home made

[skold]

hey i was wondering if its a good idea to make double sided picks...
i havn't used them before but they seem ok

[Chucklz]

This is definately a personal preference issue. If you do make them, give them more handle in the middle, say something like a Falle pick or LAB offering. THe very slim double sided picks sold by HPC and SouthOrd are in my opinion, very hard to use

[Guitar_J]

I got 2 double sided picks from southord with my set... I hate them... they're too flimsy and not long enough for the way I like to hold them (choke up on the tang and let the handle rest against my hand for stability) and I find they're too skinny in the middle which makes them want to rotate... soo.. yea... just my .02

[bushd]

If you're going to do home made, do the faux dental style setup. Go buy an exacto knife and fit a pick for that. I love mine - I would have pictures up, but i've been lazy. It isn't hard at all.

[Chucklz]

My pictures are already up.

[skold]

Nice picks. Are they home made because they look like they are shop bought. the handles look like they are from a scalpel.. hmmm now there is an idea...for a handle i will use a scalpel handle

[Chucklz]

The handles were grabbed from hobby knives, but the pick parts were hand ground, finished and polished.

[bushd]

Funny Chucklz, those handles look exactly like mine except right behind the screw down grip there there is a ring that goes around, indented into the metal that is. I scared it up using some 220, the holder, and going to try to get some finer paper and buff it down

[skold]

hey chucklz how tall is you hook part on the hook pick??

[Chucklz]

I love hobby knife handles. So easy and cheap. The hook is about the same height as a SouthOrd hook.

What you cant tell from the photos is that both pick heads are actually stainless steel and shined to a mirror finish.

[skold]

i found some 600 grit silicon carbide finishing paper and it made my set of picks really really shiny.