Made in usa files and rasps

They did not know how to keep the surfaces from decarbing apparently during the hardening process. Recently,after a few years of not buying the mexican made files,I ventured to risk a Nicholson 8" mill file. It now seems perfect. It is fully hardened,with perfectly cut teeth,and seems in all respects to be the same as the USA made ones were.

Of course,thee is no guarantee that you might be buying an early made Mexican Nicholson that might be one of the soft ones. But,try one and see if your old USA made nicholson will file it. I was sent 3 Simonds files to test. They are stamped "Honduras". They seem perfectly good,with the bite into steel that they should have,and perfect in all other respects.

Files are very important to me,and I was greatly relieved to see that Nicholsons have apparently solved their earlier production problems. Got a couple a couple years back and was similarly disappointed. Pferd for me.

I've gotten Nicholson's from McMaster that are made in Brazil. They seem to be fine. John Welden liked this post. I get made-in-USA Nicholson files at estate sales. Beats the crap out of chinese and for 50 cents to a buck each, can't beat the price.

Just picked up 7 boxes of NOS die filer files, mostly Nicholson. Originally Posted by Graham Gott. Severance Tool Industries, Inc. Some Nicholson files and rasps are made in Brazil. Well below the tooth depth. It wasn't a matter of being "nice",it was that they were too soft to file at all.

Now,I hope this problem has been resolved,since I did buy ONE about a month ago and it seemed perfectly as good as the old USA made ones,much to my delight. I wasn't impressed as my slightly dull Nicholson USA cuts better. Our focus is to promote woodworking education, hands-on skill building, and a spirit of collaboration.

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