My Homemade Picks! Give me feedback...

[Timmy321]

What do you guys think?

[Kayvon]

Those look nice! I like how you put in the coins to give some reference on size (except for those that haev never handled U.S. currency). The varying hooks are nice, although I prefer the end on my diamon a bit shorter. Then again, I've never tried one where it's longer and the curve is a little more drawn out.

I notice a hole on some of them, but I can't tell if they all have it. Did you drill it yourself or are they from the original sawblades?

[Romstar]

Not too shabby. Keep at it.

Romstar

[Timmy321]

Those look nice! I like how you put in the coins to give some reference on size (except for those that haev never handled U.S. currency). The varying hooks are nice, although I prefer the end on my diamon a bit shorter. Then again, I've never tried one where it's longer and the curve is a little more drawn out.

I notice a hole on some of them, but I can't tell if they all have it. Did you drill it yourself or are they from the original sawblades?

Thanks! I haven't really used the half diamond much, so I can always grind it down more if I need for it to be shorter. All but one has a hole on it, those are from the original hacksaw blades. I need to drill a hole for the other one, so I can stick them on a key chain if I want to.

PS, If I were to sell these how much would they bring?

- Timmy

[mcm757207]

If I were to sell these how much would they bring?
- Timmy

Depending on the person buying them, probobly anywhere from $1.00 to $50.00. If you try to sell them to a person who has a lot of experiance in lockpicking, and knows how it all works and has seen/used professional tools, he MIGHT give you a dollar for them if he's feeling generous. But if you selling to some wannabe-sam-fisher (video game reference) who has no idea what he's doing you might be able to rip him off for $50 if your feeling evil and dishonest.

[mcm757207]

Err... messed up quote tag up there. Whoops.

[raimundo]

very nice, be sure not to make the pick shafts much longer than a 6 0r seven pin key, and with that wide stock you are using, you could experiment with making picks that come off at an angle so that your hand will be just a bit below the lock face, Someone has posted pictures of such a set on this site somewher. You will also want to make a few T and double T picks with spacing between then two crosses to pass two or three of the laminations on cheap warded padlocks. Good work. keep making em.

[master in training]

hey, thats a nice set! keep making them and you'll be sorted! its certainly cheaper than buying a set and theres plenty of templates out there

[Geek142]

Hey

Those look good, keep at it and you will be making those picks like the pro's all you need is practice. I see some hooks a snake and a diamond youll need so different sized diamonds steeper angles ect. Some more rakes if you choose. Just look at the templates and youll see the different Varieties and styles you can make.

Keep it up!

Geek

[Kaellman]

Nice work! Keep on making the picks and experiment as much as you can. Not only with the pick-end but also with the handle. Get the handle design that fits your grip the best!

Good luck and post more picktures as you progress and make more picks!

[master in training]

keep at it and you will be making those picks like the pro's

if you ask me geek, they already look pretty pro better than my attempts anyway! although i was using a rubbish hand file, thats my excuse and im sticking to it!

a very nice set, they'd look good with a case though, search for pick case making and stuff like that timmy and you'll find some really good threads on it, there should be a pick case making section on zeke's website fairly soon as well, so you should be able to make up a nice case too

[Geek142]

hey

i didnt mean it that way that they didnt look good all i meant is that one day they will be like exact replicas of the proper things you buy, i have seen some of romstars rivited handle picks compared to HPC and i could have sworn that they were hpcs, i didnt mean they didnt look good. Sorry if it came across the wrong way.

Geek

[tazalaska]

Nice picks. I just made my first today. It's nice to see someone else's work. I will be making a half diamond soon..........thanks for the visual.