It's time I got the word out about this tool. The Shinto rasp is the one hand tool that always gets snatched up by the guys who work with me. At the beginning of a new job, I always seem to be the only one to show up on site with a Shinto rasp in my toolbox, but by the end of the project, invariably, everyone on the crew will have one. Made from what appears to be a series of large-toothed hacksaw blades, the Shinto rasp is capable of removing a lot of wood in short order. From roughing out a stem to finessing the convex and flat areas of a wineglass transom, the Shinto rasp earns its keep in the boatyard. Since I also do a fair amount of furniture making, I own a slew of cabinetmakers' rasps, rifflers, and files. In my whole collection, I have nothing that compares with the Shinto rasp for boat work. This almost homemade-looking tool has two flat faces that provide the user with two separate grades of roughness. One side is great for heavy-duty roughing out, while the other is good for smoothing before sanding. And, no matter which side is in use, the tool works quickly and cleanly since the spaces between the blades provide more than ample chip- and dust-clearing capability.
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