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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on April 5, 2013 at 10:41

what kind of files....

• Posted by CaptJeff Saylor on January 5, 2010 at 14:37
• We all know there are many different files out there, and tons of manufactures. Tell us a little about the files that you use and why you use them.
  
  Many of us use diamond files, but what kind?
  
  Is there a certain kind that you found to be the best?
  
  Is there a certain kind of file pattern you use the most?

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on April 5, 2013 at 10:43

here are some links that i found for files.

http://www.japanwoodworker.com/product.asp?pf_id=01.087.75&dept...

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/japanese5featherfile.aspx

http://lawn-and-garden.hardwarestore.com/78-487-chainsaw-files-and-...

http://www.hardwareandtools.com/icat/file-sets/

http://www.jackssmallengines.com/chaintoolfile.cfm

 Reply by Paul J Granger on January 6, 2010 at 10:23Delete

Here's a link to a useful file for file work. It is called a knife file.

http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT?PMPXNO=20539565&PMT4NO=772...

If you look at the end, it is a long slender triangle. It is sorta like one half of a feather file. The knife file can be found in lengths of 4" to 8". A good place to find them is MSC Industrial supply. Google them to find them, if you are not familiar with them. They have many useful things for knifemakers, from torx screws to glass beads and metal lathes to bridgeport mills.

The feather file and the knife file are useful in fileworking because they bite into the steel very easily being such a sharp angle (perhaps 15 degrees or so). And when you wear out your knife file, it is very easy to make it into a knife! I've took a 4" one once and drew it in the oven in the kitchen until it got to 58 rc and sharpened it and handled it. I used it around the shop for 3 or 4 years. It made a nice knife.

Jan Carter said:

what kind of files....

• Posted by CaptJeff Saylor on January 5, 2010 at 14:37
• We all know there are many different files out there, and tons of manufactures. Tell us a little about the files that you use and why you use them.
  
  Many of us use diamond files, but what kind?
  
  Is there a certain kind that you found to be the best?
  
  Is there a certain kind of file pattern you use the most?

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on April 5, 2013 at 10:43

Reply by Daniel Howland on February 20, 2010 at 17:47

If your interested in filework I would highly recoment renting this video by Dwayne Dushane.
It tought me a lot he even tell you what files to use and where to get them.

http://smartflix.com/store/video/347/Fileworking

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Doug Webber on August 11, 2015 at 4:40

Here is a 285UH Schrade by Herman Williams

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Doug Webber on August 11, 2015 at 4:41

Here is a 285UH Schrade by Herman Williams

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Doug Webber on August 11, 2015 at 4:41

Here is a 285UH Schrade by Herman Williams

KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Andy Larrison on January 3, 2018 at 21:44

10dot 1970 Case Slimline with custom giraffe bone scales w/pearl spacers and filework by Tom Stratton...

KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Andy Larrison on May 23, 2022 at 20:17

Honestly, I mostly use a diamond burr on my dremel  3/16 & 1/4 are the ones I use the most but have started on using 3/8 and 1/2" a lot.  As far as my "favorite" pattern that I use?  The last one......LOL.  I'd say that most of my work revolves around a modified vine pattern with mixes of various patterns intertwined to keep it mixed up. 

Jan Carter said:

what kind of files....

• Posted by CaptJeff Saylor on January 5, 2010 at 14:37
• We all know there are many different files out there, and tons of manufactures. Tell us a little about the files that you use and why you use them.
  
  Many of us use diamond files, but what kind?
  
  Is there a certain kind that you found to be the best?
  
  Is there a certain kind of file pattern you use the most?

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