Our choice of natural materials
Cow horn
Our favourite material at the workshop : Cow horn is a light and soft material popular with musicians looking for warmth, precision and speed of play. It is stronger than wood and softer than bone or antler.
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In terms of sound, it offers a lot of richness on the bass and good dynamics.
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Aesthetically speaking, cow horn offers a beautiful rendition and a variety of colours (you can choose the dominant colour between blond/white, black/blond marbled or black).
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Our horn comes from the butcher's. We work this superb material usually incinerated after rendering, and turn the off-cuts into natural fertiliser.
Options:
3 Colors: White / blond, marbled blond / black, black.
4 thicknesses: thin (1 mm), medium (1.5 mm), thick (2 mm), very thick (3 mm)
Point: rounded, pointed
Ram horn
Ram horn is a rarer and more difficult material to work with. It offers the same playing characteristics as cow horn, a warm and mellow sound, slightly lower than cow horn.
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Aesthetically, it has superb colours with black and blond marbled veins.
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Our horn comes from the butcher's. We work this superb material usually incinerated after rendering, and turn the off-cuts into natural fertiliser.
Options:
4 thicknesses: thin (1 mm), medium (1.5 mm), thick (2 mm), very thick (3 mm)
Point: rounded, pointed
Wood (Walnut and boxwood)
We also make walnut and boxwood picks. Both materials offer a clear, round and warm sound.
The wooden pick is very comfortable to hold and is the softest one in our range. .
Walnut has a soft, round sound. Boxwood produces a drier and more powerful sound and is very durable.
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Our wood exclusively come from the surrounding forests of the Pyrenees.
Options:
3 thicknesses: medium (1.2 to 1.5 mm), thick (2 mm), very thick (3 mm)
Point: rounded, pointed
Bone
Bone offers a rich, clear and bright sound. It is a hard material allowing excellent attack control, fast playing and a nice warmth on the bass. Bone is very solid and very durable.
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We recycle cow bones, as this material is often incinerated after rendering and transform the off-cuts into natural fertiliser.
Options:
4 thicknesses: thin (1 mm), medium (1.5 mm), thick (2 mm), very thick (3 mm)
Point: rounded, pointed
Deer antlers
Deer antlers will provide a rich, clear and bright sound. Just like bone, it is a hard material allowing excellent attack control, fast playing and a nice warmth on the bass. It is also very solid and has a long life span.
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After polishing, deer antler has a smooth, predominantly white side and when the other one is slightly spongy side offering a good natural grip.
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Our deer antlers are made of scraps gleaned in the surrounding Pyrenean forests.
Options:
4 thicknesses: thin (1 mm), medium (1.5 mm), thick (2 mm), very thick (3 mm)
Point: rounded, pointed
