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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: RyanR on November 03, 2013, 09:14:15 pm
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Just looking for a good source for a quality farriers rasp. Any opinions on brands and sources would be appreciated.
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You could go to Tractor Supply or somewhere similar. I know they sell them.
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Woodcraft.com
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Amazon had them for less than $20.00.
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Your local farrier might just give you one. That's how I got mine many years ago.
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All farriers rasps are not created equal. I purchased a SaveEdge (USA) 14" with a coarse and smooth side from Fastenal a few years ago. Excellent product.
Belotta/Razor (Spain) is also rumored to be an excellent rasp.
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I've been using my neighbor farriers' worn out ones for years and they do a really good job.I'll have to admit though I used a brand new one once and lordy do those things hog the wood off.
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Get that SaveEdge Fred mentioned. Our Tractor Supply sells the rasps, but they are manufactured in Brazil. World of difference between the USA and Brazil made ones. Tractor supply does however sell some nice large handles to fit the rasps.
Be warned with that SaveEdge rasp, it's so friggn sharp it'll eat your hands up! So wear some gloves..........Art
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If there is a horse racing track close by,,,,,, ask around there,,,,,,, my buddy got a box of them super cheap! they only use them on a few horse's check it out JeffW
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I've got a Nicholson Farrier's rasp. It works great. I think I bought it off Amazon for ~$25 shipped.
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All farriers rasps are not created equal. I purchased a SaveEdge (USA) 14" with a coarse and smooth side from Fastenal a few years ago. Excellent product.
Belotta/Razor (Spain) is also rumored to be an excellent rasp.
Couldn't agree more. The Nicholson is hands down a better rasp, much better. I paid $20 in Kzoo a few years ago for it. I used new ones from TSC and used ones from ferriers. Any ferries rasp is a good one, some are just much better is all.
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3 rivers.
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I'll occasionally buy one at a local feed&Tack store if I don't have one handy but I usually have them laying around thanks to doing a bit of shoeing.
I'd look for local equestrian stores and see what you can dig up.
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not sure where you are located, Fleet Farm is where i get mine. It is Nicholson and it is double sided with both ends rounded (no tang) which i like better.
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If you find one that is old rusted and dull you can have it sharpened that's what I did and it's around 40 cents an inch I was very pleased with how sharp they made them.
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not sure where you are located, Fleet Farm is where i get mine. It is Nicholson and it is double sided with both ends rounded (no tang) which i like better.
This is the same Nicholson I have, and I love the rounded edges too. Great for clamping a stave in a pair of portable vises and using two hands for control and leverage. I've used a few other farrier's rasps, and I've given or traded all the rest away and have only kept my Nicholson's.
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Thanks guys, I have a Nicolson on the way.
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I purchased mine from tractor supply. Brand name is diamond and it has served me well
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Ive tried em all and the Save edge is the best made.I use em every day.
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I've never used a farriers rasp I always use my surform rasp or what ever it's called it gets the job done but I do want to try a ferriers rasp
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my dad is a professional farrier he says he's tried them all but nothing compares to a belotta, I have forged knives out of lot's of rasps and I can tell you too that the belottas make way better knives then Nicholson or save edge.
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For forgework,you may be right,but for farrier work and for hoggin wood off,the Save edge gets the nod from me after the 32 yrs i have been useing a rasp,in the Farrier field.
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A farrier supply store will sell new rasps in all sorts of price ranges and you might be able to get a used one as well. Generally a rasp that is dull enough for a farrier is sharp enough for someone who doesn't know what they're doing! My farrier gives his rasps away when he's done with them and they start out life very expensive and end life as sharp enough that we can't do any damage.