For anyone who's bought a credit card pick set...
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 5:38 pm
I got a set of these a couple of weeks ago, just out of curiosity to see what they were like. I like the pick selection and they fit really nicely in my wallet, but my suspicions that the handles would be fidgety as almighty fuck to use were very swiftly confirmed. They're OK-ish for raking, but the feedback and control they offer is terrible. You'd have a hell of a job SPP'ing anything with that hook. If only there was a way to... oh fuck, would you look at that:
That, right there at the bottom, is no sparrows short hook. It's a southord slip-on cover with some sweeper bristle stuffed down inside it to make it less flaccid, and the hook from the credit card set pushed down inside it. Works a goddamn treat, I tell you what. The pick slides in nice and tight, and can be removed again easily to be packed back into the plastic case along with all its little friends. And when it's not busy occupying one of the picks, the handle houses a couple of extra wrenches (pictured on the left) - which gives you a bit more variety, and also serves to keep your handle from being swallowed up by the wallet pocket and getting lost.
This is how it all looks packed up. Slide the case open, take the wrenches out of the handle and slide in the pick you want. Simple as that. It's really comfy to use; feels just like using a peterson with dipped handle. Speaking of which, here's how it looks next to a peterson short hook:
Fuckin' A. What was once a gimmicky pice of shit pick set is now actually pretty friggin' good. I'm sure others have thought of similar ideas but if you have one of these sets that's just gathering dust somewhere because you gave up on it, now you can get some actual use out of the fuckers.
That, right there at the bottom, is no sparrows short hook. It's a southord slip-on cover with some sweeper bristle stuffed down inside it to make it less flaccid, and the hook from the credit card set pushed down inside it. Works a goddamn treat, I tell you what. The pick slides in nice and tight, and can be removed again easily to be packed back into the plastic case along with all its little friends. And when it's not busy occupying one of the picks, the handle houses a couple of extra wrenches (pictured on the left) - which gives you a bit more variety, and also serves to keep your handle from being swallowed up by the wallet pocket and getting lost.
This is how it all looks packed up. Slide the case open, take the wrenches out of the handle and slide in the pick you want. Simple as that. It's really comfy to use; feels just like using a peterson with dipped handle. Speaking of which, here's how it looks next to a peterson short hook:
Fuckin' A. What was once a gimmicky pice of shit pick set is now actually pretty friggin' good. I'm sure others have thought of similar ideas but if you have one of these sets that's just gathering dust somewhere because you gave up on it, now you can get some actual use out of the fuckers.