Hitachi Saw Blades

[Josh Youngman]

Any one have experience with Hitachi sawblades? I came into a few 72tooth "Fine Finish" 10" and 90 tooth "FineFinish" 12" blades.

Wondering if these are any good (prices on amazon ~$45). Should i use these? Sell them? All my other blades are Freud so im not expecting much from these.

[scott spencer]

Hitachi uses a softer C2 carbide on these so I wouldn't expect the them to perform or hold up as well as the Freuds you've used, but they'll cut fine. You'll find quite a few being resold on various auction sites so I'm not sure you'd profit much reselling them.

FWIW, the 40T version did note fare too well in Wood's recent blade comparison.