First post - new pick case
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:13 pm
Greetings,
First post. Just getting started in picking, I ordered an EOD set from Sparrows with a few extra pick's from the tuxedo set to round out most of the locks I'll be working with (I deal mostly with filing cab's, credenza's, lockers, that kind of thing). Because of the extra picks, and heat shrink I put on the pick's to practice with (my hands were getting pretty raw from the bare picks ) the original but very nice velcro/nylon case was a bit tight. The original case was divided up into two sections, I wanted a spot for the mini door jim and the taller picks. My wife is a leather worker so she designed a case in the same fashion as the original case, but a bit taller and wider, with 3 sections, out of motorcycle leather. I cut a piece of kydex for the back tallest pocket to keep the rigidity and protect the picks from bending if it's carried in the pocket, it's cemented to the leather so it won't work up and out, and laser engraved a keyhole on the front as an identifier and tribute to the sparrow picks. Anyway here it is!
First post. Just getting started in picking, I ordered an EOD set from Sparrows with a few extra pick's from the tuxedo set to round out most of the locks I'll be working with (I deal mostly with filing cab's, credenza's, lockers, that kind of thing). Because of the extra picks, and heat shrink I put on the pick's to practice with (my hands were getting pretty raw from the bare picks ) the original but very nice velcro/nylon case was a bit tight. The original case was divided up into two sections, I wanted a spot for the mini door jim and the taller picks. My wife is a leather worker so she designed a case in the same fashion as the original case, but a bit taller and wider, with 3 sections, out of motorcycle leather. I cut a piece of kydex for the back tallest pocket to keep the rigidity and protect the picks from bending if it's carried in the pocket, it's cemented to the leather so it won't work up and out, and laser engraved a keyhole on the front as an identifier and tribute to the sparrow picks. Anyway here it is!