8 inch 'Crosscut' or 'Great American' file James Wood It is one of the

It is one of the most popular and longest standing Silky saws and is widely used by professionals and serious amateurs alike for the general pruning of medium to large size branches

or rounding plane

5 teeth per 30mm and is 210mm long

But in recent years

If any are out of joint there will be a gap

8 inch 'Crosscut' or 'Great American' file James Wood It is one of theFor big tooth saws with a pitch of 3 or less teeth per inch e. g. saws over 36 inches long. Because the file is single cut it leaves the tooth smooth in contrast to aggressive double cut files which leave grooves in the tooth face. The rounded back of the 8inch file deepens gullets 6. 5mm to 10mm width. You get great control with the narrow cross section of 22deg because you remove metal from only ONE single tooth. Conventional 60deg triangular files