View Full Version : SUPPLY TS PICKS
GTison
Mar-04-2004, 11:06am
HOW MUCH $ WAS THE LAST TORTESHELL PICK YOU SAW FOR SALE?
AlanN
Mar-04-2004, 11:25am
$1,235.16
J. Mark Lane
Mar-04-2004, 11:36am
... plus a small part of your soul.
$50.00 http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Steve G
Mar-04-2004, 12:14pm
$30.00
PCypert
Mar-04-2004, 2:39pm
Where do you guys see these?
Paul
Michael H Geimer
Mar-04-2004, 2:45pm
" Where do you guys see these? "
Tortuguero?
Don Grieser
Mar-04-2004, 2:50pm
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, 6:24pm
$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, 6:54pm
$50 for a nice one that dates back to when they were legal.
Albert Whiting
Mar-04-2004, 7:02pm
i usually pay 15 - 20.00
Tim Saxton
Mar-04-2004, 8:45pm
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, 7:08am
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. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Haven't used it all yet.
JDARTGOD
Mar-05-2004, 12:45pm
Usual rates go anywhere from $20 - $50
Gail Hester
Mar-05-2004, 5:20pm
I paid $50 just recently (from antique jewelry box).
ronlane3
Mar-06-2004, 8:58am
My last one, was $40 bought at a festival in October.
johnsonpt1
Mar-08-2004, 3:52pm
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.
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 http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
GTison
Mar-11-2004, 10:58am
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, 11:56am
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.