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One other thing I forgot to mention. I don't screw the cap down tight on the jug if I have files in it. Leave it loose for gas to escape.

I found an article many years back that was the history of the Nicholson file company. It explained the processes that Nicholson used to make files. From the making of the billets, flattening them, rotary hammering the teeth, tempering, acid etching, a molten lead bath to bring the hardness...