'nother what the heck is it ??

[sonny]

I hope y'all don't mind me jumping in with a "what the heck......"

I suppose this one's odd (?) ...was to me when I discovered it. 
I find it quite useful for various [bow] shaping tasks.
what specifically is it used for ?? or what's it called ?? 

for size reference it's on a sheet of sandpaper, takes up nearly the whole length.


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[Marc St Louis]

Looks a bit like a type of Riffler file but none I have ever seen

[mullet]

  I'm with Marc,How do you hold it?

[Justin Snyder]

Boy, you got me on that one.  I have no idea what it is.  Justin

[Coo-wah-chobee]

      Looks like a riffler rasp about 10". Cant tell from pic ifn its 1/2 round er flat. Have never seen one like that before and especially with that handle. Zowie LOL! Would rough out nock slots real good looks to rough ta work around knots. .......bob

[sonny]

it doesn't really have a handle- can be used while holding the flat or the round end, though it would be uncomfortable if you have soft girly hands  .

will see if anyone else wants to guess before I tell what it's called/ used for.

 

[jamie]

redneck floss

[Hillbilly]

Seems like the Klingons on Star Trek used to carry a bunch of those in thier belts to throw and impale one another with   

[Pat B]

Is it a rasp for wood carving? That's my guess but I wouldn't have an official name for it.   Pat

[sonny]

it's a keyway rasp. I reckon it's for working on doors, for inletting locksets or some such....
I use it for rough shaping bow handles and the like...