Opening Locks with... Lipstick

[@Caleb-jb3gv]

Every time you use or reference the tool, you're going to have to call it: "The tool that Tony and I made" :P

[@DeviantOllam]

Hahaha, i see what you did there. 😊👍

[@pythonP90]

Not having the tube of the lipstick be a plug follower was a missed opportunity in my opinion.

[@cberge8]

Just a heads up, if you ever need cylinder shims they can be had for free. The small anti theft tags on 90% of merchandise have 2 .001" pieces of steel in them. Just clip one end of the tag open with scissors and they'll slide right out. They are the perfect thickness, length, and width for shiming locks.

[@blankregistration7301]

Ooh thanks,. You mean those beige plastic things?

[@cberge8]

@@blankregistration7301 yeah, the ones

[@DeviantOllam]

Yes, this is something we teach in our training classes... Good point! 👍

[@Aaron48219]

Ah, good advice. Right up there with using windshield wipers for tensioners. Thanks 👍

[@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932]

Do you mean those anti-theft strips of metal stuck/embedded to the boxes themselves?

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

anyone else expecting this to be an attack where you cram lipstick into the keyway to push the pins into alignment

[@SkylarsTerribleMemes]

that's exactly what i was thinking lol

[@DeviantOllam]

@@SkylarsTerribleMemes now someone has to try that =)

[@TarahWheeler]

@@DeviantOllam Not with my twenty dollar lipstick

[@GreyHazRoot]

@@TarahWheeler oh snap!

[@jdmillar86]

I was expecting some sort of impressioning attack, actually. I've seen people use lipstick as improvised gear marking compound for checking mesh - although I think they went with something more budget than Tarah's trademark shade!

[@DougPaulley]

I always feel very happy when I see one of your videos drop.

[@RuneInternational]

the cover for my mobile phone has a removable smaller cover in it held in with magnets, so between those 2 layers are always a few shims and a keybox decoder. The magnets in the cover hold them nice and secure.

[@DeviantOllam]

that's pretty smart!

[@TheColonelSponsz]

Robert's your auntie's live-in-lover is my personal favourite substitution for Bob's your uncle.

[@DeviantOllam]

Hahaha

[@comawhite5913]

Now, had the lipstick tube ALSO been a plug follower, I would have credit card in hand. The idea of a shim tote is great, but I work quicker with my fingers I feel. Keep up the awesome creativeness!

[@DeviantOllam]

i have some new plug followers coming out soon, too =)

[@PeregrineBF]

@@DeviantOllam I think I first learned about the EZ Load followers from you, but if not it'd be really cool to see those in other sizes.

[@paul66766]

Used to use the shim method @2:00 for rekeying customer locks quite a bit. That thin brass shim stock is definitely worthwhile to keep in a kit.

[@DanBowkley]

My goes-everywhere kit is a Sparrows Vorax with a set of followers, shims, and a skinny aluminum bit that basically works like a universal key blank. Couple extra thin picks, combs, stuff like that to round it out. Still a handy sized package, gets you thru basically anything except maybe SFIC.

[@jeffandthings77]

That is a clever and discrete design-in so many ways! Always love seeing what you come up with!!

[@alger8181]

And i learned something more about locks! Thank you, sir.

[@TrueHelpTV]

as soon as i found your youtube channel and realized who i was watching just now, i fangirled with excitement and *SMASHED THE SUBSCRIBE BUTTON*

[@tracyrreed]

3:00 to 3:40 Anyone else barely hearing a cat meow?😂

[@DeviantOllam]

Frankie was being VERY loud, hah. I did my best to mask it

[@tracyrreed]

@@DeviantOllamI was wondering if I was just imagining it. No worries, it's all part of the charm of real people sharing knowledge on KZbin!🙂

[@TarahWheeler]

HEY PUT MY RUBY WOO BACK

[@DeviantOllam]

As soon as I'm done with it, I will. It does look really fabulous. =)

[@cwbyzfn69]

Black would be my preferred color, but any would work great. I love gadgets. Kudos Sir!!

[@jdmillar86]

Very nice! I love little self-contained solutions like that. I bet one of those scalpel blade holders that work like a pin vise would be another great way of holding a shim.

[@GreyHazRoot]

pretty nifty idea, Tony and Dev. I'm a fan of the purple.

[@Magiccc]

"The 'clove cigarette smoking' goth in the club" is a wonderful term. thank you hahah

[@ryanwilson_canada]

What a neat little tool. I kind of want one now. Lol. Not that i need to add to my 3lb Keychain. Haha. Great idea Dev and 3D locksport. Hope everyone is staying safe, and taking care.

[@Blenster]

Very cool! Thank you for making these.

[@DeviantOllam]

Glad you like them!

