Saw files - any developments?

[Eric The Viking]

Was thinking about a home made saw vice, for catching up whilst half-listening* to telly in the Winter evenings, then I remembered :-(

Did the file makers heed the cries for help? Is there a cunning plan? Have the Chinese bought everyone out and sold off the special steel for HS2? Has Noel Liogier donned cape and tights and started making saw files (his rasps are wonderful!)?

Has anyone heard anything?

E.

*The screen's faulty after only 4 1/2 years. TV cost north of £1,000 at the time. I won't be buying utter tosh*** again. And if it's loud enough she won't notice the screeching noises from the other sofa (until I start filing, probably).

 

[Cheshirechappie]

It's all been rather quiet since the Big Survey of sawfiles, but to be fair that wasn't all that long ago, and developing, producing and distributing a new product does take time. May have to be patient for a while yet, methinks.

(PS - My parents bought their first Pye television in the late 1950s, at great expense. It was still going strong in the mid 1980s when they succumbed to modernity and bought a colour one. That only lasted about ten years. My mother's latest telly (I gave them up - nowt worth watching) is the smallest available Panasonic, which got good reviews from Which? magazine, and is now five years old and going strong.)

 

[MIGNAL]

I recently bought a couple of NOS Oberg files on the auction site. They were slim taper rather than the extra slim taper as advertised. Not that I was worried about that. I compared the Oberg with a few new made files and there is certainly a quality difference. Had to use a loupe though.

 

[Eric The Viking]

I recently bought a couple of NOS Oberg files on the auction site. They were slim taper rather than the extra slim taper as advertised. Not that I was worried about that. I compared the Oberg with a few new made files and there is certainly a quality difference. Had to use a loupe though.

Thanks for that -- so have I, now ;-)

It should keep me going for the winter, anyway.

Now to find designs for a saw vice...

 

[Vann]

I had some communication with Brett ("FenceFurniture") recently (15 November) and, as an aside, asked about progress with saw files. He said "...files will be a while off yet."

Cheers, Vann.