Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Close call at customs…

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I’ve just picked up my bag again to attempt to get into it, the lock I put on took a bit of a battering in the cargo hold on the way over here. It wasn’t until just now that I noticed just what a close call I had at customs on the way into the country, they stopped me and asked to search one of my bags luckily they picked the other one. I didn’t know until later that the lock was broken and could’ve ended up looking so dodgy if I couldn’t open the bag for the nice Mr Customs man. I still haven’t managed to open it, but I’ve gotten everything out the bag by bending the bag around (which just goes to show how useful having a lock on a soft bag is).

So, anyone got any clues how I can remove a small combination lock without any tools?


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  1. incy

    you could go back to customs hope they choose that bag and they use a pair of bolt cutters :)

    How is the lock is broken? and how hefty is it?

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    • neilh

      Now theres a thought – I could check in a locked, empty bag and then raise hell when I got to the other end, “You don’t think I’d have checked in an empty bag, surely?”

      The lock is quite lightweight, but appears to have been crushed a bit, knocking one of the dials off its bearings so it doesn’t seem to register correctly. Itd be easy to get through given a few tools, but I’m stuck in a country where I don’t have anything stronger than a butter knife at my disposal. I’m looking for an ingineous solution, not a brute force one – so the customs idea is not far off but its probably cheaper for me to buy a new bag than fly somewhere and back to get into it.

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