Nozza36, homebrew

[Oldfast]

Lookin' good!

[nozza36]

Hi chaps , i've been hooked for years but now i'm trying to get a "handle" on it lol !
The biggest difference of late is that i can now load pics , so i am showing a few bits to the guys , but the next step is to film a few picking videos
but i don't have many cool locks to work with , so i may just do a rake fest on a heap of locks that are destined for the scrapyard.

[nozza36]

These are my babies , they take around six hours to make , i will never part with them !

[nozza36]

Rakes i made today for JFW, hope you like them mate !

[Oldfast]

Damn, you've been busy Steve. They look great!!

Personally, raking is something I need alot of practice with yet.

[jfw]

Thoes look kickass! I'll let you know how they work when I recieve them.

[nozza36]

Oldfast here's a few for you mate , will send them after my next callout , bit skint , but i don't think you're in a rush mate !

[nozza36]

Ringo , couple of Bogeys mate , and my favorite , the shark fin ! just a splayed half diamond with a radius on the back edge , rake /feeler pick/half diamond , i love these

[10ringo10]

They look sweet nozza.

[Oldfast]

Oldfast here's a few for you mate , will send them after my next callout , bit skint , but i don't think you're in a rush mate !

Oh my... I don't even know what to say!!! All too kind of you.
Guess I'll have no excuse left not to get a little more proficient with raking.

Really, thanks so much Steve - I haven't made a ton of homebrews, but I've done
enough to know there's a great deal of time & care put into each & every one.

[Decanias]

Great picks, but where Our lady of focus, heheeh .
In any case, anyone can tell me the width and thickness of sweeper bristles for bogotas?

[gnarus8429]

That copper handle on the pick looked like a good idea. What was the problem with it?

[nozza36]

The copper handles are nice to look at and use but my god they get dented to shit when flattening , and then filing and sanding the dents out takes hours mate ,
so 2 hours to make a pick and at least 2 hours to put on a handle and tidy it up after ! as i said before , it takes an age.

[Aedalas]

Great picks, but where Our lady of focus, heheeh .
In any case, anyone can tell me the width and thickness of sweeper bristles for bogotas?

Unsanded the one I just measured is .024 inches (.6096 mm) thick and .124 inches (3.1496 mm) wide. The ones I have sanded have taken quite a bit to get down past the pitting, it's now .021 inches (.5334 mm) thick and still at .124 inches (3.1496 mm) wide. Note that this is the street sweeper bristle still whole, I've not made this into a pick yet.

[selim]

Got my picks from Nozza , I can tell he put some time into them.

the shark fin is wicked, alway's liked a half diamond, but this add's a different feel to it. ( nice idea never seen it before )

You could do the copper handles with no dent's if you had a vice, but I like the dent's. your fingers will remember where they are.

Thanks Man