Originally Posted by
Rob Streeper
David,
I don't want to get into another battle with you. In my testing I've reported more data points than any other source that anybody here or on the Woodwork Forums ever has before. The reason that I haven't contacted you about taking the samples is that I'm not sure what your intentions are and I don't at this time want to give you my address. This is because you have been so vociferous in you denunciations of my data and I think somewhat unfair to me. If you continue talking to me reasonably, and I don't mean that you must agree with me, I may take you up on your offer.
I acknowledged the limitations of testing under the handles and in fact I was the first to point it out to the community - don't I at least get a little credit for having done so? In addition, I started the conversation about saw plate hardness despite the fact that I knew that there would be differences in opinion. There is really very little data on saw plate hardness available. More work needs to be done.
I just had another thought. I have a Disston No. 4 backsaw that likely was made some time in the WWII era. Were the blades of the backsaws hammer tensioned? Does anybody know? If not I could do C and N scale testing on that saw and report it. What do you think? The only data I have seen on a backsaw is presented at the Disstonian Institute in the discussion of saw steel and that saw was made in the 1800's and was reported to be very brittle.
Cheers,
Rob