Pro-Line Pick's - Any good?

[insomniac]

Hi everyone,

I've got the money together now for my new tools but I don't wanna waste it on pick's that are of poor quality.
You guy's on here have the added experience between you all of having probably tried every pick on the market, my budget does'nt allow me to try every pick out there so i'm gonna need some advice.
I've been on m-s-c and spotted the Pro-Line Picks, m-s-c claim these are in their opinion 'The best professional picks available worldwide'.
http://www.multipick-service.com/en/start_en.htm check them out and see what you think of them, i'm not entirely sure what to make of them. I want pick's of high quality, strong, that will fit narrow key way's.
I may buy some of them individualy to make up my own set.
Not even entirely sure who make's them, are they made by Southord, I particularly like the large selection of hook pick's available individually by Pro-Line on the m-s-c site.
Are any of you guy's using Pro-Line Pick's?
Thank's guy's, take care - insomniac.

[reboot_zero]

Hey!

Well, I personally suggest that you purchase a typical set...or make one yourself. I mean, what are your favorite tools? My favorites are the hook, and half dimond, so, if I needed a slim pick, I would just get 2...and of course I would get them in my favorite design. For the most part, unless you are a hardcore scrubber, then you don't really need a big set. After all, if you do get a a pro-line of your choice, and you fall in love with it, you didn't waste a lot of money, and you can expande how you need to.

They seem like pretty nice picks though. -looks at home made cut blades next to him-...yeah, they are real nice .

Just do what you want, I just wouldn't spend alot of money on picks I've never used in person just because others say they are nice...we all have different tastes (I think x_x ).

[reboot_zero]

Lol, after re-reading my post, I realized it didn't really spell out what I was trying to say .

I was just saying that I would buy a pick or two of your favorite designs...which shouldn't be very much, and see how you like the feel...might be your dream set, or might be the biggest wast of money for your technique. -hopes he said it better- ^_^

[Romstar]

Yeah, I thought I had heard the pro-line name before, and seen these picks before.

They're SouthOrd picks.

That's all they are. If you are going that route, get the slimline version of the picks.

Romstar

[SFGOON]

A lot of the money you spend on a pickset is generally for the leather case. If you don't feel you need one, peterson picks (google it) sells just the picks. They also happen to be the best set I have ever had. Check it out.

[insomniac]

Hi,

Thank's for the replies everyone, i'm gonna take a look at the Peterson Pick's and maybe another look at HPC, just wondering if either of these will work in narrow keyway's though The colour coded pick's by HPC look pretty handy!
Take care everyone - insomniac.

[mbell]

That's the one thing I'd say is wrong with some of peterson's picks - The tangs are excessively too thick for some of our locks. But then they were designed for US locks I assume. If you've set a couple of pins near the front for example, you sometimes simply cant manouvre behind them to set the others. Minor modifications with a grinder/file can sort this - all I'm talking about is ~1-1.5mm.

[skold]

petersons arent too bad for aussie locks, but hpc's go from 3 mm at one end of the tang to 1.5 of a 4cm distance i suppose thats why everone loves hpc

[Romstar]

petersons arent too bad for aussie locks, but hpc's go from 3 mm at one end of the tang to 1.5 of a 4cm distance i suppose thats why everone loves hpc

Well, that's one of the reasons that I love HPC, and why many of my picks are based on their designs.

However, another reason why people tend to like HPC is because they are generally very, very durable. No pick is indestructible, and that goes for HPC as well, but I find tha they tend to last much longer with proper care and usage.

The HPC PIP-2000 set is quite possibly one of the best pick sets for European and paracentric lock designs. After that, the Peterson Gem, and slender series.

Romstar