How To Escape From Handcuffs by Kipkay
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Harry Houdini's fame began with his ability to escape from handcuffs, becoming known as "The Handcuff King" in Europe. While you might not be looking for a career as an escape artist, you can still entertain your friends and family with this trick. This Instructable will allow you to escape from some professional handcuffs when your hands are in front of you.

ATTENTION! This method is impossible if your hands are at your back with the keyhole facing away, as is the case when a law enforcement officer makes an arrest.

Watch the video to see it in action.


 
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Step 1: What You Need...

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1. I used a pair of police grade, Smith & Wesson Model 100 double lock handcuffs. This Instructable may also work on other brands so test them out.

2. One ordinary bobby-pin. Remove the plastic end.
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mvasquez7 says: Apr 4, 2013. 9:28 PM
Used this today after getting handled because of a gang holdup, thanks kipkay!
lordoftime says: Jun 30, 2009. 7:15 PM
vegitarian is an old american indian word meaning "very bad hunter".
FenrisLokison says: Oct 27, 2011. 11:51 AM
Hate to disillusion you, but as an etymologist ( basically somebody who studies words and their origins) but the word vegEtarian is generally acknowledged as being formed and coming into use in 1839. ie (from the etymology dictionary available online) - irregular formation from vegetable (n.) + -arian, as in agrarian, etc. "The general use of the word appears to have been largely due to the formation of the Vegetarian Society in Ramsgate in 1847" [OED].

The Vegetarian Society, founded in 1847, says that the word “vegetarian” is derived from the Latin word vegetus meaning lively or vigorous.[13] Despite this, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and other standard dictionaries state that the word was formed from the term "vegetable" and the suffix "-arian".[14] The OED writes that the word came into general use after the formation of the Vegetarian Society at Ramsgate in 1847, though it offers two examples of usage from 1839 and 1842.[15]

Also the word Vegetable (from which the word vegetarian is derived) has latin origins ( not native american ) so either your local sioux holidayed in rome or was descended from roman stock is at best very improbable.

vegetable (adj.)
c.1400, "living and growing as a plant," from O.Fr. vegetable "living, fit to live," from M.L. vegetabilis "growing, flourishing," from L.L. vegetabilis "animating, enlivening," from L. vegetare "to enliven," from vegetus "vigorous, active," from vegere "to be alive, active, to quicken," from PIE *weg- "be strong, lively," related to watch (v.), vigor, velocity, and possibly witch (see vigil). The meaning "resembling that of a vegetable, dull, uneventful" is attested from 1854 (see vegetable (n.)).
I have always found it strange that people tend to hijack other languages ( I am fluent in a few ) words for their own purposes.

A recent classic example was someone claiming that the word infidel was a muslim word, while it actually comes from the latin fidelis ( faith ). The person (meathead -lol) who asserted this suddenly realised that his wife who divorced him for infidelity wasn't a muslim but just didn't like him sleeping around.

A Classic example can be take from history with european Christian knights who travelled to the holy land to reclaim it for christ and woe betide any infidel ( muslims in this historlcal case ) who got in their way.

Another example is Hi-Fi short for High Fidelity ( true faith or as the people who coined the term phrased it true sound).

It is also very improbable that any pre industrial society that relied on hunting and foraging (admittedly not impossible) would have a sub culture that existed solely on one food item ( ever been REALLY hungry? after a while you'll eat anything, trust me I've been there.) If they did they would have had to convince the non vegies of the evils of their ways and convert them.

