How Do Everlast Blades Rate?

[Gary Curtis]

How do they rate on clean cutting and edge retention?

They cost considerably less than Forrest, but is the value there.

Gary Curtis

[John Renzetti]

hi Gary, Everlast is a USA company that has been around awhile. They usually sell directly to pro cabinet shops. From what I understand their blades get high ratings.
take care,
John

[Chris Giles]

Gary,
Everlast blades were recommended to me by my blade sharpening expert, who's advice I respect. Two years after that recommendation, all my blades are Everlast. It is the only blade I have used that matches or exceeds the performance of my Forrest Blades. I would buy them on quality alone, but as you said, they are significantly cheaper than Forrest. I wish they made shaper and router blades!

[scott spencer]

I've never used one but have heard excellent comments...some of which are also from a blade sharpener (could be the same guy Chris referred to!).

Recently there's been a rep at Woodnet selling German made Leitz blades under the Irwin and Delta name at excellent prices. (They're the makers of at least some of the HO Schumacher & Sohn blades) I've been fairly impressed so far with the 50T combo blade....not quite a WWII, but at $18 it cuts as cleanly as my LU84 did....but faster. :) Just another alternative....

http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1879581&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7

[Dale Thompson]

Gary,
I really like my Forrest blades but the Everlast AGP 1040 is on my PM66. :) Everlast is not sold on the "street" but I am across the river from a manufacturer of high-quality, industrial-grade carbide tools. They told me about the Everlast and actually got a couple of them for me. :) They are not only a great value but they are also a great blade. :D I've been meaning to ask one of their tooling engineers why Everlast uses round copper/brass inserts in their expansion joints as opposed to the scroll saw-like curls used on the Forrest.

However, as is normally my reaction, I get so excited about seeing a neat new tool, blade, fence, etc., that I totally forget everything else. :(

I wonder if age has anything to do with it? :confused: GOSH! Maybe I can't see the Forrest because of the darn trees! :eek: I just wish, at my age, that Everlast made Depends! ;)

Whatever, Gary, it's a fine blade at a very fine price!! :)

Dale T.

[Mark Singer]

The best blade I found for the money is the Dewalt 7657

[Mike Stanton]

Who sells them? Mike

[Mark Singer]

I bought mine at the woodworking show....they may have a newer model...I could not find that number anymore

[Dennis Peacock]

I use Everlast blades and they are the best blades I've every used....hands down....2nd to none.....Bought mine through Scott Whiting in Arizona.

Oh...did I happen to mention that I REALLY like Everlast blades? :rolleyes: :D

[Steve Wargo]

I'll second the Dewalt. I've used the Forrest and CMT blades, and while I think the previous may be a better blade, for the money you can't touch the Dewalt.

[Gary Curtis]

Go to their website for distributors (their term for "dealers")

http://www.everlastsaw.com/

Thanks, all. I've heard enough to convince me. There is a promotional sale on lasting for another 3 months. These babies work out to sell for about 60% the price of Forrest.

Gary Curtis

[Rick Shelton]

they are significantly cheaper than Forrest. I wish they made shaper and router blades!

I visited the website and the 10" 40T combination blade sellf for $97. You can get a Forrest for $89 (quite often) when they are on sale. Here http://www.forrestsawbladesonline.com/category_2_Woodworker_II.html for example.

Not questioning the quality, just trying to figure out how they are significantly cheaper?

BTW, the website also shows that they do sale router bits.

[Gary Curtis]

The sale price is through distributors, I believe. Not published on the Everlast website. The tool sharpening dealer in Redding California I spoke with rattled off some prices.

If I weren't so shell-shocked from buying a full shop worth of equipment and completing construction on a new house, I would have written everything down. I asked him, how long do sake prices prevail? A few months, he replied. But I do recall him saying I would not reach $200 getting a 3 or 4 blade set. And a Dado stack wouldn't be much more. I know that's pretty vague. My analyst and I are discussing this problem of mine right now and, along with other mental issues, will deal with it. He suggests pills. I say, more beer.

Seriously, I would telephone one of the "distributors" listed on the Everlast website. They are all in the tool sharpening businesses, from what I'm told.

The dealer I spoke with in Redding is, according to my cabinet maker (new house, remember?), a second generation saw sharpener. This sharpener said the manufacturing technique & the quality of carbide used by Everlast were the best he had seen. As Trinity County boasted, until a few years ago, 12 lumber mills, this is timber country, after all.

So I would guess people in the trade are "scary sharp", and would know saws. Ryland Saw Sharpening, Redding, CA - 530 241-4679.

He quoted a real low price on the Dado Stack. He said it performed great, even on Melamine. Sorry I can't remember the price.

Gary Curtis

[Chris Giles]

Rick,
You really shouldn't compare one company's sale price to another's list. It isn't an apples to apples comparison. I usually buy my Everlast blades during the periodic sales my sharpening shop offers. Different blades, different months, that sort of thing. I just paid $69 for the 10" 40T blade you mentioned during the sale a while back. I think comparing list price to list price is a more accurate way of judging prices. Everlast blades are cheaper than Forrest, head-to-head. This is true in New England, but I can't speak for the rest of the country.

[Rick Shelton]

Rick,
You really shouldn't compare one company's sale price to another's list. It isn't an apples to apples comparison. I usually buy my Everlast blades during the periodic sales my sharpening shop offers. Different blades, different months, that sort of thing. I just paid $69 for the 10" 40T blade you mentioned during the sale a while back. I think comparing list price to list price is a more accurate way of judging prices. Everlast blades are cheaper than Forrest, head-to-head. This is true in New England, but I can't speak for the rest of the country.

Agreed. But my point was that WWII can almost always be bought at $89. Still more than $69, though. I'll have to check into them, if my WWII ever wears out.