Starting an aggressive saw

[James Pallas]

Here’s my take. Sharp saw, saw bench or saw horse, about 45* angle, no draw back, weight off the saw, make sure you have your thumb and knuckle high on the plate, long straight smooth stroke forward. Don’t get carried away with cutting to a line. These saws are for rough cuts, rip or crosscut. A dull saw will give you fits and get you cut by jumping from the cut. You would learn quickly if you had 400 studs to cut in front of you. Good luck.
Jim

[James Pallas]

That would be like having a kerf starter at the end of the saw.

Maybe that is what the nib on the back of saws was meant to be.

jtk

I was told what the nub is for Jim. As I remember the exact quote was, “It is there for a lad like you to wonder about. Now go bring me the board stretcher and the nail bender.”😀