[LouieAtienza]

Originally Posted by murrmac123

It is indeed one of life's great mysteries, lost in the mists of history, why a file which has three faces should be called a 3-square file, yet that is indeed the correct name, used by all file manufacturers. It irks me when I see it referred to as a "triangular " file even though that is what it undoubtedly is.

It may well be that the Scots were responsible . . . it is much more likely (in fact almost certain) that the Scots were responsible for the b@stard file . . .

You wouldn't be referring to a "cant saw file?"