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I have a half dozen of the Oregon wooden handles. I keep three in the shop and three on the bucket truck, one for each size file. I never liked the plastic handles either.

That is completely my opinion and my assumption, Oregon never has and never will admit that their chains are made from softer steel than Stihl chains. And they certainly wouldn't admit that their custom 10 degree upward filing angle is to compensate for their soft steel not being able to hold an...

Jed, some of the older Oregon chain styles called for filing at a 10 degree upward angle to make a more blunt point to compensate for their soft, weak metal. Filing straight across will give you a finer corner point with more aggressive cutting but a soft tooth will wear down and dull quicker. I...

Maybe if you knew how to sharpen a chain in a reasonable amount of time then you wouldn't need to spend so much time cutting with dull chains and then running to the post office. :roll:

You don't file a chain to sharpen it after it is dull, you file it to keep it sharp. If you're sending your chains off to have them sharpened then that means you run them long after they are no longer sharp and keep running them until they are too dull to cut any more. Just like a homeowner.

I tried the square filing thing, even bought a couple rolls of square ground chain. In our hardwoods it just didn't perform. Brand new square ground Stihl chain lightly touched up with a square file didn't cut well at all for me. I could take the square ground chain and hit each tooth 3-4...

Jed, I'm sure the wedge deal would get the chain super tight and allow you to use two hands on the file, but frankly I'm not going to waste that much time on each tooth. I grab the tooth, swipe 3-4 times and I'm on to the next tooth in about 10 seconds. It would take you longer than that just to...

I use a vise, but I still only use one hand on the file and use the other hand to hold the tooth steady. Been doing it that way forever and I'm not changing any time soon.