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  • This is the lock picking lawyer, and what I have for you today is a really interesting Soviet era combination lock, probably from the 19 seventies or early eighties.

  • I previously featured a similar lock in video number 4 85 but that lock was considerably newer.

  • In fact, it was made after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

  • I know that because there is no price stamped into it.

  • If we look at the back of this older lock, we can see that it had a government set price of one ruble 50 kopeck.

  • We can also see that the design was cheapened up considerably over the years, with these nice brass knobs being replaced with plastic.

  • In addition, we can see that the combination tag that was included from the factory went from a thick brass washer to a foil thin piece of metal.

  • But what did not change over the years was the ease with which these convene decoded.

  • All we have to do is look for a loose spot in the travel of the knobs.

  • So let's scramble these wheels.

  • I'm going to turn this upside down so I can't see the the numbers while I'm decoding it and let's see what I can.

  • D'oh!

  • Okay.

  • Okay.

  • I found one loose spot.

  • This one isn't binding.

  • Okay, Another loose spot.

  • And each time I go around, I refine the location of that loose spot just a little bit.

  • Okay?

  • All of them are really close now.

  • I'm just in the process of refining where it is.

  • This would actually be a lot easier if I was looking at the front.

  • We might be close.

  • Here we go.

  • It's open.

  • The combination is 6 to 56 Let's look at this.

  • 6 to 56 So not too hard to decode.

  • But even so, an interesting old block.

  • In any case, that's all I have for you today.

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  • And, as always, have a nice day.

  • Thank you.

This is the lock picking lawyer, and what I have for you today is a really interesting Soviet era combination lock, probably from the 19 seventies or early eighties.

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