Full Homemade set

[hurri]

Nice job.Congratulations.

[dmux]

really nice man, yea i made some king and queen picks and they did take a few hours to get right

[snapcarp]

What a super set of picks, very good workmanship

Now.......where did I put that plumbing snake ?

[nomys]

I was thinking of making my picks from the steel straping used to bundle pipes (steel pallet straping) it's thin springy and not brittle
what peoples thoughts on this

[carse]

very professionally done

i only use plumbing snake myself,i guess each one of us has its own favourite
material, never saw a street bristle in my life , so i have to stick to my plumbing snake.

again very well done

fanie

[raimundo]

strap appears in all varieties of temper, some of it is too mild to ever make a good pick while other strap is ideal. IF you have a tinshears, that will cut the strap you have, you can cut a few strips along the length of it, and test the temper of the metal by bending and twisting one of the strips, while heating and quenching in oil another strip and seeing what happens to the temper, it will likely either get soft or hard. in any case, its the temper of the metal that you start with that matters, since its usually a mistake to start trying to temper metals at home with the propane tube.
Short answer to question on strap, cut some, try it, figure out if its got a good temper or if its too soft and will never harden.

[strapon]

that is sweeeet! top notch man, i probs wouldnt have the patience to do it.
kudos!