Thread: Any pickers out there?

I've grown partial to the Clayton .63's. They seem to be much less slick than most plastic picks I've used. Hope it pans out for you. Keep us posted.

Originally Posted by bassguy

I buy them by the slice from oneworldprojects.com which is I think a great deal because I don't have the tools to cut the nuts and they are solid slices, no voids.

That makes sense. I'll have to see if I can get me some of those. They'd be great for certain knife projects as well.

Like Alembic, I use my fingers. But not for bass. I play a classic guitar.

There is an old saying:

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.

That's actually not true.....you CAN pick your friends nose but why would you want to?

I actually picked a friends nose with my big toe. She never saw it coming.

LX, I checked out your knives, interesting use of tagua! I'm told each one has a void in the middle, how do you avoid that?
I have my system well understood at the moment, the process for taking slices and turning them into plectrums. My main concern is how to get the flat and smooth. I'm finding many of the skills I picked up straight shaving have carried over quite naturally to making picks: stropping action, grits and scratches, polish, etc. When my computer is brought back to life I will include some pictures of some of the latest. They are so amazing, each one is a unique gem with different grain structures and inclusions, etc., most fun I've had making things with my hands in a long time.

I've only used them on 2 so far. I just try to remove a little material as I can. In one case I just made flats on the top and bottom of the nut. After that it was just a lot of dremeling.

The other on only needed one flat and then some shaping. I guess not going too fast summs it all up.