Tim Best
12-08-2020, 5:48 PM
Simonds No 7 Rip 5 1/2 ppi (top) & Disston D-8 Crosscut 10 ppi circa 1940s
Fifty years ago I suspect that nearly everyone had similar saws in their tool box so this is not a tool gloat because there is nothing inherently special about these two saws. They are both 80+ years old, feel great in my hand, track beautifully (even though I am hamfisted by nature), and cut better than I ever could have imagined. Even after I fell down the hand tool rabbit hole, I did not enjoy hand sawing the way I enjoyed using other hand tools. I can push a plane all day without regret (well maybe some regret the day after, but not much.) Hand sawing? Nah, was not for me. My sentiment changed today. Hand sawing is still laborious, but having saws they were actually made to do the work, make it a much more pleasurable experience.
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Fifty years ago I suspect that nearly everyone had similar saws in their tool box so this is not a tool gloat because there is nothing inherently special about these two saws. They are both 80+ years old, feel great in my hand, track beautifully (even though I am hamfisted by nature), and cut better than I ever could have imagined. Even after I fell down the hand tool rabbit hole, I did not enjoy hand sawing the way I enjoyed using other hand tools. I can push a plane all day without regret (well maybe some regret the day after, but not much.) Hand sawing? Nah, was not for me. My sentiment changed today. Hand sawing is still laborious, but having saws they were actually made to do the work, make it a much more pleasurable experience.
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