ci4c]

Yes, Thomas Hobbes, who wanted the people to strictly obey their government and John Locke, who thought, that people have the right to resist against a government not protecting them.

[@petebodkin1118]

Absolutely excellent

[@shadowxxe]

I can just imagine all the colour draining out of the staff of the building as Hobbs pulled the door open

[@shartlinemcdingleberries7532]

Congrats on 1million subs!!!

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Thanks!

[@citizen1114]

One of the better videos you've done.

[@l-l]

Awesome video.

[@kindlin]

This contravasy was quite interesting. What surprised me more than any of that tho, was the pronunciation of a word I like to call: kahn truh vur see.

[@richardmaze392]

D'oh. Hoped for Hobbes and Locke commentaries.

[@sbsb7845]

Another good one

[@robotjeans]

Absolutely interesting

[@jayster.k.wiseguy]

decent production~ Tim Hunkin's machines are also a national treasure~

[@JamesPawson]

Funny how the end of this video crosses over into Forgotten Weapons/Gun Jesus territory.

[@fsmoura]

Awesome episode! Do more books recommendations! :)

[@robertmessersmith8697]

Off topic but i love the way he says "controversy" 🤣

[@RayTheMickey]

This happened when I worked for Mosler safe in 1993. Mas Hamilton was trying to sell there new digital lock. They made a robot that mounted on the front of a Sargent and Greenleaf lock and opened it in several minutes. The same robot would not work on their lock because the lock would sense if the movements were to regular and then shutdown. S&G locks were being used on government filing cabinets that we made. When Mas Hamilton picked the lock in under the UL requirement of 15 minutes they were de-certified for government service and we started using Mas Hamilton locks. S&G wasn't too happy so they bought a Mas Hamilton lock and after looking at it for a while took a drill and a half inch drill bit and drilled right through it and opened it in 5 minutes. So then we had no locks to put on our filing cabinets. We had to shut down the line and lay off 40 people right before Christmas. Eventually Mas Hamilton fixed the defect that allowed you to drill through it and we started the line again. S&G locks were $90.00. Mas Hamilton were $700.00

[@marvindebot3264]

"To show it wasn't a fluke, let's do that again". Now, where have I heard that before? 😁

[@shaunlenton8865]

The building at 8:40 is in Wolverhampton England.......

[@ncplantdoctor]

Wonderful.

[@peterdao7346]

“Your lock won’t keep the door shut.”, what a boss.

[@WildBillCox13]

Wonderful. Liked and Linked. Thanks for posting.

[@sirtnfol8476]

Picked in time for lunch. Good chap

[@commandershepherd8987]

I dont know why, but I've devoted pretty much all of my free time to watching these... It could be because I love history and learning new things, but I think it might also be because the topics these videos cover isn't well known to most. Either way, great job!

[@wisdomofnotch]

7 minutes for a skilled lock picker to open a lock is still a prestigious feat for a consumer lock in the modern day

[@jasonleedham5678]

The Chubb building shown towards the end of the video is no longer a manufacturing place, nor does it belong to Chubb, it is (or was 25 years ago when i last visited) a bar and cinema. I knew a few people who worked for Chubbs back in the early 90's

[@voice-with-a-cause8041]

Well this just inspired my next D&D character.