Raziel A colleague of mine had opened such a lock with a piece of cardboard of the right thickness. The cardboard bent round pressed into the lock and tried to turn it until it opened.

    Again, tubular locks come in different strengths, much like traditional pin-tumbler locks. The latter are probably safer, but one advantage of tubular locks that makes them so suitable for chastity belts is that they can pack a lot into a very flat package.

    Another advantage specifically for female belts might be that there is a company called Beaver Machine Corporation that manufactures such locks for use with their vending machines, and it might have humorous value to have a "beaver lock". Sadly, those locks are as self-picking as most common tubular locks, as the lockpicking lawyer amusingly demonstrates in this little video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRozAbaKs9M

    3 months later

    Taz I should have introduced myself earlier sorry about that I got distracted. Probably none of you know me, almost all of you know of me, probably some of you hate me. I am Tollyboy. I have been building these for half a life time.

    I casually browsed through the forum only to find a legend! Would you be up for an AMA (ask me anything)? I for once have plenty of questions.

      10 months later

      Abby82 You can use the time at the hotel for lock picking. First with other locks and after you got some feeling your own Lock.

        Never pick a lock you rely on. It could jam in such a way that it cannot even be opened with the key anymore.

          youdontknowme Sorry, that is not right. If you buy proper tools and handle them with feeling, you cannot damage the lock. And you can only open it with a sure touch.

              It is perfectly possible to design a lock with traps that deny access in case of a picking attempt, like the Hines Key System by Segal, especially when the picker is not familiar with the lock. While I doubt that the average padlock on a chastity belt would have such protections, I would still recommend at least trying a lock of the same design that is not on your belt first. And exploring other options of getting the belt off.

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                youdontknowme
                Now leave the church in the village. I assume that she is very well able to see whether it is an ordinary lock or a qualitatively better one.
                If it is a key with prongs on one side, it can be opened with a little practice. If it's a lock with indentations on the broad side, it probably won't. Other tools and much more experience are needed.

                    Joh f you buy proper tools and handle them with feeling, you cannot damage the lock

                    But you can make your attempts noticable

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                        Joh dimple locks are not inherently more secure than traditional pin-tumbler designs, either type can get pretty nasty. But looking at My-Steel's catalog, their locks are quite small, so that should limit their ability to include nasty surprises.

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                            Laura But you can make your attempts noticable

                            If you handle the tools without any feeling, yes. Otherwise you have to destroy the lock and search for some scratches which are not from the key.

                            youdontknowme But looking at My-Steel's catalog, their locks are quite small, so that should limit their ability to include nasty surprises.

                            I got the information from another forum, some of the locks are more or less only for decoration. Same you can open with a paper-clip.
                            If you have furniture with a lock try to open it with a paper-clip. It is easy done in 30 second.

                                  Joh some of the locks are more or less only for decoration. Same you can open with a paper-clip

                                  My parents have the same opinion

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                                      youdontknowme It could jam in such a way that it cannot even be opened with the key anymore.

                                      She can start with thighbands lock.

                                        Joh According to the Reddit lockpicking belt list (karate belt, not chastity belt), the My-Steel locks are in the second lowest tier - decent warding, but otherwise nothing fancy. Some of them have security pins, which need a bit of picking experience, but I have no idea whether that is the case on those dainty models.

                                        And most furniture locks I have had are not pin/tumbler locks. Either warded locks, which offer nearly no security, wafer locks, which tend to offer very little, or just things that look like locks

                                          I would assume that all locks with any kind of picking detection features are either traditional lever designs or pin tumblers with several sidebars. In both cases it gets somewhat bulky and is mostly used for safes, high security file cabinets and safe-like doors at high-security facilities. It is not something that is readily available in the format of small padlock.

                                          Also, for traditional pin tumblers, distinguishing internal scratches caused by picking from scratches from normal wear is surprisingly hard (but be gentle with the tension tool, that can cause tell-tale mark quite easily). It is non-trivial enough that in most cases the LEAs do not even waste time with doing any forensics on typical locks in simple burglary cases.

                                          Also, many padlocks can be bypassed without picking in various ways (shimming is probably impractical on most belts, but the latch mechanism being accessible through the keyhole is very probable on such small self-locking padlocks).

                                          Laura My parents have the same opinion

                                          Aaaand..... does it have any consequence?????

                                          And if you want to know more about lock picking have a look at Lock Picking Lawyer

                                              Angelina and since some people here are talking about lockpicking again, here's another tip. why don't you order the padlock you have from mysteel and then test it out to see if it works?

                                              Good idea to test your skills.

                                                Joh Aaaand..... does it have any consequence?????

                                                My-steel is not an option for me

                                                    Laura

                                                    MySteel isn't an option because the lock is too easily picked?? Is your Tollyboy that much more secure?