Stone Guitar Picks!, Handmade by Denise Options

[Denise]

Check out what I have been working on.
Im enjoying making these so much, Im going to add them to the Miners Market.

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[jim]

Now......If you are talking about making picks as part of your lapidary hobby that is one thing. On the other hand if you are talking about mass produceing it's another. I make my picks on my 6'' flat lap. I first slice my stone on my 10'' stone saw to the thickness that I want. Then mark the slabs using a regular plastic pick for a template. I'll then go back to the saw and trim to get rid of excess but leaveing the mark well visable. I start by using my 120 grit lap to shape to the mark. i'll also start a bevel around both sides. I'll then go to 400 grit and finish shapeing and refineing the outer edge. Then to polish.
This is roughly the process that I go through to make a pick but, it is not the same with everyone. Dan and Denise use thier genie to do thier picks and I am sure thier procedure differs from mine alot. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we all do things differently. No one taught me to do picks.I just had the desire to give it a try.
As far as mass produceing picks go it's bound to be done by machines.I see no other way to get them exactly the same every time. No two picks that I make are the exact same. They are made individually and differ from one to the next. In my opinion that fact makes them better.Theres not a machine made that can put its heart into what it makes nor take pride in it's production. I do both!
By the way I have posted some of my picks in the forum if you want to take a look. Jim