Swiss Pillar Files & Checkering Files
All Files are double cut (cross cut) unless otherwise noted.

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Pillar files are rectangular cross cut files. They're thicker (relative to their width) than other flat files and have a cut surface only on top and bottom (not sides). They taper in thickness (thicker at tang and thinner at end). Available in 5 different types of width and edge, cross cut. Diagrams below:

extra narrow

narrow pillar

demi-narrow

regular pillar

rd. edge pillar

Checkering files are parallel in width and gently tapered in thickness. Overcut is parallel to the file edges and upcut is 90° to overcut. Useful for putting serrations on knife edges and to obtain a checkered design similar to a gun handgrip.
Regular Pillar Files
Length Width Thickness Cut 00 Price Cut 0 Price Cut 1 Price Cut 2 Price Cut 3 Price Cut 4 Price
4" ⅜" ⅛" 31.237 Buy $16.30 31.238 Buy $17.30 31.239 Buy $18.10 31.240 Buy $18.65 31.241 Buy $21.75
6" ½" 11⁄64" 31.243 Buy $19.35 31.244 Buy $20.30 31.245 Buy $21.30 31.246 Buy $17.50 31.247 Buy $23.45 31.248 Buy $25.55
8" 19⁄32" 13⁄64" 31.251 Buy $26.50 31.252 Buy $28.05 31.253 Buy $29.35 31.254 Buy $30.35 31.255 Buy $32.20 31.256 Buy $35.35
10" 23⁄32" 15⁄64" 31.257 Buy $36.45 31.258 Buy $38.70 31.259 Buy $41.50
12" 25⁄32" 9⁄32" 31.260 Buy $48.95 31.261 Buy $51.70
Valtitan Regular Pillar Files
For platinum, stainless steel, exotic plastics and other hard to file materials. The hardest surface known
 Rockwell hardness 72HRc. Best performance on hard-to-file surfaces. Cut 0 has blunt end. Cut 2 has pointed end.

Little or no clogging, a simple knock is enough to remove the chips. Highly resistant to corrosion. Swiss.
Length Width Thickness Cut 0 Price Cut 2 Price
6" ¼" 11⁄64" 30.221V Buy $33.90 30.222V Buy $36.70
Demi-Narrow Pillar Files
Size Cut 0 Price Cut 1 Price Cut 2 Price
6" x ⅜" x 5⁄32" 31.192 Buy $91.00 31.193 Buy $38.75 31.194 Buy $41.95

Narrow Pillar Files
Length Width Thickness Cut 00 Price Cut 0 Price Cut 1 Price Cut 2 Price Cut 4 Price Cut 6 Price
4" 3⁄16" 3⁄32" 31.219 Buy $19.40 31.220 Buy $20.50 31.221 Buy $21.35 31.222 Buy $22.10 31.223 Buy $25.85
6" ¼" 9⁄64" 31.224 Buy $22.85 31.225 Buy $24.15 31.226 Buy $25.30 31.227 Buy $26.15 31.228 Buy $30.50 31.229 Buy $49.75
8" 11⁄32" 11⁄64" 31.230 Buy $31.35 31.231 Buy $33.25 31.232 Buy $34.85 31.233 Buy $24.70
10" 25⁄64" 3⁄16" 31.234 Buy $43.25 31.235 Buy $45.75
Extra Narrow Pillar Files
Length Width Thickness Cut 00 Price Cut 0 Price Cut 1 Price Cut 2 Price Cut 4 Price Cut 6 Price
3" ⅛" 5⁄64" 31.200 Buy $20.45
4" 5⁄32" 5⁄64" 31.201 Buy $18.30 31.202 Buy $19.40 31.204 Buy $20.85 31.205 Buy $24.40
6" 13⁄64" ⅛" 31.206 Buy $21.65 31.207 Buy $22.85 31.208 Buy $23.95 31.209 Buy $24.65 31.210 Buy $28.80 31.211 Buy $47.10
8" 9⁄32" 9⁄64" 31.212 Buy $29.70 31.213 Buy $31.35 31.214 Buy $32.90 31.215 Buy $34.05 31.216 Buy $39.60
10" 11⁄32" 11⁄64" 31.217 Buy $40.95

Round Edge Pillar Needle Files
Cross Section Length Cut 0 Price Cut 2 Price Cut 4 Price
16 cm. 31.547 Buy $13.70 31.548 Buy $13.70 31.549 Buy $15.40

Checkering Wide Pillar Files
As wide as a hand file but, as with all pillar files, cut on bottom and top, but not on sides. Useful for putting serrations on knife edges and to obtain a checkered design similar to a gun handgrip. Overcut is parallel to the file edges and upcut is 90° to overcut. The lines per inch will vary depending upon the length. See chart below for specifics.
Length Width Thickness Lines Cut 00 Price Lines Cut 0 Price Lines Cut 1 Price Lines Cut 2 Price
6" ¾" 5⁄32" 20 31.035 Buy $41.40 30 31.036 Buy $43.75 40 31.037 Buy $45.60 50 31.038 Buy $45.30

Standard Pillar Checkering Files
Useful for putting serrations on knife edges and to obtain a checkered design similar to a gun handgrip. Overcut is parallel to the file edges and upcut is 90° to overcut. The lines per inch will vary depending upon the length. See chart below for specifics.
Size Lines Cut 00 Price Lines Cut 0 Price Lines Cut 1 Price Lines Cut 2 Price Lines Cut 4 Price
6" x ⅜" x 5⁄32" 20 31.040 Buy $38.75 30 31.041 Buy $38.45 40 31.042 Buy $39.95 50 31.043 Buy $41.10 75 31.045 Buy $59.30