Toughest material to use

[Rickthepick]

Never really made any decent hand picks iv always just paid for them but am looking to make a few hooks that are going to last.

Majestic ones seem to bend after a while, the southord ones are just too thin and flimsy.

[Rickthepick]

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So what do you reckon is the best material to use. ?

[TheSkyer]

Titanium (Gosso sels a titanium set I believe)

[Jaakko]

Titanium (Gosso sels a titanium set I believe)

I'm pretty sure they are not titanium, but a steel alloy containing titanium. Titanium as such is just too brittle to be useful, but in an alloy it's a whole new game

[WolfSpring]

I've tore up a couple SouthOrd picks myself, the stainless steel reinforced handle ones, but I found that it's because im putting way to much pressure on them during a false set. I have two Street Sweeper bristle hooks that I have bent, and then bent back and they've given me no real problems, it's cheap(free if you can find it) easy to file down, easy to sand and durable.