Calling a locksmith each time is inconvenient (and expensive); instead, you can learn to pick your own locks. If the doorknob in question is a simple push-button affair, you’re in luck.

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 ...

a lockpicker will rapidly insert and extract the rake with a slight up-and-down motion until it unlocks. If this sounds fairly easy to do, you’d be right. Many lock-picking blogs recommend ...

The video by Lock Picking Lawyer published on Tuesday shows ... Using tension tool and a wave rake for a few seconds, the lock can be opened and with relative ease. A test using a bump key also ...

For Wirecutter, he learned how to pick smart locks and shaved a colleague’s head to test hair clippers. The Nest x Yale Lock has been discontinued. We’ve added details about its replacement ...