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I almost hate to admit some personal satisfaction on hearing this but it is what it is. I worked at ILS in the early '80s cause the son had said he had no interest in the business. Harold Brown hired me to be his heir apparant. But he could not let go of complete control. After 2 years supposedly the son suddenly had an interest and I was quickly shown the door. At least I got to know the luthiery business and got some good wood out of the deal.

"I found it difficult to believe that any could dull after three nuts,"

In a word, no. Norman had an interesting business model, and is no longer selling on ebay.

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They were just feeler gauges with slots cut in them. They did dull awfully fast. I sold mine on eBay in about 5 minutes. They're good for a beginner but anybody serious about making nuts should buy some proper files.

I ended up buying every gauged file that Stewmac sells and I've never regretted it. I have made a lot of nuts, and set up a lot more. I also bought this cool magnetic book from a scrapbooking store to keep them in. Nifty!