Ordering - how it works...
1. Browse the categories, adding the items that interest you to the cart.
2. Submit the order to us with your full contact details.
3. We assess the order and calculate the most cost effective carriage option.
4. Finally, we contact you, advise the preferred carriage option and request payment.
engraved sterling silver collars
ferrules, spacers, collars & fixings
files & abrasives
bone, gunsmithing & knifemaker's materials
damascus steel, sgian dubhs & dirks
FILES & ABRASIVES
Suited to working in horn and antler. Items are stocked for the best balance between quality and cost. Please browse / enquire re your requirements.
Aluminium Oxide roll
Currently on special offer!
25mm (1 inch ) wide cloth backed "Al Ox" roll in handy 10 metre lengths.
Will rip longways into tough narrow strips for "strapping".
Various grits.,
60 (coarse)
100 (general roughing down )
180 (fine shaping )
220 (pre polish )
320 (fine pre polish )
400 (extra fine pre polish )
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Needle Rasp set
6 piece, super sharp, varied profiles, same grade of alloy as our Dreadnought file range. Great for creating intricate detail in horn. Don't need handles - supplied with notched shafts for delicate use.
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Cabinet rasps
The half round for rough preparatory work and the round for sharp and rapid removal of material in the formation of turned out noses / inside lines. 10 inch round is particularly sharp and supplied in 2nd cut format
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Engineers files
We stock a variety of "Bastard" cut, varied profile engineer's files. Great tools for intermediate stages of shaping and finishing horn handles. Very durable, easily cleaned out with a wire brush or hot air gun. "Stickmaker's essentials"
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Milenicut files
Similar to Dreadnought files but have an offset and cross notchedtooth pattern making them ideal for rapid removal of material whilst leaving an excellent smooth worked surface
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Dreadnought File
Sometimes called "milled tooth" files. Made in specially hardened alloy steel and produced with a definite undercut to ensure that they remain "clog" free in use, these are, without doubt "the" files to work horn with.
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