Scratchmo - Posted - 04/28/2023:  10:18:17

I’ve noticed that a lot of people immediately dismiss our sterling silver picks because of how nice they look. Some people immediately think it’s a gimmick. “I get it” says one guy… “picks as jewelry - no thanks”

The fact is that the die striking has more to do with the function of raising the teeth on the inside than imparting decoration. But being a die engraver, my thoughts were that as long as we’re striking them, I may as well engrave the other die so they’ll also be attractive.

But for those who think that we’re only charging that much because of a bunch of frilly froo-froo, I’ve come up with this new “No Nonsense” pick I call the “Super Sticky”. Named so because that’s exactly what they are. Instead of being die struck, the inner gripper teeth on these are hand cut one at a time, They REALLY grabaholt as my uncle Alvin would say. There’s considerably more labor involved in these than our die struck models, but I only priced them at $2 higher than our most popular style. Soon available in nickel-silver as well.

landisstudios.net/product-page...-stickies

 

JohnnyAce - Posted - 04/29/2023:  12:57:10

I like mine especially for Dobro. I will probably order a set in nickel silver when they come out. YMMV.

Scratchmo - Posted - 05/02/2023:  10:52:22

JohnnyAce Yeah the nickel ones are great for dobro. They've always been an option on our website, but not well promoted. They're a bit more labor intensive than the silver ones and sources for cupro-nickel are limited and pricey.

Oboe Cadobro - Posted - 06/14/2023:  14:08:23

If you made a set with angled picks like the ProPiks, I might try them again. The straight geometry didn't work for me.

little ray - Posted - 06/17/2023:  03:44:57

I wish you would come out with a much cheaper set of picks. There probably is a market for a cheaper set.

Scratchmo - Posted - 06/25/2023:  21:04:14

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Originally posted by Oboe Cadobro

If you made a set with angled picks like the ProPiks, I might try them again. The straight geometry didn't work for me.

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These have always been an option just like the claw shape. 

Scratchmo - Posted - 06/25/2023:  21:07:11

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Originally posted by little ray

I wish you would come out with a much cheaper set of picks. There probably is a market for a cheaper set.

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I wish we could too.  These are made by hand in the USA and we're not exactly getting rich. In fact, we have some critical financial challenges coming up really soon, It's entirely possible these will never be available again at any price if things don't work out. 

Edited by - Scratchmo on 06/25/2023 21:07:42