Pick Handle Ideas?

[Slayer85]

It is possible to find a type of clay in craft shops, that are soft. You make the shape, after you put it in the oven for 20-30 min. and it hardens up. Becomes as strong as hard plastic. Perhaps mot the most ideal, but it is possible to create a thicker handle with it.

[Slayer85]

I remembered what is it called.

It is a brand called: Fimo.

https://thebluebottletree.com/bake-polymer-clay-how-tips-tricks/

Here are some pointers on how it works.

[Ian_425]

I make handles similar looking to Kerpeesh picks. I used multiple layers of shrink tube. I put a small size on, shrink it, another layer, shrink it. I keep going with layers and sizes until the pick handle is the size I want it to be.

[sisk]

I have two picks (both Sparrows) that I made my own handles for. One is a variation on the wire handle in the sticky post on this forum. I didn't want to cut into the pick (translation: I was being lazy and didn't want to dig out my dremel) so I did things a little differently. The other I 3d printed a handle for. Of the two I greatly prefer the wire handle. That might be because I used someone else's model for the 3d printed one (again, being lazy - it's much easier to download a file from Thingiverse than take measurements and then use them to make a 3d model that'll fit your pick) and it came out way thicker than I like my handles to be. Next time I 3d print one I'll make my own model.

[Silverado]

I used a clay in the past that hardens up really well. It's more of a plastic feel when it's finished up.

Sculpey is what it's called. It's a polymer of some sort, and you bake it to harden. Really good stuff. I made a bust out of it when I was in high school and it's still around...somewhere...