[@Brian-hf9tc]

How do the lishi tools mark up a pin? For schlage the driver bit has a 90° bend atop, and thus not likely to leave scratch marks

[@DeviantOllam]

I have a whole video about the forensics there

[@matthewellisor5835]

Well, guess I'll be making another order.

[@1152jerry]

I still have a tool that looks very similar that I bought 40 years ago. You haven’t reinvented the wheel. You just have made it available again.

[@DeviantOllam]

Very cool to hear that... What was your tool called? Was it for the screw caps?

[@garyanvil2354]

I made similar with empty chapstick tube cleaned out of course but yours looks way better

[@DeviantOllam]

that's really smart, too! (and stealthy!)

[@ruddz1535]

lol brilliant idea totally pms fa Scotland so gid kilt accessary. all tha best bud stay safe....

[@anotherfeat1647]

I really clicked the thumbnail expecting it to be lock picking lawyer actually opening something with a lipstick. Like the ones where he opens gun locks with twigs and legos.

[@ABZer0x_x]

Excited eggplant 🤣

[@curley6531]

such a great place for shims!!!!wow have to buy one thanks dev for your videos

[@roberthiggins1142]

That is such a great item.

[@SmittyEh.]

Well thought out design!

[@nich882]

I’m a fan! Good idea 👍

[@dragade101]

A clean design. Luckily no one would mistake this tube

[@devnuls]

I get my shims from the sensormatic stick on antitheft stickers. They are also good for dental issues and get in where floss or a toothpick can't!

[@camronbay1]

Me as well I show this in my courses they are great.

[@lyfandeth]

We need a Locksport Summer Camp. For a good working vacation.

[@notserpmale03]

how does this help on the field? When would you have access to the back of the lock?

[@DonzLockz]

very clever, great idea.👍

[@arthurdent1983]

It's a clever way to sell something to someone who is never going to use it lol. I tip my hat. It's really not necessary you can just slide the shim in

[@Chirael]

I use an old chapstick container and it works great. I have one of Tony’s other/older printed shim holders but honestly I almost never use it; I guess I’m not one of those rough folks who mangles the shims since holding one carefully is usually fine. But cool way to combine different tools, great work from both of you 👏

[@Veptis]

I was expecting you to attack the lock with a frozen lipstick or something like an impressioning attack because it's just the perfect softness where it's right between the springs so all the pins rest perfectly.

[@kd5uxb]

I always remove the rfid tag from products and use the metal straps for shims

[@lockhak33]

What's really fun is trying to use the shim method without knowing that the top pins are spools or serrated pins so the shim gets stuck in the grooves

[@DanBowkley]

That's one of the reasons why overlifting and letting them back down works way better than lifting up until it goes in.

[@DeviantOllam]

exactly... the use of a blank key to raise everything helps to mitigate that as much as is feasible.

[@sandy1653]

For some reason I was expecting you to have some magic technique w/ actual lipsticks raided from Tara's stash. Those shims look like the *perfect* thing for my clumsy ass to find a way to slice my thumb open with or somehow wedge under a fingernail. I have hurting myself in silly ways, and with silly things down to a fine art.

[@pauloost59]

Absolutely F-ing brilliant! From a forensic pov as well... Any chance of getting some over to Toool NL so we can get our hands on them a bit easier? Keep it up!

[@DeviantOllam]

I'd be glad to ship some to you all, yeah. Email me?

[@pauloost59]

Will do when I have a moment..

[@lockhak33]

Lol I started typing "shouldn't you use a shim with a key blank" just before you said it

[@Novur]

The form factor feels like it could also accommodate a follower for an all-in-one solution, but this is still a brilliant design!

[@Paxmax]

Eggsited Eggplant, made me chuckle loud! (or if it was just 'excited' = still funny)

[@AedLamhchleasai]

Pretty nifty idea. I also thought the body would double as a follower too.

[@iggymac3473]

Very cool great idea thanks I'm a fan of the red myself

[@DeviantOllam]

that's my favorite, but the others are really tempting, as well, hah

[@TarahWheeler]

@@DeviantOllam it better be your favorite.

[@iggymac3473]

@@DeviantOllam have to tell you why now i met my wife for the first time she had ruby red lipstick on been my favorite from that day 30 years now.

[@MrTechblackdog]

Is that the same bit of metal, that's in a security tags? because that's what i use.

[@DeviantOllam]

It's very similar

[@hilltopy]

Do you know if people use feeler gauges for this kind of stuff? With some slight modding to get them narrow enough, I'd think they'd be able to act like these shims pretty easily while also having a built in way to keep track of them. Also got me thinking that you could probably drill or punch a hole in a bunch of cylinder shims and then string/mini carabiner them together to have multiple while not keeping them in a box that may try to open itself at random.

[@DeviantOllam]

if you gave the a small curve, maybe. the cylinder shims have a slight curve to them which makes them a little stiffer and allows them to fit more smoothly into the lock cylinders.

