ATM techs Handmade tool thread

[ATM tech]

Hi, are butter knives alright for making picks? I already have a manufactured set, but im looking into making some of my own.

I have not tried yet to do that. Let me know how it works out.

Raimundo:
Thanks for the advice on twisting, that will surely save time.

[raimundo]

butter knives are often forged one piece things, a bit too thick for picks so a lot of work has to be put into wasting out so much mass before you come to the pick blank. but cheap steak knives with wooden handles and thin stainless stee blades would make nice picks for the work bench, the wooden handles would tend to over fill a traveling pick case, but you can also take the wooden handles off and make something thinner.