SUPPLY TS PICKS

**GTison** · Mar-04-2004, 10:06am

HOW MUCH $ WAS THE LAST TORTESHELL PICK YOU SAW FOR SALE?

**AlanN** · Mar-04-2004, 10:25am

$1,235.16

**J. Mark Lane** · Mar-04-2004, 10:36am

... plus a small part of your soul.

**bud** · Mar-04-2004, 10:39am

$50.00

**Steve G** · Mar-04-2004, 11:14am

$30.00

**PCypert** · Mar-04-2004, 1:39pm

Where do you guys see these?
Paul

**Michael H Geimer** · Mar-04-2004, 1:45pm

" Where do you guys see these? "

Tortuguero?

**Don Grieser** · Mar-04-2004, 1:50pm

I got a couple of the new Tortis picks
available at FQMS and elsewhere. They're as
close to the real deal as you can find, and
they hold the edge better--no more constant
polishing and buffing. They run $20.

No financial interest, just happy to find
a replacement.

**mandomick** · Mar-04-2004, 5:24pm

$30.00.....Been using the same couple daily for over a year and haven't had cause to polish or buff yet.

**Rich Michaud** · Mar-04-2004, 5:54pm

$50 for a nice one that dates back to when they were legal.

**Albert Whiting** · Mar-04-2004, 6:02pm

i usually pay 15 - 20.00

**Tim Saxton** · Mar-04-2004, 7:45pm

From 35 to 50. There is a guy who comes to a jam that I attend makes them. We have a guy in the Seattle area that deals in them fairly heavy.

Tim

**Brian T** · Mar-05-2004, 6:08am

I have some blanks that I made from an old tortoise shell cigarette case. I found it at a little antique mall and the man sold it to me for $40.00.

Haven't used it all yet.

**JDARTGOD** · Mar-05-2004, 11:45am

Usual rates go anywhere from $20 - $50

**Gail Hester** · Mar-05-2004, 4:20pm

I paid $50 just recently (from antique jewelry box).

**ronlane3** · Mar-06-2004, 7:58am

My last one, was $40 bought at a festival in October.

**johnsonpt1** · Mar-08-2004, 2:52pm

having never seen or used a tortoise shell pick....how would i determine a copy from an original? i've read that the copies look, feel, and sound a lot like the real thing.
just curious.

**BenE** · Mar-08-2004, 3:10pm

Heat up a pin till it is read hot....stick it in the TS pick and you will smell something like hair burning....if you smell plastic burning.....well.....

Northeners might call it a needle

**GTison** · Mar-11-2004, 9:58am

I touched one of mine i was not sure about the other day. I also touched a plastic one to it also to compare the smell. The TS is real. It didn't really melt but it did burn a small place ( in the middle of a big pick). It stunk bad not really as good as burning hair more like burning fish. the plastic pick smelled like burning plastic. I thought afterward that I might not have had it in my hand cause it could have caught fire.

**Flowerpot** · Mar-11-2004, 10:56am

You have the real thing there; burning TS smells really, really bad and overtly organic. Once you've smelled it, you will know it next time. It's similar to hair burning, but nastier.