Usefulness of the Half Hook

[raimundo]

thats a hook with a saddle, if your gonna make your own, use feeler gauge, it comes in whatever thickness you want.

[TorontoTonto]

i use my hook for single pin picking aswell as raking, but my small half diamond catches less inside the plug so i use that mostly for single pin picking.

[rrrrrrkevin]

i have only one half hook and because its the one that i use the most its the only one i bothered to get in spring steel so i dont have to replace it

[Charodei]

I also mostly use the half hook, but sometimes take out the full hook for a high-set back pin with a low-set pin in front of it. Is there a thread about when/how different picks are used?