Crescent Nicholson Universal Handle | 21474U

This file handle will fit just about any 12" file and smaller! A good handle to have if space is a concern in your portable tool box etc, or if you're on a budget etc and you just need a handle once in a while on other files not used often!Just the right size for most hands large and small as well as very good clamping on file end if you crank down on it while tightening. No regrets. Enjoy!

THese work so well I've decided to get a few more so I don't need to swith them from one file to another.

Handle is made with great quality, but i found that it does not work on larger files.

fits the files nicely, definitely saves the hands

you heard that right, for about a year Ive been using these handles for what they were intended for, filesbut then it hit me why can't i use this handle for Reciprocating Saw Blades and when i moded the saw blades with my dremel i was blown away with the performanceonce i cut the blade for a longer tang for the handle to hold onto; the handle had a death grip on the metal, there was no wiggling or loosening what so ever and the performance was like a high end $70 silky saw but at a fraction of the costif you're familiar with the "survival market" snake oil sales men; there are plenty of gimmick handle conversions for Reciprocating Saw Blades that will cost your $100-200!!all you need is this $10 solution and you can make blades that cut plastic, wood and metal! i already bought 10 of these for work and emergency survival and plan to buy more. you can even use a knife that doesn't have a handle or the knife broke off as long and you remake the tang the handle will grip itand its only 3.88 oz heavy so this saves me so much space and weight from using a large saw in my emergency bug out bagUPDATEthe next day i went to home depot to see if i can make a cheap light vertical grip conversion. you can see in the picture i found a Husky junior hacksaw for $5 and with a dremel and drill; cut and shaped a vertical handle, the zip ties hold on to the rubber grip really well and it dramatically made cutting tasks easieri shaped it in a way that you can still unscrew the back and switch out blades without having to remove the zip tiesIve already tried cutting steel pipe with a steel saw blade and it worked fine no wrist fatigue using the vertical grip; and i finally have a vertical grip file holder!total with the vertical handle adjustment your looking a 6 oz weight super light for all this cutting power no need to waste time to make a bushcraft bow saw if your going camping or prep for survival

Solid purchase.

Well made.

Unfortunately Nicholson chose to completely re-design this product without providing vendors with updated product images (across ANY vendor outside of Home Depot, as far as I can tell) or even changing the model #. The re-designed version is clearly a cost saving measure and seems worse in every way. I reached out to numerous vendors themselves, and they had no idea the product had changed. Model numbers exist for a reason, something I suppose Nicholson chose to ignore so they could keep the high rating of an old product and carry it over to a piece of junk replacement product.Regarding the product, it's more difficult to tighten and release the files, the entire handle is much less comfortable to work with and due to the ergonomic changes just overall more difficult to get a good grip on, and the whole thing just feels less sturdy. One of the two I purchased is already damaged from having to use pliers to open the damn tightening mechanism, which seized after one use. Used the previous model for 10 years with no issues before it finally broke, which was fantastic value, and why I bought 2 as replacements.Really a bummer that they chose to sacrifice quality rather than just raise the price a couple bucks. This new version isn't worth half the price they're charging now, and if I found a vendor that still sold the original design I would gladly pay double the price.I was going to return these but ended up having no alternative handles so begrudgingly kept them. I don't even know a good alternative product to get, there's a reason I stuck with what I had for 10 years, it was just a great product.I'm unlikely to purchase any other products from Nicholson going forward as the same model number bit is a literal bait and switch and I'm having a really hard time believing this was a harmless oversight. Not informing any of your vendors that you completely redesigned the entire product and making the vendors think they are still selling the same high quality product is just a real scummy move.Companies like you can do better, shame on you.