Made my firts pick set.. any comments?

[DonPepinos]

My first self-made pickset:

The King & Queen need some finishing filing and so does the small hook pick. Any comments on what to add/modify?



from left to right: King & Queen, mini snake rake, random rake, Bogota-style rake, half diamond, curved half diamond, small hook

DonPepinos

[pauly003]

The bumps on the king and queen look MASSIVE. Your mini snake, random rake, and half diamond all look good. The small hook looks more like a large hook to me. And the curved diamond looks very interesting. I've never seen one of those before. The quality of workmanship looks great, as does the level of polish. I would look for some templates to make your next batch with, as a few of the designes look a little wonky. All in all, you did well.

[Shrub]

Youve had a good go there well done,

Can i suggest that before you make your picks remove the teeth from the blades

[Nox]

Yeah, don't want to mess up those pretty picks with your blood, huh?

And, yes, they are pretty picks.

[Knows-Picker]

good for a first set, my only advise would be to sand them down until your arm burns, and them sand them down until it feels like its about to fall off, then your half way there....

[SmokieD]

The king and queen look like you made them for lever locks. God forbid you try to stick that in a regular pin and tumbler, let alone a padlock.

The diamond and the snake rake looks good, but the hook looks awkward. Hook are fairly tricky things to make. I tried to make a hook once but i screwed it up so i just turned it into a diamond.

[DonPepinos]

The King and Queen are made of a very old hacksaw blade. I used that one since it is thicker and therefore will break less easy than the thin blades I used for the rest.
About the bumps: yes they do need cleaning up, as I said in the first post. Although I managed to open a Abus 65/50 easily by only using those two.

I actually like the rough feeling of the saw teeth, they give more grip so I'll think I'll leave them on.

An awkward hook pin, you say? Can you explain a bit more please? The curve of the hook isn't really very smooth but needs some filing as well. I don't see any major flaws or something (I could very much be wrong though..)

Thanks for the comments!

DonPepinos

[Kaellman]

Those handles need some grinding

Dont forget the tension wrenches!