[@hilltopy]

My guess is that a gauge would bend itself well enough due to how thin it would need to be in order to fit. From there, assuming you didn't narrow down the whole thing, you'd still have some length be the full width, as well as the rest of the gauges in the holder to grab onto. I'll have to test it if/when I get a cylinder and blank to mess with.

[@derekbroestler7687]

I typically just keep a few in my pin kit BUT..... For covert storage tip for shims..... Inside a standard "click pen".... Gel pens work better as the ink cartridge tends to be thicker and keep shims free of the spring so it won't interfere with function. If you wanted you could also use a standard Bic stick pen with a cap, which you CAN use as a follower tool by using both the barrel of the pen and the clip on the cap to wedge it into place, it's just a LOT more of a PITA than something designed for the task, and it's a LITTLE harder to get the shim out because the barrel of the pen is thinner, but it's easily done using the ink cartridge... (unless, pro tip, you round the corners of your shims) Also, on REALLY covert shims.... You know those stick on inventory control tags, cut one of them open and you'll find two of the thinnest (but functional if you're really careful) cylinder shims EVER.... Though they ARE perfectly flat and a bit difficult to work with because they're so thin, AND you prolly don't want to store more than one of them together if you're walking though any place that has inventory control.

[@ShadowNuke]

Man! I'm just starting out in locksport again, and one of these bad boys/girls? would come in handy because of my ogre sized hands!!

[@remley8877]

I Learned this trick at the farm. I can venture a guess where you started your career, likely after your masters program.

[@SnakePicks]

Super cool product. I’m actually glad that it doesn’t try to double as a follower, as that would increase design complexity and therefore cost. Also, every lock already comes with a built in follower…the plug 😆

[@wictimovgovonca320]

Since I don't wear lipstick, how about a chapstick version?

[@DeviantOllam]

Hah, that'd be white, I guess. Tony can print you that style on his site

[@lockhak33]

Did anyone else click on this video thinking it was going to be about a covert tool?

[@hassenfepher]

My wife once worked at one of those restaurants where rich people eat. You know the type. White tablecloth. Always throwing fund raisers. Bright red lipstick was part of the dress code. The shade was affectionately referred to by the staff(including management) as "hooker red". Your video reminded me of this tidbit, and I thought it might be an interesting little "temperature check on society today" to share it. So much racism at those fund raisers. Like. I'm a tall blue eyed white guy. And I was like "damn..." The food was excellent though, and the booze never stopped following.

[@n111254789]

How is calling red lipstick "hooker red" racist? It's sorta' accurate lot of hookers do indeed wear bright red lipstick. Not an expert on hookers or anything but ya know my folks owned a gas station. Had some lot lizards and ditch pigs show up pretty often weren't too hard to spot that was one of the reasons.

[@lyfandeth]

Reminds me of a line Robin Williams used with Billy Crystal at the Kennedy Center. While both were in Scots formal wear. Q: What's a Scotsman wear under his kilt? A: Lipstick!

[@ke6gwf]

Now give Tarah back her expensive lipstick before anyone gets hurt!

[@DeviantOllam]

Hahaha, indeed 💋

[@hunseder]

Now if you could just insert the whole "lipstick" unit as a follower...

[@beachboardfan9544]

Dont understand. How would u b able to pick a lock with a shim if you need access to the back side of the lock to use the shim...

[@yoyoiven]

Hey are you going to defcon this year?

[@DeviantOllam]

That's the plan

[@yoyoiven]

@@DeviantOllam see you there! It'll be my first one

[@drrenard1277]

That shim looks exactly like the inside of passive security stickers. Each sticker has 2 of them inside.

[@plushiie_]

so cool!

[@DanBowkley]

Now we just need to stick a key blank and a follower in there somehow

[@jambyr2487]

taco bending the shim a little helpswhen its time to do dat doo....once while using a shim from LAB the thing sliced right to the bone. cut copper blinds now for all shi'ism using arrow/weiser gypset etc rear plug entry sheer hangs.

[@jackspringer9283]

I'm not from around here...why do these shims look a lot like the thin metal components inside the white rfid tags?, I'm expecting a size difference though

[@RealUnimportant]

It's basically the same stock; if you have a reliable source of those RFID tags (that doesn't need to the actually tag stuff0 they can often be used as shims as well; they're a bit thinner, so the lack of curve isn't as crucial but it does mean you have to work harder on keeping them straight, and they're also not as long so there's a risk of getting them lost in the lock.

[@donaldhobson8873]

Ah, but what if you want to shim, but only have access to 1 side of the lock. Either you would need a larger, L shaped shim. Or you would need a key cut high on the tip, low everywhere else. (As the key goes forward, all pins get pushed to top and then down. Shim catches them from same side on way down.)

