What's your favorite chainsaw file ....Nothing quite like a brand new chainsaw file for sharpening

[homemade]

I have half a doz of save edge left. They’re nice. I would like to run a pferd next. They are made about an hour drive from my house.

 

[U&A]

The problem with saw/chain branded files is they are usually supplied on tender /contract so different company' s could have made them so quality could vary A few years back Oregon were quality but then seemed to go downhill

Just like OEM branded oil filters, air filters and oil.

Chevy
Ford
Mopar
Stihl
Husky

Everything



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[Little Al]

I have half a doz of save edge left. They’re nice. I would like to run a pferd next. They are made about an hour drive from my house.

Pferd are good or they where just that ones I named in post#19 are easier to source & cheaper & quality, cutting ability, wear time, seems equal

 

[pferdfiler]

Pferd

 

[user 122190]

In my experience, files are pretty much the same, once your chain is clean. A dirty oily chain and all files seem dull.

 

[crammit442]

You havn't tried a good "un" used to use Save edge but they became difficult then expensive to source so now it's Vallorbe or Sandvik/Barhco the best I've ever used were a pack of 3 unamed supplied by the rep for Sugihara bars when asked for an encore he said NLA, shame.

I'm also a big fan of Save Edge files. They really cut well. Baileys still shows them in stock.
Charles

http://www.baileysonline.com/Chains...s/Round-Chainsaw-Files/Save-Edge-Round-Files/

 

[Stihl 041S]

Just like OEM branded oil filters, air filters and oil.

Chevy
Ford
Mopar
Stihl
Husky

Everything



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Not really........ like fine steel and machine tools.....there are high end files. Most wont pay the price

 

[Leeroy]

Anyone remember Total Gold files? Last landowner I logged for used to sell Husqvarna saws and had some good stuff left. I got a dozen, real nice files.

 

[August76]

I think I saw somebody said all files are basically the same... well then clearly you haven't used the Chinese file from Walmart or Home Depot because they suck and dull quite quickly

 

[buzz sawyer]

Very pleased with Save Edge for about five years now, although I may try Stihl and Pferd for comparison.

 

[lone wolf]

Nice. Almost seems like there's an art to sharpening a chain properly

Oh there is!

 

[stihlaficionado]

Save Edge / The Best files
& for chitty rocked chains the 511ax

 

[pferdfiler]

Anyone remember Total Gold files? Last landowner I logged for used to sell Husqvarna saws and had some good stuff left. I got a dozen, real nice files.

Yes Total Gold were very good files

 

[jchipps]

Lately I prefer Pferd.
They’re pretty aggressive and seem to hold up well.

And no - All files are not created equal.

PS - Hand filing may not be an art, but it is certainly a skill that takes time to master, and some never will.

 

[Canyon Angler]

I think I saw somebody said all files are basically the same... well then clearly you haven't used the Chinese file from Walmart or Home Depot because they suck and dull quite quickly

I've bought Chinese files (not chainsaw files) from Harbor Freight that were very good, much harder than the Mexican garbage Nicholson has been palming off on us...

Making a decent file isn't rocket surgery ... it's more like 17th century blacksmithing technology...

 

[user 122190]

Yup! Kinda hard to make big improvements on a several century old round metal rod. Some days my file is the greatest file in the entire history of files, and the next day it feels dull, and the next day it is again amazing. Get the chain clean, and let the metal act on the metal. A film of oil or dirt and the file does not make good contact and will feel dull.

When I am out in the wilderness and have no choice but to file away, go 1 or two strokes per cutter, wiping the file across the back of your glove every stroke. After doing each cutter this way, then begin filing and making an actual difference.

I've bought Chinese files (not chainsaw files) from Harbor Freight that were very good, much harder than the Mexican garbage Nicholson has been palming off on us...

Making a decent file isn't rocket surgery ... it's more like 17th century blacksmithing technology...

 

[August76]

Yup! Kinda hard to make big improvements on a several century old round metal rod. Some days my file is the greatest file in the entire history of files, and the next day it feels dull, and the next day it is again amazing. Get the chain clean, and let the metal act on the metal. A film of oil or dirt and the file does not make good contact and will feel dull.

When I am out in the wilderness and have no choice but to file away, go 1 or two strokes per cutter, wiping the file across the back of your glove every stroke. After doing each cutter this way, then begin filing and making an actual difference.

It helps

 

[dmb2613]

We use to use Bastard files about 40 years ago. They were good, only Stihl files now

 

[NCPT]

Yup! Kinda hard to make big improvements on a several century old round metal rod. Some days my file is the greatest file in the entire history of files, and the next day it feels dull, and the next day it is again amazing. Get the chain clean, and let the metal act on the metal. A film of oil or dirt and the file does not make good contact and will feel dull.

When I am out in the wilderness and have no choice but to file away, go 1 or two strokes per cutter, wiping the file across the back of your glove every stroke. After doing each cutter this way, then begin filing and making an actual difference.

It's not so much about improving the design of a file, it's the type of steel used for the file.

 

[user 122190]

It is a file, not a Jet Engine Turbine Blade. Metal creation and temper do matter, but not a lot of R&D is going into discovering innovative or ground breaking file manufacturing.

It's not so much about improving the design of a file, it's the type of steel used for the file.