Replacing picks

[sisk]

So suppose some idiot newbie picker who shall not be named somehow managed to lose the short hook - his go to pick for SPPing - from his beginners pick set (a Southord PXS-14 set to be exact) and needed to replace it. Said newbie picker also wants to add a bogata to his pick set, along with a better case. Would I....er, he be better off buying the individual picks plus handles from Southord ($22 and change with shipping) and holding off on a new case for now or buying a Sparrows Kick Start kit with the picks he wants, the style off case he wants (although perhaps too small), and a couple extra picks and tension wrenches for $32 (includes shipping)? Or is there a better option that I haven't looked at yet?

[Squelchtone]

Have you visited the forum's sponsor Lock Pick Shop to see their page of Southord picks you can buy 1 pick at a time? https://www.lockpickshop.com/BTKSP.html ... disp_order

I'm not sure if they have a single Bogota with popsickle handle, but they do have a short hook in regular and slim line. use the code PICK13 to get 10% off your order.

Squelchtone

[sisk]

That's where I bought my PXS-14 set from. Unfortunately they don't have the handles. Looking at it again, though, it turns out I had 2 bogatas in my cart when I looked at the price originally, so the price for just the picks is a lot less. Given the price I'll probably go ahead and order them with metal handles from LockPickShop since I've been pretty happy with them thus far.

[ThePicksmith]

Another thing to remember is that the prices on the sparrows site are in canadian dollars not U.S. Not exactly sure what exchange rate is right now but its a pretty good time to buy things from sparrows if you are in the states

[Ian_425]

The exchange rate is about .75 CAD to 1.00 USD. Multiply the price on sparrows by .75 and that will give you the approximate US cost.