How to pick a lock with hairpins

In case you thought that picking a lock with hairpins, like they so casually do in the movies, was impossible (or really hard), you were wrong, and YouTube user NightHawkInLight is here to explain to you how to do it, by using a transparent practice lock.

Lock picking is as old as locks themselves, and is enjoyed as a hobby and practical skill worldwide. While it has been tainted in many people's minds as something only done by criminals, it is in fact a skill that could very well save your life if kidnapped, as well as saving hundreds of dollars in locksmithing costs to open things for which the key has been lost. Criminals and thieves are far more likely to break a window and in other ways use force to open things rather than trouble with the delicate, and many times lengthy method of picking.

In case you're interested in learning how to do it, here's a transparent practice lock, as the one seen in the video, you can purchase online.

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