 Top of the mornin, this is Alex again With what is turning into a four-part product review In my recent order From our friends at SouthOrd. I also decided to get a couple of their SouthOrd max Products, which I have another one from before Which I'll put in here just as a different handle style I got the fancy Ergonomic plastic handles, which are just fine. They're they're very good feedback. They're nice nice hard plastic I'll put this one aside because it's sort of out of place as you can tell I like curves and I like offset things but I Got these because I wanted the three size of curves and I want to try I Want to try these out and as you may have heard I'm really pretty hard on picks I think there's another one of these gray ones that is Has gone a wall But it doesn't really matter the purposes of this Now there are two different color handles. Why are there two different color handles? Well, let's get out the Let's go at the old micrometer Where where is the frame? Let me slide this back without knocking it off the table. So here's my micrometer. It's in inches Here is one of the black ones. Let's just randomly pick this one and take a measurement So that's that's coming out 024 025. Yeah, depending on Where I put it in there. So for those of you that speak metric that's Um 062 or 0.62 mil Okay So that's a pretty standard Normal size thing the gray ones. However, you can probably see A good bit thicker. I think these are three four I remember Back to inches three two a 32 That's almost 50 larger and point. Oh eight. I'm sorry 0.81 mil for our friends in europe So the metal In general is pretty tough. I mean they call it max I'll put this guy back in frame now because I have used him quite a lot. That's a big diamond but it's uh just Find the focus there um So These guys if they fit your key way and you're kind of heavy-handed or you just need to get some real leverage These guys are great. Um, these are also fine. Um, you can see I've got a little bit of bend in that one So I must have been using it a little bit So they will bend but not not as badly as a lot of things would The finish on them is a little bit rough. Um, you can I don't know if you can hear that but Um, it's not so much ridged as it just is sort of a residual stamped sheet metal Kind of thing and the ends are really not very There's a little bit of polish on them But they're they're kind of square the edges are kind of square So I would want I would want to spend some time with some sandpaper Um and clean those up a little bit But um Not bad. Um, I'd say about typical for southward So And while I have these out, um, you may have heard me talking about like aspect ratio and stuff on various picks Um And uh, I just want to sort of tell you what I mean by that Anyway, when I'm talking about the aspect ratio, what I'm talking about is the ratio of the thickness of the shaft To the height of the whatever the point is on it. That's what I was looking for That's a petersen diamond Um, where are we? We're on frame. Yeah Okay, so Let me get the um Let me slide this up so I get the mic in view Okay So This is easier with calipers, but this happens to be the tool I have out at the moment So if we measure this shaft, I think that's oh Oh six basically so 60 thousands Um nominal, um, right and if you measure right at the Corner there, it's just slightly less than that Um, if we measure at the point, it should be about 12 Um, if I can get this square in here Um So it's actually about 0.5 there 0.05 there 0 5 0 and it's about 10 or 11 at the point so it's about twice the The um the height of the top of the uh tip of the diamond Is about twice the thickness of the shaft Where where the diamond meets there, okay? So I'd call that like a two or maybe call it a one X um in comparison. Here's the the south hard max is the one with the metal handle Um, I really should have got my caliper out, but it's I think it's packed So that's the same kind of thickness of six one. It's probably closer to five Uh 0 5 0 and then that's 14 So that's about three times so you might call that a three x and somewhere in between there might be a You know one and a half or two and a half rather Um, so you can kind of use that as a gauge of the Um the size of the or the the shape of the Why is that there we go? Um the shape of the uh the end of the thing Um, it's also a good guide if you're making your own picks Let me come back and give you so you can be looking at the picks more carefully If you're making your own picks, uh And you're trying to shape the ends Using that kind of uh measuring that at that kind of Ratio is a good way to get the size of the hook and the size of the shaft and everything Pretty well pretty good. Um, and also be able to replicate them without having to sit there with a template that sort of thing Um, so you can see the size wise. They're just a bit longer than the peterson the blades are Just a skosh longer, but I'd call it basically the same um, so There's that they think I think they do come in this metal handle And this this one has been polished a little bit. I think um, so handles are Really pretty solid plastic You can hear that I like the fact that they're color-coded so you can if you're grabbing one you can tell which of the Um thickness as you're getting And then these two are offset balls that I wanted to give a go. I've got a bunch of their offset diamonds already. So I thought I'd give that a try. I've really bent the fuck out of that one, huh? Um So, um, these are nice picks and if you're if you're heavy-handed like me Um, I think they'll stand up to a pretty good amount of of high torque picking I think the the gray ones the uh the o3 2 metal You can really bear down with those things and not have to worry too much about deforming it Um, and I may actually get one or two more of those For my my purposes Um, so pretty happy so far only had them about less than a week, but um Pretty happy with them so far. I think they're a good product. They're a little expensive. I think they're 12 bucks each Um, they probably come in a nice set, which is probably a hundred bucks, but Um, so if you're I wouldn't say it's a starter. You know, they're starter picks. They're probably a little bit high end but they're um, they might you know, if you need to replace a couple picks in your collection or Um, you know augmented a little bit. I think they'd be a a good one to look at maybe get a couple and try them out So south or max, um picks um Yeah, like I've said everything I need to say so finish I'd sort of put it a medium Um The metal is is pretty good. Um, it you can bend it, but it's metal. So what do you want? Um, but just to give you let's just do one other demo. Um, let's grab two that are essentially the same So this is the o3 2 and this is the o2 5 So just putting Equal amounts of pressure roughly you can see how much more bendable The one is than the other. Okay, and if I press down I don't know how well you'll be able to see in the video, but well, it's kind of Not a very solid surface, but you do get a bit more flex from the thinner one But that's what you'd expect and then you may want that depending on what you're trying to do with it Um, but these guys are like using a crowbar in there. Um, oops. Sorry about that Um, these thicker ones are like using a crowbar Which I which is really good sometimes so you need to get something out of false or Just ram that thing in somewhere Okay, so, um nice products nicely done. Um, I would like to see a nicer finish particularly if you're paying $12 for a pick You know, that's a dozen sterret feeler gauges So that's a pretty expensive pick. I would expect it to be finished a bit better So that would be my suggestion to them. Otherwise very nicely executed and Pretty good, uh pretty good picks Anyhow, uh, this is alex. Thanks for watching Have fun and as always, please keep it legal