Broadhead file ?

[MikeW]

I'm looking to buy a good file and know from all the posts from the past that a Grobet is the file to get. Well 3Rivers is out of stock and I noticed they want 13.99 for the 12" and so I Google it and most places want $40 for a 12" American Mill..Gorbet makes literally 100's of files. What file am I looking for in the Gorbet lineup? and what is 3Rivers selling? The price difference is just too great to be the same thing. I've used a Nicholson in the past from Home Depot, I haven't found a Gorbet at either Home Depot or Lowes.

T.I.A. for your help.

[xtrema312]

Kustom King and I think others sponsors have them.  Not sure what type of Gorbet

[MikeW]

Not sure what type of Gorbet

I think that's my main question. What is 3Rivers selling for $13.99 and saying it's "the best they have seen" and when you go shopping for a Gorbet 12" American mill it's $40. What the difference between what 3Rivers sells. Or for that matter a Nicholson and a Gorbet, is there really that big a difference? A $30 difference?

[Jake Diebolt]

I have 2 files from 3rivers - the grobets - and they're the best sharpening tools I own. I don't know what the difference could be...I would just get the ones from 3rivers.

[Shawn Leonard]

Grobets and Nicholson are both great, I have found them at Lowes. I use the 16" for Snuffers as I can lay it on the file and it covers the width with room to spare! I paid about $23 for my Nicholson and I believe $27 for my Grobet! Shawn

[Old Chief]

Mike,  

I have two Gorbet "Bastard" files, one 12 inch and the other 6.  This is the style you are looking for. They are the best files I have ever used in the past 50 years.  Old Nicholsons were almost as good, but not the newer ones.

[Justin Falon]

I own one file.  And I have owned about a dozen Nicholson files in various lengths.  The file I use now is a 6" Grobet.  I think I paid $8 for it.  I will sharpen every head I have in about 2 minutes flat.  In my opinion, nothing compares.

justin

[kbetts]

My wife's grandfather gave me an old Sears grinder with a spare motor at one time.  At the bottom of the box was 8 nicholson files in different shapes and sizes.  They must be oldies, cause they're all goodies.

[MikeW]

OK I see now the ones I've been looking at on **** and other sites are for a box 6 and not just one file....Duh! When all else fails read the directions.

[44charlie]

no matter what file you use remember to keep it clean and it will last longer cut cleaner. I tap mine on the bench while working a head and then use a tooth brush or lite wire brush before putting away.

I use a fine brush and a monster magnet to clean mine. i have been using the old, new and unused, Grizzly files, the narrow sides are rounded and milling comes to a sharp corner. If you like a shaving sharp edge with a file you can use the narrow round like a steel, if you like a light serration, they can give a much finer and sharper serration than a file that runs the milling around the corner of the file.

[Butch Speer]

I've used one of these for a long time.    The Nocking Point   You'll have to look long & hard to find any better. Or better people to deal with. They charge for the real shipping. Not the inflated charges that most folks use.

thanks Butch, I have them book marked for my next order.

[Jim Dahlberg]

Stihl chainsaw raker file.  I buy them by the box for around $3.00 each.  Best broadhead file I have found.  I also use a Nicholson 8" Handy File that has 2 different cutting sides and a rounded easy to hold handle for the initial bevel work on a new broadhead. Bought it at Menard's for less than $10. years ago.  Still cutting like new. Sew up a leather sleeve for the Stihl file and keep in my pack at all times.

[NoCams]

Nicholson, Sandvik, Simonds and Grobet are all good files. Used hundreds of them over the years in the machining industry.

Take good care of your file and it will last much longer than if you don't. Before use clean it with acetone or aerosol contact cleaner, let the solvent evaporate or blow it off with compressed air, chalk it up with any old stick chalk and brush the filings out with a fine wire brush or file card as you use it. Never touch the teeth with your oily fingers. Remember most of all files are like a hacksaw.... they only cut on the forward stroke, do not drag it backwards or you will dull it faster.

When the job is done brush the file good to clean it, then lightly coat it with WD40 so it will not rust. Rust KILLS a file !!! JMHO