Thread: Farrier rasps?

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Hey all,
Are these farriers rasps for working on a horses hoves.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

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Hey all,
Are these farriers rasps for working on a horses hoves.

Randy, those lower two are for working either lead or body plastic for automotive repair. The top one is adjustable so as to be able to work inside of curves.

They could also be used when 'Picking and Filing' which is almost unheard of these days. You didn't use filler, you used hammers and dollys and then used a hammer with a 'pick end' to raise the very slightly low areas then the body files were used to smooth the metal and no filler was used OR very little.

The top one is more than likely a coarse rasp for wood working.

Here's some picks of a farrier's rasp from my family's homestead:









I hope this is of some help.

Thanks for replying so quickly.
I apologize for the poor pic of the top file. It has the same "teeth" as the bottom 2.
I have several wood rasps and they do not look like these three.
I have also seen a rasp similar to your pic and was told it was a farriers rasp. I have it some place.
I asked the question because one of my neighbors said he thought they were farriers rasps.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Thanks for replying so quickly.
I apologize for the poor pic of the top file. It has the same "teeth" as the bottom 2.
I have several wood rasps and they do not look like these three.
I have also seen a rasp similar to your pic and was told it was a farriers rasp. I have it some place.
I asked the question because one of my neighbors said he thought they were farriers rasps.

After you said it was a poor pic of the top file, I took a closer look and you are correct in that it is the same cutting pattern as the auto body tools I described.

With that said, that's the first of it's kind that I've seen, but I don't doubt that it was used in auto body repair long before I practiced the trade.

Here's some pics of the ones I have--NOTE: Neither has been used since the early 80's

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Wow, tools for every trade. Unique stuff.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

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Hey all,
Are these farriers rasps for working on a horses hoves.

Those are bodyman's files Randy. I have and use three of them. You lightly draw them over an area you are working on to reveal high spots.

Those are the kind of rasps I’ll be needing when I start to restore the Mg. I want to try lead and files, not body filler. Keepin* with the period it was built best I can and all. We shall see though..
Should keep some of the bad files fir blade making. Seen that done a bit on YouTube.

Yea, the proper tool for the proper repair is essential.

On my ride when I was at your home, Inside my Fork Bag I carried a 1 qt plastic bottle of engine oil. I'd done so for many miles.

However once I got to my best friend's home outside of San Diego, I was just going down a street in his home town and there was a HUGE dip in the road and no warning.

I hit the dip at about 30 MPH and didn't think much about it---------------until after I'd parked my bike at his home and went out the next day to find oil dripping from the fork bag and found that my forks had bottomed enough to push the fork bag up against the bar under the headlight and thus dented my front fender. See here:



Once home and having removed the front tire and cleaning the inside of the fender of debris I used some adhesive to secure some thin leather to some dollies and the heads of some body hammers and while I never got a good pic you can hardly notice the slight imperfections.





There are still some rub marks from the bag rubbing before I raised it up and the slight imperfections, However they are very minor AND thanks for Harley's paint that's on the softer side, there's not a single crack in the paint and no one ever notices the imperfections.

NOTE: The only thing that I carry in that fork bag now are some rags in plastic bags to wash my windshield with. Fool me once shame on you--Fool me twice shame on me