How To Escape Professional Handcuffs – With A Paperclip

for this video I’m going to show you how
to escape from professional double
locking handcuffs without using anything
but a standard office paper clip start
by biting the small end of your paper
clip so there’s a little dent at the top
near the end then unfold the side of the
clip to make a little handle hold the
clip between your third and fourth
fingers and guide the head of the
paperclip into the keyhole then use the
meaty part of your thumb to turn the
makeshift handle and free your hand once
you have one hand loose it’s really easy
to get the other one free up as well and
in just a few seconds you’re out now
let’s take a look at how this works
mechanically if we peek inside the cuffs
you can see there are triple stranded
ratchets that allow the cuffs to close
in one direction but lock up and prevent
the bar from opening the other way when
we insert a paperclip and turn inward
you can see it catches on the ratchets
and pushes them down out of the way and
by disengaging this mechanism there’s
nothing holding the cuffs together
anymore so they literally fall right
open now the direction you turn the
paperclip really depends on which key
hole you’re working on at the time but
as a rule of thumb go in the top edge of
the key hole on the thin side of the
cuffs then turn toward the wide end of
the cuffs to open them now it’s a little
more challenging to pick the lock if
you’re the one wearing them especially
if they’re the hinged kind like these
but with a little practice you can still
gain your freedom within seconds now
obviously handcuffs aren’t the most
complicated of locks but that doesn’t
mean you should ever try escaping from
the police if you do it’ll actually make
your life a lot more difficult so it’s
just better to respect the law and stay
out of trouble in the first place
but on the other hand if you ever get
kidnapped held hostage or abused it’s
important to have options and there’s
one more option you need to know about
in case your handcuffs have been double
locked the sides of these cuffs have two
little pins and when they’re pushed all
the way in they lock the handcuffs in
place they can’t be opened or closed
professional hand cuffs are made this
way to keep the ratchets from cinching
up and causing nerve damage to prisoners
and it also makes lock-picking a little
more difficult look closely at the
keyhole when the pin is pushed and
you’ll see the double locking mechanism
slides into place at the bottom you’ll
need to disengage the double lock first
by turning the paperclip the other
direction until you hear it click then
go ahead and open the cuffs the same way
as before that’s all there is to it
well now you know how to use a humble
paperclip to escape from heavy-duty
professional-grade handcuffs just make
sure you use your head and only use this
tech
for entertainment or to bust loose from
the bad guys well that’s it for now if
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