Mill B'stard file???

Hi all, ive been reading a mill b.a.stard file is what you need to sharpen your garden tools (spade/shovel/edger/snips) but im finding it very hard to find one, all the ones coming up on ebay are is USA?

is this what i need? im getting confused, never knew there were so many files :(

https://www.cromwell.co.uk/KEN0306730K

 

I think a illegitimate child file is just a coarse cut file.

If you are sharpening anything with tempered steel edges, or hardened steel you really need a carborundum stone or these days you can get diamond sharpening stones.

 

I still have all my engineering tools and some from the 50 / 60's, would cost an earth now as were over engineered back then

 

@Tingting44
These people have a number of such implements; different sizes and prices.
http://www.tooled-up.com/product/bahco-hand-illegitimate child-cut-file-10/149327/

 

Morning Pete, hmm how would i sharpen with a stone then? the same way as a file? (clamp spade, and sharpen with the stone like you do with a file? would you suggest a diamond stone then over a file, sounds expensive lol

oh you cant beat the tools from back in the days can you, built to last

Morning Nigel, thanks that link is handy

ah thank you, i can now view, not sure why the words get changed, its only the name of a file after all :(

 

Files used to come in first cut second cut and ba-s-tard grades , which was the coarsest.
What are you sharpening ? For my rotary lawnmower is use my 100mm disc grinder to re grind the blade every year . If you are resharpening say secateurs a good wetstone is what you need . You could use a diamond file , diamond is not expensive - only DeBeers made it seem that way with a superb advertising campaign - Diamonds are Forever.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2pc-Diamo...Stone-Metal-/231493934847?hash=item35e61d1eff

 

thanks for that info! im not sure id trust my self with a grinder.....hmm lol....
wow thanks for the file link!! under £3 !!! for 2 diamond files, wow now thats a bargain, and i could sharpen my shovel/spade/edger with these files right? and a wetstone for my secateurs?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Folding-K...hetstone-UK-/271986794706?hash=item3f53ad20d2

think i might do the lawn mower with the diamond file, i know it will take a lot longer, but im in no rush

 

TinTing , for your spade edger etc use a flat second cut file . This size , 200mm , should be OK . You can then finish the edge with a diamond file . Spades and edgers will only need the first file. It's nearly 50 years since I talked about file types !
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HILKA-8-2...OD-OR-METAL-/121544716421?hash=item1c4ca13085

 

And remember as with a knife if you want to sharpen its no use using something that is of no use, such as a blunt file or a stone that is past its best