Howard Core Company

FILES

Grobet Files

Since the year of its founding in 1811 the Swiss company GROBET has been setting the standard for quality in the production of precision files. Although these files were originally developed for watch makers they are exceptionally well-suited for woodworking, also. The workmanship and edge-holding ability of their cuts are of superb quality.

The cuts of Grobet files are given in terms of the Swiss scale, as shown below:
	Swiss	German
extra coarse (rough cut)	000	1
very coarse (rough cut)	00	1
coarse (middle cut)	0	1
medium (bastard cut)	1	2
fine (second cut)	2	3
very fine (smooth cut)	3	4
extra fine (smooth cut)	4	5