I'm kind of fond of the Shinto rasp, available at Japan Woodworker,
Rockler, etc. Here's a photo:
http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/findprod.cfm?&DID=6&sku=9959

Pam

Ken Greenberg wrote:

>On 16 Sep 2002, at 21:07, Randy Roeder wrote:
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>>You can't even call that substandard crap you get in a hardware store
>>a rasp. They're nasty brutish tools fit for a slovenly knave of the
>>lowest sort. And regular files -- well if you have a lifetime, you
>>might get results on wood. It was simply amazing--all because I asked
>>a guy named Slav Yelasijevich why he had so many files.
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>Alright! The rasp pushers claim another victim!
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>You can't have too many rasps, and these are among the best. This is
>not to say that you don't need coarser ones, too - I like those for
>getting close, then finish up with something finer. Another good one
>(at a good price if he still has them) are the Simonds half-round
>cabinet rasps on Pete Taran's web site. I bought one of these a few
>years ago, and use it a great deal for curved ...
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