Make A Punk Padlock Chain Necklace

Today I will show you how to make a padlock chain necklace and it's very cheap and easy. Hell you may even have the materials lying around your house! Many punks wear this and it's part of their style. Sid Vicious and Tim Armstrong are two punks that I have seen wear this a lot. Here is what we will need to get started!

Step 1 Materials

1) A padlock of some sort
2) A Chain
3) A padlock key (that's how you take it off, it is VERY important that you do NOT lose this key or else you will be stuck with a chain around your neck and it'll take a chain cutter to get the chain off. NOT FUN!)

Now with that little warning outta the way. let's begin shall we? :)

Comments

[SgtJellyfish]

i hope you don't actually smoke

[cx420ns]

idk how many times ive seen someone wear one of these but it never occurred to me to make one for myself. make sure your chain is big enough for the lock to go through, my first attempt was a waste of 2 bucks of chain lol.

[Father Christmas]

damn. people on instructables are getting so disrespectful. this one just happens to have a chain of comments that exemplifies that. i laugh at and also pity a few of the users down there. "Poseur", is my favorite. I thought the origin of punk was a near shocker effect, anything out of the norm; tattoos, piercings, mutilated clothing, "outrageous" hair, all that jazz. It seems to me that those who argue over the "punkness"(sorry couldn't think of a better way to say it) are the true posers. The main thing about Punk that so many fail to realize is that punk is Respectful Rebellion.

[punkrules]

i agree with you. i posted this instructable in hopes to help others but many people are close-minded idiots so that's why i'm being called a "poseur" and such. here's a quote and it should go for anyone that i heard today: "rebellion is in your mind. it's not the clothes you wear...you look like a soldier" that was in a movie talking about how some guy thought he was punk. she was pointing out to the main character that he looks just like all the other punks. if people don't want to agree with my instructable they should do so with respect. thanks for your comment :) it's refreshing to see that some people out there still have brain cells lol.

[Jent13]

I was just wondering what movies is that quote from? cause it sounds like a cool one!

[travisjonjohnston]

Slc punk. Very good movie with an amzing soundtrack, lots of "old school" punk songs

[Father Christmas]

well, you are welcome.

[Atlas22]

i did this before, but i used one of those FIRE RESISTANT HEAVY DUDY BULKY MASTER LOCKS. It was a little heavy, just a little.  a little bugger than this one.

[Atlas22]

is the imige in my last comment?

[sexpistolsrule666]

Darby Crash wore a padlock chain too. But his had the "iron cross" nazi thing on it.

[Steeltowndude]

Iron Crosses aren't Nazi ;)

[PineapplebobTheGreat]

punk wannaby. You don't look punk at all, even with a cotton swab in your mouth.

[NightmarE]

Since when did punk have a dress code??? I thought punk was about being who you are no matter what.

[punkrules]

tim armstrong isn't a "punk wannabe" and that's a cigarette in his mouth not a cotton swab.

[NightmarE]

Come on, I love the necklace (kudos) but being punk is being different and saying f*** off to the major corporations of the world and doing everything yourself, originality is the key, but if you like something, than by god make it, or buy it.

[106yeahboyz]

but apart from that it is pretty kewl , might be better to have a necklace closey-thing on the bit that goes behind ur neck that way it would be less annoying putting it on in the morning and you wouldnt have to worry about losing the key

[punkrules]

even though the key is small, i put it on a keyring along with my keys ;) but if you wanted, you can probably get a small clippy to put on it like you said. i'd rather do the key method but that's me lol.

[106yeahboyz]

another thing about it is someone could grab it ,

[CaseyCase]

Wear this and everyone will know that you are a poseur!

[punkrules]

that's not true.

[CaseyCase]

Seems like you identify with Sid Vicious--he wore the padlock chain necklace. By copying him and wearing one, you could be seen as a poseur: One who affects a particular attribute, attitude, or identity to impress or influence others.

[punkrules]

i don't "seem" to identify with Sid Vicious. i don't identify with anyone. to say such is foolish because you don't know me. i picked his picture because i figured i would give visual aid to people so my instructable doesn't look like garbage. i don't care WHAT people think of me honestly anyway.

[CaseyCase]

If you yearn to shock your hot tea sippin' grandmother and make a statement with those Hannah Montana lovin' ten year old girls at school, go for it! Oooooo, look at him!

[punkrules]

you've got way too much time on your hands. can't you just drop the subject already? you don't even make sense.

[CaseyCase]

Droppin'!

[punkrules]

P.S. - i'm a girl not a boy so i wouldn't be trying to shock "those Hannah Montana lovin' ten year old girls at school" as you call them.

[punkrules]

ok.

[shooby]

Yeah, this is kind of a punk try-hard look. I wear what Tim Armstrong wears, blah blah. Too bad he's a wimp whose girlfriend left him for one of the Queens of the Stone Age players. Oh well Tim, back to Olympia.

[punkrules]

i don't think it is. and why make fun of tim armstrong? he's not a wimp.

[shooby]

How do you know? And when's the last time he came out with a good album?

[punkrules]

i don't know but neither do you so don't call him something that you don't know if he is or not. you probably don't even listen 2 his music or rancid. so leave it alone.

[aliceownsj00]

nice, pretty simple, figured everyone knew this, but I'm sure some were confused.

[punkrules]

thank you. i put up the instructable because i figured "well why not?" and i also figured that some people might not know where to get the supplies. sooo...it may seem simplistic but hey i've seen way worse on here lol.

[astrozombies138]

People need to stop being so stubborn about punk, sheesh. Ok, so rancid isn't exactly a great "punk band", but I don't think wearing a vest or a leather jacket makes me a poser. I think that a lot people are too "punk" to admit to dressing "punk". Along with that, how about you stop bashing the idea of the instructable, because there is quite a lot of garbage floating around, at least this one uses complete sentences.

[punkrules]

thank you. that's what i've been saying. every time someone says "oh rancid isn't punk" or "that's being a poseur" it's like why be close-minded? if punk is supposed to be a "whatever attitude" then you would think that anything can go. so many people are close-minded and especially when it comes to punk. i say: let it be what it is. why criticize? thanks for checking out my instructable by the way :)

[affidavid]

Let's see... "punk" necklace... Elvis leather... gang-style doo rag... yup. 100% authentic. You know who else I see wear this a lot? Homeless dudes and their dogs. There's nothing wrong with the necklace, just don't try to justify it or call it punk.

[punkrules]

i'm not trying to justify it. i just used the word "punk" for lack of a better word.

[Josho]

Go to the first image of the chain and scroll up and down with the keyboard. Looks like it's moving!!

[aliceownsj00]

lol it does

[jongscx]

Just as fair warning, if you're planning on wearing this to class... some schools view this as a form of lethal weapon. Check first. I know some kids in the next county were suspended for having wallet chains with locker padlocks on them...