Preferred brand of slimlines

[spyeyes007]

Even though I am new to the boards, I have been picking for quite a while and love it. Anyways I must say the moderators and members are an excellent source of knowledge and thank you for your informative posts. Picking is strictly a hobby for me. I already have a set of Peterson Just Picks with rubber handles, nicely housed in a Peterson trifold case. For more restrictive keyways I was intererested in seeing from some seasoned verterans what brand is most prefered for slimlines. I mostly only see SO's but I really like Peterson, does anyone have the slim Peterson's and how well do you like them. Any advise would be well appreciated.

[raimundo]

I don't own any commercial picks, but Im gonna guess that petersen wins this boll from all I have read on the forum.s

[Legion303]

I prefer the ones I made from windshield wiper steel. :)

-steve

[devildog]

I voted Peterson but Falle-Safe has a sort of slim-line picks--actually there's three different sets of hooks, sort of regular, slim, and uber-skinny, so if Falle-Safe were up there that's who I would've voted for, otherwise Peterson definitely beats southturd....

[spyeyes007]

Thanks guys for the help, I really do love my Petersons, Im a college student, no way I can afford the Falle-Safes......maybe the knock-offs from Southern Specialties? Do you know the thickness of those by chance?

[lockjaw]

The Peterson's are made of a better steel than the SOs and their plasticized handles strike a good balance between comfort and control.

There are other slimlines that you haven't mentioned: Falle-Safe, HPCs 2000 series and the special Rytan set (they have a version with smaller heads and thinner shafts).

I'd rank them:

(1) Falle-Safe
(2) Peterson
(3) HPC 2000 series
(4) SO
(5) Rytan (the handles give neither control or comfort for me)

[JackNco]

i haven't tried Peterson but i still dont like the look of those chunky handles

[le.nutzman]

Well I can't say that i've tried Peterson or Falle, but I have and am still using SO and HPC. I find that the SO slim line picks are pretty decent and work well in a myrid of different locks faces. I'm still breaking in my HPC set but when all else fails, i generally go back to my SO picks because i've always seemed to have a great amount of success with them.

[Wolfe]

homemade all the way baby