File Card

[Wamsutta]

Would you get the file card with the brush, or the file card by itself?

 

[The Cobbler]

what would the bristle brush be used for ?

 

[Wamsutta]

what would the bristle brush be used for ?

I don't know. It's been a long time since I used a file card. I forgot whether I liked the brush part or the tines part better. I've been getting by with a toothbrush all these years. When a chip is really embedded, I have to use a needle to flick it off.

 

[Meursault74]

Get the one with the brush. Might be useful for those hairy shopping cart wheels.

 

[BrandonV]

what would the bristle brush be used for ?

Depends on the file you are working on. Sometimes the nylon brush works better on fine files.

 

[HenryAZ]

I use the bristle part on rasps.

 

[mreisner]

It's amazing how many people these days don't even know what a file card is. My Snap-on guy is a younger fellow and I asked him if he had one on the truck as he carries odds and ends from many different brands. I actually had to get my old one to show him!

 

[david3921]

Oops, I asked what the leather is for but now see that it's how the bristles are attached.

 

[RoninB4]

-W/brush is my preference as I don't always want/need to rake steel bristles across the file teeth. Cleans out non-metal dust better too.

 

[oldmachinenut]

I have both, the brush does come in handy on some files/rasps

 

[darkzero]

I have the one with the brush. I tend to use the brush side more.