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That Nicholson is 80 years old. It belonged to my great grandfather, Holly Lynn Allen, a precision tool and die maker from Detroit. This thing will still move some metal. Good files are something I'm a bit passionate about, because I have a pile of the old man's, and they're GOOD. I've judged...

Let me elaborate, I mean to say I can grab a new file and all but count the strokes before it's trash. Unacceptable.

The last half dozen Stihl files I bought wore out IN LESS THAN ONE CHAIN!!! OK, so I've got a 32" bar, 105 drivers I think, yeah that's a lot of teeth, but I seriously had to use multiple files on a single chain! Phuk me to tears that's not OK! OK, I'm taking off my ranty pants...

Gonna hafta order some files on line. Wish I could find some like this... That's a quarter for scale. This thing is 3/8th of an inch diameter! The tree murder machine this thing is for, where BIG! I have no history on it, other than how it came to me. My mother-in-law got it in a knife block...

Stihl files suck. Can't find anything else locally, so I've been using a 12v grinder. Wax the stone with an old beeswax candle and get at it. Rewax every tooth if your grinding out a rock kiss, every other to every second tooth, if just touching up. I desperately need any kind of proper bench...