You know you're a lock pick nerd when... You see Bill's tensioner slipping out, and it has you at the edge of your seat.

Thank you Bill for picking my lock, very well done! Really liked to see the video :-) Stay tuned for my next package, it will be on its way soon!

I have a BKS 6 pin Euro in my naughty bucket I've been unable to get open after too many hours of fun. Super tight tolerances and pure evil keyways! Well done Bill.

I could work on that all day and the only thing i would get is frustrated! I think we all aspire to be as good as you one day bill!

Meanwhile, in the U.S., open most locks with a screwdriver and broken paperclip.

Bill, it's always a pleasure watching you, you are most informative and love when you take apart the cylinders unlike some other pickers. Thanks for always doing a great video. 👍🏻

Bill I love that you show absolutely no frustration even when I can tell you're trying really hard, great job!

Btw, the ICS: 10 sliders (spring loaded) and 3 pin tumblers (with nasty narrow tips to fit in that key). Everything so tight and precise that the sliders bind against each other, so you easily drop one when on the neighbouring one. Definitely one of the nastiest europrofiles out there. Moreover with a beautifully-looking key that can't be impressioned or decoded from a photo. Have fun!

Hi Bill, the Evva ICS has 10 sprung sliders with false gates and 3 simple (shark finned standard) pin stacks to go with the center bitting. This was intended to allow mechanical access control. Picking them is really tricky and it's effective to take notes during picking or memorize the gate types. It's very similar to the 12 Slider Evva dual. I'd love to see you pick this lock so it gets the attention it deserves! If I can help you with this I'd be happy to help. On my channel I've videos on the ICS and Dual if that helps otherwise you can contact me. Great picking of the BKS and a bit disappointing that the name and the dimples on the key weren't so fancy in the end. Cheers

wow and i always thought i was just bad at picking, but it seems our locks are just much harder

Awesome job on that tough lock. I’m looking forward to seeing the ICS picked & Gutted. Have a great week.

Almost to a half mil. Keep up the good work Bill

Yay a new video coffee and locks whats better then that and its my Birthday

Perseverance personified. Nice work, master Bill!

Fantastic picking Bill and nice to see what's inside... recently picked a BKS with reverse warding to your one, was a tough pick but was one of my most satisfying as I really didn't think it was possible... great stuff Bill 👍...

One heck of a battle & lock, nicely done Bill.

Nice pick, I was thinking I'm about to see you brake a pick for a second time, before you even said it. For Bill's homework, gutting these "Euro" locks without cutting them.

Well done Buffalo, I love the way you stuck to the task. Determined to give that lock your all. I was pushing that pry bar with you at one point! Thank you.

Brutal bitting, mean tapered pins, and great picking! Those BKS locks are a good challenge.

Hi Bill, at 0:29 the pin isn´t hardened but those screws are! And yes you´re right, it is hard to snap them, you need a good tool and at least about 4mm standing over the plate to have a chance of breaking it! Modular Systems are often used, specially at EVVA. You need to move it to the left and right plenty times and at a serious angle to snap it, downside of course is that you eventually gonna damage the lock itself with the cam and after you get that thing out something is not working... The Cylinder you´re holding is a modular, meaning you can change the length of it in about 2 minutes and addapt it to a lenth you wish. Kind Regards from Austria, Christian

I kept thinking rare elements .013 or .010 picks. Haven't seen them in a while.

Hi from Spain! When I got into lockpicking three months ago (I'm still a pure noob), I had no problem opening the Chinese training locks. Then I tried my Tifon gym locker lock, about 5€ in the hardware store, and it was very hard to open. I recall it took me two weeks to open it. I sensed a couple spool pins, and thought to myself I should be wrong because cheapo locks wouldn't be that good. Now I'm confident that European locks are way ahead of what the average American market sell.

Way to stay with it Bill, what a tough pick! Thanks as always for the video!

May I meantion here, that in the public building I have worked in Italy, you wouldn't find something like this, you usually find something like Dormakaba Gemini Duo's

Great pick of a challenging lock!

