I have been researching picks for a long time. I have been trying to get the sound that
Pete Seeger used to get with his home-made picks out of tin cans and shears.

I like Rusty Thornhill's "Perfect Touch" fingerpicks from Tennessee. it's a lot less stress
on the fingers and has a longer fit on the finger so that you don't lose it as easily while playing. The thumbpick is comfortable but has a thinner sound than the standard National or Golden Gate thumbpick.

The problem that I find with most fingerpicks is that going in both directions up-picking
and down-picking (clawhammer) requires some sacrifice in technique. Pete Seeger was able to up-pick with a straightened metal pick on the nail side (usually using his middle finger). The late Erik Darling used two finger picks for up-picking and a straightened
finger pick on the ring finger for clawhammer and "whamming" styles. (Down picks).

Alex Hassilev of the Limelighters designed a two-way pick which I understand he used.
I don't know how it worked.

I'll have to try the Freedom picks and let you know what I think about them.

Here's a rule of thumb from Rusty Thornhill about sizing the picks to your fingers.

Measure the width across the first knuckle of the index finger. If it's less than
3/4" then it's a "small". If it's 3/4"-7/8" then it's a medium.   Over one inch is a "large".

Thumb pick, under 3/4" small, 3/4-1" medium, Over 1"--large.

One of the beautiful things about the Seeger style (Peggy as well as Pete) is that they played up-pick and down-pick with the same fluency. This gave a variety and musicality in their banjo sounds.

I would be interested to know what others have done to solve this problem.

Frank Hamilton