I've tried a wide variety of small files from numerous sources, and am  
not totally satisfied with any of them. I would appreciate any  
suggestions as to brands to try which are SHARP and make a FINE cut.




STEVE GOODSON
saxophone designer to the stars
sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc

Have a look at these.
http://forge-de-saint-juery.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Rifflers_for_Wood_3.html
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: STEVE GOODSON 
  To: mouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 2:05 AM
  Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Best quality files for mouthpiece work suggestions, please


  I've tried a wide variety of small files from numerous sources, and am not totally satisfied with any of them. I would appreciate any suggestions as to brands to try which are SHARP and make a FINE cut.







  STEVE GOODSON
  saxophone designer to the stars
  sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc 

Jeweler friend of mine suggests these guys.  I haven't tried them yet but she swears by them.

http://www.titantoolsupply.com/store.asp?pid458&catid730

Robert

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, STEVE GOODSON <saxgourmet@...> wrote:
>
> I've tried a wide variety of small files from numerous sources, and am  
> not totally satisfied with any of them. I would appreciate any  
> suggestions as to brands to try which are SHARP and make a FINE cut.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> STEVE GOODSON
> saxophone designer to the stars
> sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc
>

I use Valtitan files.  Mostly the half round, square and barette shapes in 00 and 0 cuts.  They last a long time, even on stainless steel.  There are a couple links to them in the Links Tools section on the MouthpieceWork site:

http://www.ottofrei.com/store/home.php?cat=919