Made in Switzerland and manufactured from high-carbon steel, this precision hand file offers guaranteed quality and superb cutting. Flat hand files are essential in any workshop to remove remove metal and refine surfaces. To achieve best results it is recommend to cut only on the forward stroke and not on the return stroke as this will undo any smoothing. Always begin with the largest, coarsest file suitable for the job and work through to the finest, with the option of moving onto a needle file if required. The coarser the file the more metal is removed. Files are graded as below: Cut 000 – Very Coarse Cut 00 – Coarse Cut 0 – Coarse/Medium Cut 1 – Medium Cut 2 – Medium/Fine Cut 3 – Fine