[@vape42]

Whats the point of learning to pick a lock when you have acess to both sides?

[@doorandlocktips]

Nice tool, but I think you should’ve called it the shim ninja 5:42

[@lenorelestrange]

Anyone remember totally spies? Yeah, you just became Jerry from totally spies.

[@theHotpointHoodlum]

Love the beard. Haven’t seen ya sport it before

[@SianaGearz]

I have a feeling, i have seen those shims before... in an anti theft device. I had been saving them up, but didn't really have a purpose for them yet.

[@RealJonDoe]

Honestly, I just use disassembled sensormatic tags. As for storage, they go fine in a follower case, between the sizes. Cool product though.

[@DeviantOllam]

Ah yes we do recommend that to people if they want an ersatz cylinder shim 👍

[@noahway13]

Give him a silk robe and he could play in one of old Chinese B grade Kung Fu movies.

[@manipulator9210]

Nice presentation I love the idea. Just starting out and having disassembled a few locks without shims I am looking forward to doing better in the future. Any chance the high society of locksport is coming together anytime soon? Miss the good old lockdown days when the "LockPickingLawyer, BosnianBill, LockNoob and Deviant Ollam at Circle City Con 2020" was created...

[@SPFLDAngler]

just 2 years ago is the good old days?

[@ModMax69]

What room are you in? It reminds me of "Get him to the Greek" Jeffrey scene

[@jdcritchfield]

Is this the part where the GI's dress in drag to fool the camp guards?

[@katelights]

no pink option? :D

[@DeviantOllam]

Tony doesn't have hot pink filament 💄👄

[@idkidk4334]

Honestly I bet you could jam actual lipstick into a master lock number 3 and it will open... Lol

[@JD-gn6du]

Great idea with a bit of social engineering designed into it

[@philthejet]

Great and interesting vid but not for us in Europe... oh well. 😎

[@TorbenArentoft]

"This is the Lockpicking Lipstick, and what I have for you today is..."

[@SoloPilot6]

I think that it would work even better if you bevel the tip of the key into an easier angle, so the pins would move more slowly.

[@DeviantOllam]

We do that sometimes, yeah... Our Kwikset Disassembly key is like that

[@erg0centric]

Now if it included a follower and pin gauge...

[@tequilacollins]

This has the feel of a kitchen gadget that the commercial says will save you so much time, but is hardly handy at all. Shim case: Rn, my shims are kept in my pin kit. If I'm shimming a lock, odds are I'm rekeying it, so everything is right there. The Schlage cap removal tool: That would be handy, but those tools can be pretty cheap elsewhere. I also worry how well the plastic would hold up after time. The shim holder: I would never use it. I find it quite easy to do by hand, and the shim holder is just more steps. The only place I see where this could be handy is if I'm onsite and trying to be stealthy in only decoding the pins. While I appreciate the effort to make tools that make it easier for us, I think this tool will be a no go for me.

[@DeviantOllam]

No worries... we know that you simply don't want to own something called "lipstick" ;-) For real, though, I get it... for folk with more fully-featured kits and who travel with pin kits especially, I get your point totally. This is more focused on field carry in someone's small kit that they have on a job where they're not toting around all kinds of large boxes, etc.

[@nickv1008]

Does this come in chap stick, for those of us who arent cross dressers ?

[@A_90210]

Mountain security is one pain in the arse to get out

[@willie_mccoy]

The real question is how you're going to explain to your wife/GF why you have lipstick in your pocket. 🤪

[@DeviantOllam]

She'd assume it's mine, naturally 💄👍

[@alexderpyracc4053]

😂 for the last pin you still need to use fingers

[@stevelibby6852]

Welcome to Lipsticking Lawyer. That's another channel altogether, never mind.

[@railgap]

I don't believe it, LOL, you fookin' click-baited us! I want one tho.

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

i would totally buy one, if only you could get it in hot pink....

[@DeviantOllam]

i'm betting we can make a one-off as a custom order, given some tweaks to our process. 😂

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

@@DeviantOllam i am sure i would not be the only one wanting one in hot pink....

[@curtishoffmann6956]

That's not how I expected lipstick to be used against the lock...

[@ThisSteveGuy]

Excited Eggplant lol

[@ReNeyer]

Clove-Cigartte Smoking Goth, maaan Deviant this is hilarious

[@DeviantOllam]

Djarums of our youth, heh

[@BrandonHall916]

@deviantollam you ever use smoke detector testing spray/

[@nora0307]

i hate sc 20 ,it never wants to sit right in the machine

[@DeviantOllam]

This can be a pain while cutting it, yeah

[@pb5640]

Way easier to just rake the pins when using a shim.

[@Locutus]

You and Lock Picking Lawyer, should do some projects together. You're both very personable, and you both have overlapping skills.

[@ericstocker6902]

They should have designed the lipstick body to be the follower as well.