Pick Shapes

[lokpikr999]

Here's a question that has plagued me for quite some time,so I thought I'd ask everybody:Who designed the classic pick shapes(Hook,diamond,ball,snake rake etc.)that we all know and love today?


Regards,

Alex.

[jamesphilhulk2]

hmm, i dont think there is a specific person who designed the picks, i think they just evolved from other tools

[raimundo]

I believe that locksmiths independently invented and used thier own picks long before there was an industry stamping them out. I think that the picks sold commerciallly are just copies of designs that had been in use by people who made thier own.
The hook and half diamond are so elementary that the problem that you are trying to solve suggests them.
Someone named deforest may have started making the small diamond on the bent shaft.
I invented the bogota rake, halfdiamond, sabana, double sided bogota rakes and some others.

[dmux]

^^Legend!