2011年11月28日 · I have a large old rasp made by McCaffrey File Co. of Philadelphia. It's marked "McCaffrey, Phlda" and "waranted Cast Steel". I'm guessing it's late 19th or early 20th century. I'd …

2004年8月20日 · A GOOD file is made from steel with about 1% carbon, and a little manganese. A small bit of Tungsten, Vanadium, and Chromium is added to that to make the file harder and the grain finer.

2005年11月15日 · You dont need to mill in the shoulders. The entire purpose of of the file guide is to "guide the file". Just file in the shoulders. And if you were to mill in your shoulders a file guide is not …

2002年10月30日 · I've already ordered some 1075/1085 and will be working with that soon but for now I have a couple knives I've forged out of cheap Harbor Freight Files made by "Pittsburgh" in India. I …

2013年12月26日 · On harder steel this doesn't work well in my experience. The RC of the file and its abrasive potential aren't high enough to use on many smaller knives that are in the high 50s. Mid to …

2014年7月17日 · For rapid steel removal, it is darn hard to beat the Pferd 14" chip breaker, from Amazon. All Pferd and Grobet files are top of the line. Simonds is a more affordable file that is WAY …

2015年7月25日 · Hello all! I am 17 (so pretty new to all this steel talk) I am making a knife out of a old Nickelson file I've heard there made of 1095 carbon steel. I'm wondering do I need to re harden and …

2006年11月9日 · I am looking at the Bill Behnke carbide faced file guides. Is there a compelling reason to go with the steel on vs the cheaper aluminum? I only make a few a month if that. Thanks.

2005年11月29日 · Looks like someone took a half-inch bar of steel, bent it into a U shape, flattened it, and curled the ends. I'm kind of interested in trying to duplicate this, maybe with steel from a cheap …

2010年5月18日 · They are reasonably useful for making evenly-spaced marks in dye-kem or sharpie-covered steel; then you can make the actual cuts with a saw, needle file, etc. Then again, a divider or …