by David_Parker » 17 Aug 2005 19:24
The two picks I use the most are a half-diamond and the standard rake.
Oddly enough, I'm starting to somehow just pick up the hook and do pretty well with it, yet I have no idea where this sudden knack for it is coming from.
The tension wrench to the upper left is home made out of spring steel. The long, black one to the right is from the Navigator pickset. The rest are HPC, except for an attempted SFIC wrench, which is hard to see in the set.
I've had the HPC set for quite a while, and I'd say they're all in pretty good condition. The ones on the right look like crap due to the fact that they were from an older set that I left on top of a roof for about a couple of months during winter. Rain, sunlight, and the cold were not kind to the spring steel.
My Navigator set is chipping, but only really on number 2 the most. The copper shows through, and theres is little I can do about it. I rarely use this set, except for attempts for stubborn padlocks, only to set it down, and once again settle on my HPC picks, or my exacto picks.
-Dave.
Never underestimate the half-diamond.
If it ain't broke.....pull it down and see how it works anyway!
