Craftsman file

[Stillgottimefor1]

Found this small one in a box of stuff at an estate sale a while back and ran it through the soak, behold! It’s marked….so what was it for made for, (other than it is a file). ?. Blow nozzle is for scale.

 

[RTM]

Auger bit file, for sharpening the lead end of a bit.

one example

Nucut Files, Vixen Files, Heller Swiss Files Manufactured by Heller Brothers Co. : Heller Brothers Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

66 p., illus., 12.4 cm, trade catalog

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With safe edges on opposite end, so you can file the bevel with out affecting the lip.

 

[woody 73]

yep, Auger bit file...

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

Thanks folks, the wealth of combined knowledge and input on site never ceases to amaze me. Hats off to you!!