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Huh, my Oregon flat files are even better than the round. I think hard chains, like the new Husqvarna stuff, are hard on any file, but I just bear down on them with the saw in a vise, and the files keep going for longer than most others. I should give Stihl a try again. I've never tried a top...

Lots of people say Oregon files suck, and Stihl or Pferd is good, but my experience is the opposite. The Oregon files of 2-4 years ago have been great for me, while Stihl and Pferd wear out fast. Oregon might start going dull kind of quick at times, but it chugs along for a while before it is...

I found the 2in1 would lower the depth gauges too much, and the depth gauge file would also dull quickly.

I honestly would be skeptical of any grinder considering Jerry's story of the silvey, and the 1998-ish model Italian made Tecomec grinder I used. People are too lazy or unvirtuous these days to learn to do quality work, whether it's sharpening or removing a tree. They would probably screw up a...

My experience with a grinder has also been that it takes pretty much the same skill to sharpen well as it does to file by hand well. I almost went back to hand filing after that experience, but the grinder is easier on my hands when doing several chains for a few hours, and I trust it to get the...

I'm sure they've tested it, but I'm not too keen on trusting the air cooling feature of the $23k grinder. I think it safer to do what the ginder in the above video does, which is a light grind after the main grind. That's what I do with a grinder, though I still think the robotic grinder is a...