Apart from all of the above I'm buggered if I know what the heck vegetables have to do with hancuffs ( subject of this ible ( I know I know not a real word ) but good luck to you and when you finish grinding your particular axe may it be sharp.
Goodhart says: Nov 2, 2011. 4:20 PM
*chuckle* You took him literally didn't you ? :-)
zrocker says: Jul 6, 2009. 10:21 AM
i have a shirt that says that
BOOM5601 says: Jul 5, 2009. 4:06 PM
Random, but... lol.
Mrballeng says: Jun 5, 2011. 5:10 PM
I thought i recognized that voice.
ilpug says: Jun 5, 2011. 4:23 PM
You said that it would be impossible to do if you were handcuffed by a cop. just step over your arms and use something reflective to see what you are doing.
The Magic Tricks Homepage says: May 12, 2011. 9:42 AM
Interesting that you are careful to say 'that's one way to escape from handcuffs...'
I gues a lot of folks will still be wondering how you manage to escape from several handcuffs, padlocks, chains, ties in a bag and sealed ina lead container at the bottom of a swimming pool...and all that sort of thing! Fun, thanks!
whiteboyninja says: Mar 10, 2011. 1:59 PM
Where do you buy handcuffs?
nerd12 says: Jun 27, 2009. 8:28 AM
even if a police man handcuffs me like that i won't have a problem. i am very flexible so i can skip with my hands(not fast like real skipping with a rope its just goes 360 degrees) , lick my elbow, put my feet on my shoulders like a bazooka. i swear i can do these and more. so i just bring my hands to the front and pick it.
3VIL G3NIUS says: Feb 4, 2010. 11:38 PM
 Videos please?
nerd12 says: Mar 18, 2010. 1:10 AM
go to this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6r0KXC9FkU
my camera is dieing though
and i cant flim to save my life but i realy can do it.
joparo says: Aug 30, 2009. 11:33 PM
Nicely done. Unfortunately standard police & department of corrections cuffing places the key hole away from the hand. I have seen cuffs beat with the tooth of a plasitc comb.
Bandit535 says: Aug 21, 2009. 2:38 AM
What if we don't have a clip or bobby or hellip?
caco caco says: Jul 11, 2009. 4:56 PM
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. o u o u o u o u
caco caco says: Jul 11, 2009. 4:55 PM
i escape from police 2 times doing that was a joke
r3nrut says: Jun 28, 2009. 2:46 PM
Thanx i lost my handcuff key and almost threw them away but it worked so i dont have to
skunkbait says: Jul 4, 2009. 10:07 PM
You can get replacement keys pretty cheap. I keep one in my wallet.
Derin says: Jul 2, 2009. 10:10 AM
what would you have a handcuff for anyway?
Punkguyta says: Jul 6, 2009. 6:48 PM
Same reason me and my gf have a pair.
Warlrosity says: Sep 10, 2010. 1:10 AM
Win!
Jahoovi says: Aug 11, 2008. 5:45 PM
dam thats great (r u a policeman?)
Plasmana says: Aug 12, 2008. 1:58 AM
No, he is a video man.
Plasmana says: Aug 12, 2008. 1:59 AM
A very smart video man!
Jahoovi says: Aug 12, 2008. 9:44 AM
ooooooooooo
Plasmana says: Aug 12, 2008. 12:31 PM
Eh?
Jahoovi says: Aug 12, 2008. 3:27 PM
ur canadian i dont get it. y do canadians say "eh?"
AnarchistAsian says: Jun 20, 2009. 4:30 AM
um... he's british
A.C.E. says: Jun 5, 2009. 2:51 PM
no, canadians say eh kind of like a rethorical thing. " pretty good bacon, eh?" not really a good example but you get the point.
flio191 says: Jun 8, 2009. 2:04 PM
canadian bacon is delicious
DreamTheEndless says: Sep 12, 2009. 8:13 AM
Irish bacon kicks Canadian bacon's butt. :)
S1L3N7 SWAT says: Jun 8, 2009. 6:07 PM
Yes, ham IS quite delicious. I don't understand why they call it bacon in Canada though.
Buckweiser says: Jun 9, 2009. 9:00 AM
:) There is difference between ham and bacon. You can have slice of ham, but pieces of bacon. Same animal, not the same cut/product/packaging
S1L3N7 SWAT says: Jun 9, 2009. 1:00 PM
I know the difference between ham and bacon. But to me "Canadian bacon" is closer to ham than traditional bacon.
Johenix says: Jun 5, 2011. 11:43 PM
On the British/Canadian use of "Bacon":
Americans call the pork belly Bacon.
American "Canadian Bacon" is pork loin eye, the muscle that forms the eye of the pork chop.
The British call the whole side of the pig 'bacon'. The part closer to the spine is called 'Back Bacon'. (Hence the saying "Eating high on the hog.")

English is a language divided in its evolution into multiple languages.
tommylovesjamie says: Feb 8, 2009. 3:05 PM
that one isn't really a Canadian "Eh"... that is more of an inquisitive "eh?" pronounced similarly to the first syllable of the word elephant (minus the l at the end)... the Canadians would say "Eh?" in a more declarative sense and pronounced like aim without the m.
MisterHankie says: Oct 1, 2008. 9:02 AM
y do americans say "huh" "um" and "uh"
bounty1012 says: Jun 5, 2009. 5:39 PM
because, its a thinking phrase! :D
Jahoovi says: Oct 1, 2008. 8:02 PM
cause its free
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