Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:

> I was at Lee Valley last weekend and the Microplane rasps I saw all had
> handles. On their website, the Microplane rasp for hacksaws (no handle) was
> item number 27W02.10 and the kitchen rasp was 27W02.07. Was it a different
> rasp you saw? Do you remember the number? I may have missed something at
> the store, or during my web search.
>
> FWIW, the LV kitchen rasp is not made by Microplane--or if it is it's
> private labeled. LV's kitchen rasp seems a bit thinner than Microplane
> rasps. Alan B managed to bend his LV one a bit in the middle. It was just
> the side that was bent, I think (I don't remember now).

The Lee Valley rasp that I picked up at their store was most definitely a
Micoplane. It is stamped or etched right into it.

What is it about these rasps. I had heard how good they were and searched high
and low for one before I discovered Lee Valley. Now I am seeing them all over
the place. I found a great kitchen store the other day in a town near here. It
stocked several different sizes of Microplane rasps (with handles), and I picked
up a miniature one that is only a few inches long.