LocksmithArmy wrote:havnt seen you in awhile engineer... hi
id have to go with the peterson slinder gem... because its awsome lol. Ive had and used 1 of these for about a year now... its my go to for spp... usually. for my american locks or anything with a high/low bitting it works like a charm, even when they are abused and bent up lol. slim enough for any keyway yet strong enough for the dirtiest locks...
I've got one of those, it's waaay too flexible for me lol... I find it a bit weird to use, I prefer the regular gem to the slim one. That's just me though, it kinda flops from side to side over pins instead of resting on them nice and solid, and when picking spools sometimes I like to up the tension a little and it bends too much for that. For picking with super light tension though it can't be beat, and I love the shape of it.
As for me, I'd have to go with the DeForest from my southord slimlines. I've had them since december 09 and I just love the feedback I get from this pick. It can deal with any bitting, rolls nice and smooth both ways over pins and it can get around pretty much any keyway... it's fiddly when it comes to heavily warded stuff like GeGe and EVVA but it's still one hell of a fighter. I also found it works really well for rotating pins in medecos!
If I'm picking a lock blind it's the first thing I reach for so I'm not having to switch back and forth between my hooks, although sometimes I like to use bottom of keyway tension and I'll admit it can get trapped easily when it comes to that style of picking.
If handmade please post a pic! 
