Making Safe Edge Files (video mini lesson) - AGI Gunsmiths

[Vincent]

I found this:

Nicholson was part of Cooper Industries from 1972 to October 2012. Apex Tool Group was formed in 2010 as a joint venture of Danaher Tool Group and Cooper Hand Tools with over 30 brands including Nicholson. In October 2012, Danaher Corporation and Cooper Industries sold Apex Tool Group to Bain Capital.

In 2011 Apex Tool Group closed its Cullman, Alabama Nicholson file factory and other US plants in Monroe, North Carolina and Hicksville, Ohio. Cullman production was moved to Cali, Colombia, Tlalnepantla, Mexico, and Sorocaba, Brazil.

You are lucky. Your files were made pre-2011.

I will see if I can find some used files at the Mexican flea market. There are always lots of tools there. I found a nice thread file there for $5. It a bit ironic... having to go to little Mexico to find US made tools.