ratyoke's picks

[loki-aka]

Imagine an anthropoligist, some 1200 years from now comming across some of the very artistic and quite beautiful
picks made by some of the members here. Oh, what will they think ?

[ratyoke]

Sterling silver handle with 14k gold rivets.

[Eyes_Only]

Perhaps they will think they are some religious instruments used in some ancient and sadistic fertility ritual.

[Steve24]

These last few picks pictured are the type of tools that should be hung on a wall or sit in a shrine on one of those samurai sword holders. unbelievable work! Keep it up! I'm excited to see what you come up with next!

[raimundo]

How did you use the liver of sulphur? used directly it will quickly make silver blacker than a blackcat in coalbin at midnight.
I guess you must have diluted it.

tell me

[ratyoke]

How did you use the liver of sulphur? used directly it will quickly make silver blacker than a blackcat in coalbin at midnight.
I guess you must have diluted it.

tell me

I used very diluted liver of sulfur. I ket dipping it and rinsing it to check how it was coming. The liver of sulfur was diluted enough that it took a couple minutes to get to that color.

[raimundo]

that idea of lighting a book of matches under a box and holding the part in the sulphurus smoke dosent make for an even application like the dilute in water technique.

[ratyoke]

I finished this one last night.

It's not for sale.

This is not the one I posted the pic of like a month ago. That pick is still unfinished.

[raimundo]

Wow. just Wow.

When are your picks going to be in movies?

[Afisch]

Wow, first time I've taken a look at your thread since the first couple pages, I was impressed back then. Now I barely pick these days, but this is some of the most incredible work I've ever seen.

[criminalhate]

ratyoke you need to stop making picks

I feel inadequate with my shrink tube picks



Just joking =)
your picks are truly amazing.

[ratyoke]

ratyoke you need to stop making picks

Actually I will. At least I'll stop making the aluminum handled ones. I'm moving in a few days and won't be able to do much metal work for a while. But I plan to keep making the wood handle ones.

[femurat]

dachshund, that's the name I'll give to your latest pick.

Cheers

[ratyoke]

dachshund, that's the name I'll give to your latest pick.

Cheers

It took me a while to see it, but now I get why you call it that.

[ratyoke]

I've been in Korea the past year and unable to make any picks. Now I'm back in the US for the summer and making some picks before I go to Korea for another year.

Dalmatian ebony handle


Micarta handle