Paul Pedersen wrote ...
> A couple of years ago at a flea market I came across a box full of
> new rasps being sold for 3$ apiece.  I picked one up and it said
> Nicholson 49 right on it.  But : the file was very lightweight (and
> thin) and didn't look or feel right somehow.  I've never seen a 49
> or 50 in the flesh but these just looked like cheap copies to me.
> I passed on them (though I probably wouldn't today :-).
>
> Anyone heard of files being counterfeited ?

My Nicholson #49 is thin and lightweight .. certainly lightweight
compared to their other more ordinary file products.  Got it a year ago
from a Rockler store clearing out their inventory of tools they no
longer carry .... $28 out the door.  They didn't have any #50's, or I
would have run out the door with one of them too.  Great rasp.
Regardless, Randy got a pretty good deal.  Paul's would have been a true
gloat had he snicked it out of the box.  OK, who just smacked their head
on the table .......??

Charlie Driggs
Newark, DE