9 Shinto Saw Rasp

I use my rasp strictly for maple and other hard wood. Nothing cuts like this rasp does. Now that I have two Im going to see how one of them will hold up to brass, aluminum and some mild steel. I would buy dozens of these if I could. My first one is several years old and still very serviceable at least on hard wood. I doubt it will have much problem in soft stuff like brass or aluminum.

Made in Japan. Nothing better.

Great for removing wood fast and working rounded wood like handles.

Very sharp and comfortable to use. It made relatively short work of widening my door lock hole to accommodate a new lock.

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I hesitated to write a review because there were already over 1000 5-star reviews (because it is great) but I thought I would address some of the 1-star complaints. Its not good for horse-hooves. Seriously? Its not a very good rice-cooker either. It wasnt delivered. Thats unfortunate but it does not make it a bad tool. It bends too much. I dont know what youre doing but I can definitely say that you are doing it wrong. It rusts. It is made of carbon steel like a ton of other quality knives & tools and, like them, it will rust if you dont take care of it. Try not leaving it out in the rain and drying it off if you get it wet. I have used this thing for years and it is awesome for rasping off wood and not clogging up while doing it. It has a coarse side and a fine side but it is for roughing out work, not fine finishing.

This rasp is way easier to use than a normal file. It really hogs out the wood, and is very smooth feeling when you are using it..

This is a great file. Removes wood without shredding the wood. I highly recommend for this file for beginners to professionals. This quickly became my new favorite file.

super fast service great quality for the money

just a very rough rasp, as far as I can tell from using it. cannot see any advantage over less expensive.