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What is this pick called?

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What is this pick called?

Postby archosaur » 16 Dec 2009 17:57

http://www.southord.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/MAX-11.jpg

Wikipedia says "offset diamond" but that aint no diamond...
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Re: What is this pick called?

Postby sfi72 » 16 Dec 2009 18:00

archosaur wrote:http://www.southord.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/MAX-11.jpg

Wikipedia says "offset diamond" but that aint no diamond...

Offset half ball?
<jkthecjer> this kwikset did not yield so easily
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Re: What is this pick called?

Postby pjzstones » 16 Dec 2009 19:56

yeah offset half ball
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Re: What is this pick called?

Postby hydruh » 16 Dec 2009 20:17

If it had two bumps, it would be called an 'offset half snowman' which is funny as hell for some reason.

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Re: What is this pick called?

Postby CaptHook » 17 Dec 2009 0:00

Deforest pick that is more rounded off.
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Re: What is this pick called?

Postby CaptHook » 17 Dec 2009 0:03

Also referred to as a ball deforest
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Re: What is this pick called?

Postby ElAbogado » 17 Dec 2009 19:45

CaptHook wrote:Deforest pick that is more rounded off.
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Bingo! You know your picks. BTW, the late Bill Deforest Sr. was a really nice guy and expert lock picker. He is really missed.

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Re: What is this pick called?

Postby raimundo » 18 Dec 2009 11:01

you knew him, tell more,

and yeah, his slightly bent shaft is often tipped with a small halfdiamond or halfround.
its an effective and excellent pick, if you make your own picks, you can play around with the length and angle of the dogleg, (golf term) to produce several variations, each will have different successes with different locks.
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