Simonds SIM73325000 Bastard File 14" Half Round Bd American

The Simonds SIM73325000 is a 14 inch half round bastard file, American pattern.

At 14 inches this is the largest file in the Simonds range here, and it is the point at which the brittleness warning stops being a footnote.

A file is glass hard. The hardness is what lets the teeth cut steel, and hardness of that order means brittleness — there is no version of a file that is both hard enough to work and tough enough to bend. A 14 inch file looks like a serious piece of steel and invites being used as one: as a lever, as a pry bar, as something to tap with. It will snap, it will snap without warning, and the fragments travel.

That is not a theoretical caution. Broken file fragments are a documented eye injury source, which is why files get their own line in most workshop safety guidance.

The other rule at this size: fit a handle. A file this large is pushed with the operator's weight behind it, and the tang is a bare tapered spike waiting for the file to catch.

The half round shape gives a flat face and a large-radius curved face.

Bastard is the coarse grade — for taking material off, which at 14 inches it does quickly.

Applications include heavy metalwork and fabrication.

Brand

Simonds

SKU

SIM73325000

Category

Hand Tools

Weight

1.61 lbs

Dimensions

16.00 x 1.35 x 0.35

Price

$48.95

Availability

In stock

Rating

4.88 / 5.0