Has any one tried making these coin picks. I dont know the benifits over nylon but they look cool.  people are asking $10 a pop on ebay for a quarter.  Thought I 'd give it a try today .Fairly easy to do. Start out with a bench grinder , then over the my worksharp to polish them up. I prefer something a little larger so I'll try a dollar coin next. Nickle is a golf ball marker.

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Comment by Downtown Vinnie on January 23, 2013 at 4:04am

yeah I found one of these in an old gig bag,btw,now your talkin ....golf ..second love after cbgs...,Billy Gibbons uses a quarter....LIKE,LIKE LIKE

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 22, 2013 at 4:02am
I sometimes use a 50-halala piece when I wanna do Rev Willie-style pinch harmonics...if I Ike this (which I do, and just did), wouldja send me one? Never hurts to ask...
Comment by jabes on January 22, 2013 at 1:25am

1800 and something ;)

i posted a couple of pics-the idea being that if anyone 'liked' i'd send them one f'free, but i only got one like  in 2011 and another in 2012... :0

Comment by the anonymous pick on January 21, 2013 at 11:33pm

check  the date  on the coin   jabes  ;-) 

Comment by jabes on January 21, 2013 at 11:31pm

or was it the year before?

 

Comment by jabes on January 21, 2013 at 11:24pm

i made a few last year..

Comment by Clock The Wolf on January 21, 2013 at 2:12pm

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top uses an old five peso Mexican coin pick...

Comment by the anonymous pick on January 21, 2013 at 12:30pm

i want the Canadian  one  ;-)  

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on January 21, 2013 at 12:22pm

I just made a pile of bone picks today.....I gave them away as bonus gifts with my orders

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