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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.
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
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 equalI 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.
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.
Just like OEM branded oil filters, air filters and oil.
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Oh there is!Nice. Almost seems like there's an art to sharpening a chain properly
Yes Total Gold were very good filesAnyone 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.
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...
It helpsYup! 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.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.
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