Ah, the seductive appeal of wood. The smell of a freshly cut log, the smooth grain against your hand, the crisp smack of a baseball bat on a summers day, the mighty redwoods towering overhead, and now these handles from Grace Manufacturing. Just look at the artistry, the subtle craftsmanship of these finely made wooden handles. Wherever you are, stop for a moment and take a look at all the things around you that need a wooden handle put on them. Think how much classier you would feel reaching for a wooden handled television remote or how about a wooden handled nail clippers. I don’t know if you keep up with any of the fashion magazines, but this year wood is the new black.
“But Jori,” you say. “I don’t need a file handle that big. I have things I need to put a handle on but they are just slightly smaller.”
Well, have no fear. We also have:

a slightly smaller size. This is the exact same handle except it’s slightly smaller. All the same things apply from the description above, just a little bit less

and look how small and stubby this handle is. It almost doesn’t even exist it’s so small. Just think of all the tiny things you could put a wooden handle on. Toothpicks? Magic Markers? Little ice cream cones? You could also probably put files in all of these handles and that would be cool to. Getting all those 1/2 round mill bastard files that are lying around your shop and putting a nice clean American made wooden file handle on them would feel pretty good. You know, finally organize that file drawer, maybe get your life back on track, run that marathon that you’ve been talking about for the last six months. C’mon.
On a serious note, you should probably buy some of these because I bought a lot of them and they’re only $1.00.


3 Comments
Excellent file handles!
I have been known to use plastic screwdriver handles as well.
Simple to remove from blade, other Old Proto’s.
Never place heat on plastic handle or blade.
Clamp in a good vise that has gripping teeth.
Take a short piece of 1 X 2 or 2 x 4, a 16 0unce weight or more hammer.
Place block on blade end of hammer and give a few wacks. Handle should pop right off.
The old style Proto’s are beleived to have been molded on. Not the newer or current styles.
Western Forge (WF) of Colorado Springs, Colorado has been providing handles for Sears,Roebuck & Co., A.K.A. Sears Holding LLC, for the Craftsman brand files for a number of years.
Have suspected for some time and now we know, who the manufacturer is for Wilde Tool Company of Hiawatha, Kansas, wooden handle screwdrivers.
did a guess this one correct?
You are correct sir.
Bingo!
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