For almost 40 years John Greven has toiled to find the perfect substitute for tortoise shell. He has finally found it in this new material. This is different than the material he uses for his pick guards, or for the picks he once made. This new material is a polymerized animal protein that is very close chemically to real turtle shell. You could look at it as cultured turtle-shell. Many people who have tried picks made from this material cannot tell them apart from the real thing.

Since John is so very busy building his fine guitars, we have taken over his pick-making business. Neither he nor his company, "Turtle-Works" are making the picks. We at Red Bear Trading Company are proud to be the sole manufacturer of these picks.