Hey Bos, you can get those gutted without cutting them. Either by using magnets and sliding the core out by one magnet length at a time, or by using special Euro clips that slip into the bottom of the keyway after you turn the core 180 degrees.

Really well made. Nice to see. And great picking and talk through from you, Bill.

I'm just beginning picking and I accidentally ordered two of those locks on eBay. I took one look at them and started my own naughty bucket.

Those multi picks are tough, challenging lock, awesome picking

I have picked a few of these they are some the best locks on the market

It is weird that I so rarely see what I would call the "average" European lock. I am always fascinated how quickly you open the American locks, but I can open only the office wafer locks here...

Cool, I bought the training cut away lock from multipick and aside from the different keyway it's pretty much the same. A BKS cylinder with 2 spools (front one steel, second brass) and two of those t-pins that I'm really starting to hate. I've gotten really close to picking it but then nothing happens so I take a peek at the side and I can't even tell what's keeping it locked, all pins look perfectly picked, no oversets. It's also really hard to reach the deepest pins and it takes some serious twisting to get all the way up there.

Hey bill long time viewer first time commenting. Those euros have a cir clip you can pop off and the you can either cut a key in half and turn the clyinder 90 degrees and use a euro follower tool and pull the plug

The first lock looks like a great cylinder to use in exterior door and even better with security handles.

I watched more closely than well... the Hobbit at least. Lol!

Even for European standards, the BKS has a tight keyway. But most door locks do have paracentric keyways. Nobody here with ill intent picks a lock anymore. Not because it's too difficult, but because there are easier ways to enter someone's house. Burglars here just find targets of opportunity.

Nice picking 👍👍👍👍🧡

I thought you were going to show us the inside of that ICS with the Lock Cam? I’m just saying because I have that lock and it is one of my unpicked locks and I think I might be missing something.

Both great locks, good european quality right there. That bitting is nuts too!👍🍺😎

*Fantastic!*

Imagine you have to do that 2 or 3 Times Cuz grandpa locked the door 2 Times. Before leaving 😅 Finally i know now. Where my Problem sits and laughs Didnt know that there are some Pins at the Sidewalls 🙄🤦

Nasty lol. Good job bill!

Wow now that was a fight awesome job Bill I have to try to find one of those.

Just a few thoughts about the BKS lock being “high security”: The lock in the video is about 30 € for the 5-pin-version without any additional features, so it’s the “low end” variety. There are additional features available (e.g. sidebar, 6 pin version or nickel silver core), which will affect the price, of course. The indents in the tip of the key are necessary to move a cogwheel which blocks the actuator (see www.schloss-shop.com/media/image/6d/ae/3e/detect-innen3.jpg ). This is an additional feature to the lock and I’ve never seen it so far. BKS uses the same key blanks for different types of locks / levels of security. The BKS series 31 (detect3) can be found in large buildings (1000+ locks, e.g. universities, hospitals) where the “costs per door” matter. Usually the level of security on the inside is not much of an issue and the ‘outer shell’ will be upgraded by an alarm system or higher grade/electronic locks. Actually the BKS key can be fitted with an additional transponder to combine mechanical and electronic locks in one system.

Super nasty keyway and crazy bitting made this a challenge in itself. Then add those pins and most of us would be at it all day and night. Great picking Bill. Just to add: Am I the only one who was certain we would see a broken pick in this video because of the amount of flexing they did?

I miss the challenge locks

Wow nice job bill 👻👍

Do you want a lock from a dutch "home-depot" style lock from karwei? I went to the netherlands the other day, and brought one with me.

Fantastic picking Bill. I am surprised you don’t have or did not use the Sparrows Sliver picks. They are .012 and very strong 💪. Great for these tight key ways. But ya got it open so all good anyways.

Great video!

Great video buddy thanks for sharing. 😎

Hi Bill love the Channel, and this is a good lock, but over hear (England) we have the locks the other way so he keyway is above the pins

That was a really nice picking :D

It'd be interesting to see how you do with the lock installed in a door up the correct way instead of upside-down as you had it in your vice.

