Bob Rozaieski states in one of his videos about sharpening hand saw that he prefers the teeth on his saws to be set about the thickness of a playing card. That is about 0.001". I guess different paying cards have different thickness.
My 9 point Disston 20 has about .003" set and recently while cross cutting a piece of 10/4 cherry, the kerf closed a bit as the cut became deeper and tended to bind the blade. Paraffin wax didn't help much. I'm not sure the saw is taper ground,which would help.
What do you handsaw experts have to say about the amount of set?
I am NOT questioning Bob's statement.
I have a Taintor No 7 set. I found a Taintor booklet on line that said to start with anvil # 4 and see if that was appropriate. They obviously didn't measure the amount of set.