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Offline Mauser06

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Dovetail file sale
« on: February 04, 2019, 05:42:47 PM »
The Brownells Dovetail file seems to get good recommendations here. 



I actually ordered one the other day. Might have to play the lottery...they didn't process my order until today and they are now on sale for around $35.  Free shipping over $50 promo too...


Figured I'd pass it on incase anyone else needs one.
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Offline Dennis Glazener

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Re: Dovetail file sale
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2019, 02:30:44 AM »
$35 for a dovetail file!! And that is the sale price? Sure glad I was sitting down. I made one out of a used $3.00 Nicholson triangular file about 5 years ago and it's still going strong. Just use it to open up dovetails cut with a milling machine but still I can't understand why so expensive!
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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: Dovetail file sale
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2019, 04:18:21 PM »
Quote from: Dennis Glazener on February 05, 2019, 02:30:44 AM
$35 for a dovetail file!! And that is the sale price? Sure glad I was sitting down. I made one out of a used $3.00 Nicholson triangular file about 5 years ago and it's still going strong. Just use it to open up dovetails cut with a milling machine but still I can't understand why so expensive!
Dennis

It's expensive because Barnum was RIGHT ;D

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Offline Jeff Durnell

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Re: Dovetail file sale
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2019, 04:28:10 PM »
And only one side's got teeth on it!  ::) It should be 1/3 the price of a regular one.
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Re: Dovetail file sale
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2019, 12:58:33 AM »
Once you've used one, you'll understand why!  I've had one for over 20 years.  Still going strong.
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Re: Dovetail file sale
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2019, 02:06:03 AM »
Ditto!!  I've got both the coarse and fine ones.  If you were to buy only one, I suggest the coarse one.
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Re: Dovetail file sale
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2019, 03:31:14 AM »
40 some odd years ago when I was still in High School, my mom & dad bought me a basic gunsmithing tool kit from Brownell's for Christmas. One of the items in the kit was a dovetail file. I still have and use this file (as well as all the other tools in the kit). The file that came with the kit was the fine version and I recently bought the coarse one to compliment it. 
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Offline Mauser06

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Re: Dovetail file sale
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2019, 06:57:33 AM »
Came today.   



I bought the fine cut figuring we don't really cut much on a dovetail.   Not sure how much more aggressive the #2 cut is...this thing is pretty dang fine.  But I still feel it'll do the job. And cutting slower probably isn't a bad thing in my hands. 


It's actually made by Grobet and definitely feels like it's quality. 



Edit---

Didn't cut a dovetail but ran the file a couple times where a front sight is getting cut in the real near future.  Definitely cuts more than I imagined it would.  I think it'll suffice just dandy for my needs. 

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