Hi Bill, any chance you could do a video on what passive pins are, why they’re used and why a picker can ignore them? Thanks.

i'm glad we don't have those in the US yet.

That is not an average lock in Europe, the average locks are far inferior. Those are high end locks.

Maybe in the Future u can dissemble these Locks without cutting them in half. There are a few videos in the net that shows how.

oh no nononononono why did you cut it in half? you could have gut it from the front. but it was a nice pick nothing the less. i do have a bks with the same keyway but my key dont have the passive cuts. it gives me a lot of trouble. this video encouraged me to try it again.

I have a BKS and although it has only 1 spool I haven't been able to pick it, yet, because the keyway is so nasty.

Great vid great picking well done keep up the good work. :)

Thought one, but you got it, could you let me know were do you place your video camera and Brand name and model? Thanks

First get him thinking more than a 2 minutes video? That's a bad motherlurking lock indeed! 😳

Those two in the middle, aren't they what you usually refer to as anti-bump pins?

looooooong spools

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this to you at all, but I've noticed some aggressive gating in your audio in your recent videos. Are you using a noise gate on the audio? Something is cutting off the tail end of your sentences sometimes. You may want to think about adjusting the attack and release of your gate software if you're using one.

12:54 How come the tip of the key looks part of a multi lock key? And it didn't prevent u from picking the lock

Bill, where did you purchase the pin tweezers and the bent tweezers? I would like to have a pair of them.

Nicely done! I noticed lately your MultiPicks are showing some wear. How do the SSdev picks from Sparrows compare to the MultiPick versions? One outlast the other?

Just put that evva directly in the "naughty bucket".

More skill the bigger the thrill? Well that was worth treating yourself a5 least two candy bars.

I CAN'T WATCH THIS! You hold the loxk upside down! The spine is on the BOTTOM! (And apologies for yelling, but I really couln't help it.)

Wow! What a great pick. Great tool useage.

Dammit bill, get a split follower already, stop destroying expensive euro cyl's

Make such a good EURO profile lock without anti snap feature is pointless?!?

Bill, you are the man. My only life wish/regret, were I a younger man (Im 46), is that Im not your apprentice, I could not want for a better Mentor or Master. Do you need an apprentice?

I'm gonna be starting to take up lock picking as a hobby. Do any of yall have advice on starting up?

So that's the easier of the 2 done. What's the third one like, you kept quiet about it.

I would have tried the V31.

What inexpensive pick set would you recommend for beginners

sweeet

EP-PICK

I’ve been thinking of taking up lock sports, but maybe someone could give me some advice about something? I haven’t been able to find any videos about it, but I’m left handed, so I’m not sure how the technique would be any different? I think I could be somewhat dexterous to do some of it right handed, but I’d much prefer to do it left handed. I feel like if I were to pick a lock left handed, I’d either have to apply tension at a weird angle with my right hand, or pick the lock upside down and tension it more at a 7 or 8 o’clock angle rather than a 1 or 2 o’clock angle as he does in this video...

Wow!!!!

I need a new pick set i only have a snake rake

I'm quite new. What's a master wafer? I'm guessing master key? But if so how does that work?

Would it be possible to put a core like this in a car ignition?

Does anyone know what Bosnianbill meant when he said the .0015" pick was pinching? I thought he mean it's too thick but that can't be it since he then used a .0025" thick pick.

How do you make a duplicate key it looks impossible to remake.

Is there no way of gutting those without cutting?

I need to go reg for the give aways

why you and LPL always put the video at the same day at the same time?🙃

ugly finishing on the BKS's front, weird, you'd tick that's the easiest aspect of all of its manufacturing

I've been around for almost 1000 videos and still never broken a pick. That said, I don't take any chances with my 0.015" gear.

Godzilla Bites Keys to Warn those of Entering. Oh yeah, if 'breaking in', One would Not have Key. lol *,";:;;::"}=,/GuarD;;~~~~~~~~~*