How to Pick a Lock with a Knife

What is the easiest thing to pick a lock with? How do I unlock a door with a knife? How do you open a locked door without a key? To complete these tips, you need a knife.
 
What You Will Need to Follow This Tutorial?
You can certainly pick a deadbolt lock with a knife in no time with the 3 following methods that are highly recommended by professionals for their effectiveness.
Method #1: Stick And Wiggle
Method #2: Get Some Help
 
Method #1 – Jab, Twist, and Wiggle
You don’t have a tension wrench, neither do you have a lock pick.
The idea behind this technique is to make the knife do the work of both the tension wrench and lock pick at the same time. That will not be easy, but we should be able to pull it off with some improvisation.
Step 1 – Insert the knife blade into the keyhole till the tip hits the back of the lock.
Step 2 – slightly turn the knife (usually to the right) as if you were trying to open the locked door with a key. Done right, this step applies pressure to the lock pins (like the tension wrench would have done), allowing you to raise the pins and unlock the door later.
Step 3 – with the knife blade safely inside the lock, wriggle it up and down so that the pins move and give way to unlock the door.
Step 4 – if you haven’t recorded success yet, return the knife to the starting position (before step 2) so that the pins re-align. Re-rotate the knife and start the process again.
Pro Tip: varying the applied pressure is key if you don’t get it done right the first time. However, note that you only need minimal pressure to make this work, so don’t sweat it.
 
Method 2: Getting a Little Help
How to use a knife as a tension wrench to pick a lock
In this next method, we're going to ask for a little help.
Rather than trying to use the knife as both the turning tool and the pick, this time, we are going to use it only as a turning tool.
We will then request the aid of another object to use as our pick – such as an actual lock pick, bobby pin, paperclip, or any other stiff and thin object that can fit in the keyway.
However, this also means that we need enough room above the knife to maneuver our improvised lock pick!
The image to the right—or above if you're reading this on a phone – is an excellent example of how to use a knife as a tensioning tool and still have room to insert a pick.
Just be careful not to cut yourself!
 
So when you forget the keys to your house, you no longer need to panic. The information provided in the article will help you understand how to pick locks with knives, screwdrivers and other household tools. All of these tools make it easy to get things done if you have them at home in case you need them. Or, you can equip yourself with cheap Lock Picks at lockpickmall.com!