Glardon-Vallorbe Hand Checkering Precision Files - LP1166

A hand checkering file cuts clean, uniform serrations and traditional checkered patterns into a metal surface, which makes it the file to reach for on knife edges, gun-style grip patterns, and detailed surface texturing. The Glardon-Vallorbe LP1166 is parallel in width and gently tapered in thickness, so it tracks straight through a pattern, and its checkering tooth geometry is rated in lines per square inch so a cut grade can be matched to the pattern density the job calls for. Made in Switzerland by Glardon-Vallorbe.

Each file is machine cut and hand finished in heat-tempered chrome alloy steel, 19 mm (3/4") wide with a maximum thickness of 5.3 mm (3/16"), and is supplied with a tang rather than a handle. Stated length covers the toothed section only, so a 6" file measures roughly 8 1/2" overall including the tang. The shape is offered in 6" and 8" lengths in cut grades 00 through 2, from 20 LPSI at the coarsest to 50 LPSI at the finest.

Features

• Parallel width with gently tapered thickness for controlled guidance
• Overcut parallel to the file edges, uncut 90° to the overcut
• Checkering tooth geometry rated to defined lines per square inch standards
• Machine cut and hand finished for precision and durability
• Heat-tempered chrome alloy steel construction
• Tang only, supplied without a handle
• Measured from the start of the teeth to the end of the file, tang not included in the stated length

Available Options

Notes

• Stated file length refers to the toothed portion only. A 6" file measures approximately 8 1/2" overall, including tang.
• Files are graded from 00 (coarsest) to 6 (finest); higher numbers indicate finer cuts.
• Lengths do not include the handle section (tang).
• Formerly distributed in the U.S. under the Grobet Swiss brand name.