Recent content by DylanDeVoto

So the bushings were brass and the spindles were cast iron, right? The bushings wore excessively due to burnishing, as far as I understand. I've also read that sharpening soft stainless steel knives on a diamond stone is hard on the stone because the soft, ductile steel will "grab" the diamonds...

I use a file card on my files but I was thinking of it in the way one uses a brass wire brush or brass hammer on steel because it's softer and thus non-marring. So you are saying that it causes more friction and can cause deformation of the files teeth? Pardon my ignorance, but the honing...

I don't think it's common for people to own an ultrasonic cleaner with a capacity large enough to put their files in. I mean, where did you get yours, how much did you pay for it, and what exactly are it's internal dimensions? I have one, but I couldn't even fit my smallest metal file into it...