Letter Re: Acquiring Hand Tools

James Wesley Rawles August 2, 2011 August 2, 2011

Mr. Rawles:
Along the same line as Cadet’s recent piece about hand tools, I would like to add that this topic has been on my mind for some time. I bought a file set from Harbor Freight just to have for light work around our retreat. When I tried to sharpen an old Collins brand axe head with a fine file, the axe head took metal off the file! My warning to SurvivalBlog readers: Save up a few extra bucks and buy new American made files that are actually harder than the steel that you intend to use them on!

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James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly.
JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. His survivalist novel Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse, is a modern classic that reached #3 on the New York Times bestsellers list. Two of his other novels have also been best New York Times bestsellers.
Jim is the originator of the American Redoubt movement and a frequent talk show and podcast guest. He is also a retreat consultant specializing in off-grid living, rural relocation, and survival preparedness.

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