He has to be right. It's on the internet ain't it?
I think you should try that “back-cutting” method and report back.
I especially like how he is using a blacksmith's leg vise to hold that old crusty piece of wood, which looks to be from a salvaged pallet.
Among other things, my Japanese friends learned something new: that their fine-toothed saws are modern and not traditional ("Traditional hand saws are typically of the forward cutting motion...")
Many people who share their knowledge (in text or videos) with good intentions don't know enough about their area of expertise. Here is another example we have seen before:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Han...s-for-Dummies/
Simon
Simon, it's obvious who the dummy is at that website!
Life's too short to use old sandpaper.
I had trouble getting past the grip he had on that saw.
All that, much of it wrong, incomplete, confusing, and so on, and he doesn't even actually tell you how to make a cut, as his title promises.
And I've never heard a Japanese-style saw called a "backcutting" saw and certainly not a "backsaw."
Pity there's not a comments section. I did send an e-mail.
Last edited by Bill Houghton; 02-06-2019 at 4:02 PM.
An observing eye will notice that all of the photos are "stock photos." The main picture does not look like Chris Baylor.