Originally Posted by
george wilson
I got a Woodcraft flier today. They now have larger versions of those Japanese files mentioned a few posts above. They have segmented curved teeth ALMOST like the old Nicholsons,which had the curved teeth off center. I have several of those old Nicholson "super shear" files,and they are really great for shearing off wood,or metal. I wish the Japanese ones were the same,but probably by alternating stroke patterns you could avoid the bumpy tooth patterns you get with the curved,on center lead vixen files. They are $39.99 each at Woodcraft,which is similar to what the Nicholsons sold for.