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Paul’s rasp always looks so effective when he uses it. Since I live in Atlanta, I go to Highland Woodworking (the awesome brick and mortar version) on occasion. I went in there to have a look at the Aurio (sp?) rasps and the salesman let me try them all out. They did not have the full line in stock (I wanted to buy on of the demo’s but he wouldn’t sell it to me) seemingly due to the length of time it actually takes for the company to produce them. It was a birthday present for myself so cost wasn’t really a major concern (the Aurios are about $120-130)…However, in the end I ended up purchasing a Narex (higher-end one that was also hand-stitched) for around $100. I thought that it felt equally up to task in my hands for the one I was purchasing. In any event, the most valuable lesson in that experience was the ability to test-drive a bunch of them to find out which one I preferred as opposed to buying the seemingly best/most expensive one based on someone else’s experience. If you have a place where you can test-drive any of the more expensive tools you may be considering purchasing, I think it’s great to do that before buying–I was surprised by my decision to go with the cheaper Narex but I do not regret it at all.