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Overheard a younger farrier at a clinic in Ohio last month bragging about using his rasp way past its life.
He said he gets three times the use out of a rasp by just grinding the teeth down instead of buying a new one, but I've seen the damage a worn-down tool can do to a hoof wall and I wonder how many horses he's sent home with thin walls and cracks.
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emery193mo ago
Three times the use out of a rasp? That's just dangerous, not frugal.
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chen.casey3mo ago
My grandpa ran a cabinet shop for 40 years and never sharpened a rasp once. He just bought a new one when the old one got dull. Three times the use sounds like asking for bad cuts and ruined wood. What exactly are you doing with that rasp that lets you get three uses out of it? Filing down concrete or something? Because with normal woodworking, that tool is spent after one project.
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amy_foster793mo ago
Isn't it funny how people treat tools like they're disposable lighters now? My dad had a rasp from the 70s he sharpened twice a year and it still cuts clean. I've noticed this same pattern with everything from kitchen knives to garden shears - nobody wants to maintain stuff, they just toss it and buy new. Probably cheaper in the long run to learn a little file work than to keep buying new rasps every time they feel a bit dull.
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