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Hey guys!

I've only been picking locks for about 6 months, but I feel like I've progressed a lot in that time.
I make all of my picks, and they're generally getting better (both in how they work and how they look).

Looking forward to reading all the great stuff here!

Welcome!

You should post some photos of the picks you make.

Great to meet you. Welcome aboard Josh.

I look forward to seeing more of you & the work that you've done!

Sure!

Here are a couple of my favorites:


Same pick:




The one on the right isn't done yet:

Hell yeah... NICE. When is your youtube channel premere?

I have a bunch that don't have handles, and a couple that have 'less nice looking' handles - I'm in the process of putting handles on everything now. Each one is coming out better than the last - ha.

The first picture is the last one I made. Hopefully the rest come out (at least) that good.


I've been using band saw blades a lot lately. (Longer than a hack saw blade, so more picks from one blade. Plus, they seem stronger - flexible, but strong. They don't bend like hack saw blades.)

The handles are aluminum, riveted on. Lots of sanding and polishing, lol!

I have a few picks that I made out of titanium, but honestly - I like the band saw blade ones more. It was totally the opposite of what I expected, but the titanium ones are too 'springy'.

Welcome Josh. I agree with your observations about band saw blades. I salvaged one blade from work and it made awsome picks. I had some luck with hacksaw blades also, if they were bi-metal. Again, glad to have you on board.
Mark

welcome to kp josh

your home made picks look excellent i didnt expect them to be that good looking

Welcome, those picks look awesome!

Thanks for the welcome, everyone.

Welcome