Charmed Life Picks Has Now Donated More Than $1300 to Sea Turtle Preservation!
 

UPDATE. As of March 1, 2024, Charmed Life Picks has donated more than $1300 to sea turtle preservation.

For years I've felt a deep personal calling to do something about the plight of the world’s sea turtles, specifically the Hawksbill Sea Turtle, which has been the sole source of “tortoise shell picks” for hundreds of years. The Hawksbill, even though protected by CITES, has been slaughtered and poached to the brink of extinction. Of the seven species of sea turtles existing in the world today, it is the most endangered.

We wanted to do something about it.

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In late 2022, Charmed Life Picks began selling the industry's first sea turtle preservation guitar pick, a fundraising model designed to raise money for the protection of sea turtle habitat. The model pictured above, the stf-1, is the first offering in this series. It is a standard 351 teardrop shape at 1.0 mm, in DuPont Vespel polyimide, a legendary picking material in the picking industry. (Speed bevels are available upon request, for free.) The stf-1.0 will sell for $50, with $10 from every sale being donated directly to sea turtle preservation organizations (a full list to follow). That price also includes free shipping to your door.

We were honored to have our sea turtle program featured in BLUEGRASS TODAY. https://bluegrasstoday.com/charmed-l...ith-new-picks/

These picks were developed to honor my mother, Carolyn Memmer, and in memory of my father, Franklin Charles Memmer, a biology teacher and an early ecologist. Thanks, Ma and Pa.
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Please let me know if you have any questions on this model. I'm half brain-dead from pulling this together all weekend.

BTW, folks, we're happy to offer free speed beveling on this pick. Just ask. The reason I'm not showing it is the speed bevel makes the turtle look off-center when photographing.

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Where's the like button?! This is a worthy project, Scott. Love it.

Great project, Scott, the pick is beautiful. And, such a lovely tribute to your parents.
Best,
Jayne

Thanks to both of you, Zissou and Jayne. You are two of my longest-running buddies here on AGF, ever since I joined in 2014.

Keith, stay safe and warm up there when the rain comes.

Jayne, actually that's a prototype photo. The finished product will look even cooler. You know what a stickler I am. The laser-engraving image is just slightly off in a few spots. For instance, if you look at the outside edge of the front left flipper, you can see a little thinness there. Because of that, the paint won't go all the way down. Also, on the very tip of the lower right flipper -- same issue. Anyway, I've gotten pretty good with Photoshop now, so I'll clean it up and get it right. Thanks again.

Scott

Thanks for looking. Comments and questions are welcome.

Have a Great Day. So excited about this.

Scott

Way to go, Scott! Excellent, this makes me very happy!

Larry, thank you so much. I'm looking forward to visiting in Nov.

BTW, after we launch this model, we'll be putting out the same pick for retailers. If we do it at $50, we can only afford to include a $5.00 donation at this point, so we're chewing on other pricing options, etc.

On our site we'll have a full list of customers listed who've have donated, and we'll also have a list of all retailers supporting the program. I wish we had the resources to set up a 503C for this effort, but it's just too steep right now for us to incorporate that at present. Talk Soon!

Thanks for looking. This is the proudest moment for my company.

This is for you, Mom & Dad.

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Thanks for looking.

Thanks for your interest and support. This project means so much to me and Rhonda.

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Currently thirty (30) people on the waiting list
 

Please PM me directly here at AGF if interested, or email at [email protected]

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Thanks for looking.

We will begin accepting orders on the first batch of twelve by this Friday, 11/04.

Thanks for reading,
Scott

Thanks for looking. We'll be shipping the first few units this coming week.

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