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    • CommentAuthorTriassic
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    In doing a self build, I've just realised I've blunted five hand saws so far, all of which have been the use, ware out and throw away variety and now need to buy a replacement. Can anyone recommend a brand which is likely to keep an edge longer, or even a saw I can keep resharpening, I have a tooth setting tool and a file from the days when a saw was for life!
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    Loads of old trad hand saws around - ebay, local auctions, old tool shops. Keep looking and you'll find a superb one - friend for life.
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      CommentAuthordjh
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    My carpenters used Bahco on the very rare occasion they couldn't use Makita or Hilti. :bigsmile:
    • CommentAuthorDarylP
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    +1 for Bahco, I like Orange!:wink:
    • CommentAuthorCWatters
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    My carp just purchased and discarded cheap ones. Must have gone through dozens.

    Some years ago I took some vintage saws into MacKays in Cambridge and they sent them away somewhere to be resharpened for me! I don't know if they still do that.

    Aside: Why is old steel so much better then modern? I have some old scissors that I have used and abused for 30 years (cutting everything from carbon fibre to aluminium lithographic plates). Never seem to get blunt.
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    Actually you'll need 2 of the old saws - a general purpose crosscut saw, and a rip saw for cutting along the grain - makes the latter dead creamy! Not to mention tenon saw.
    • CommentAuthorborpin
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    I'd buy a good brand. Got a cheap Screwfix one and it is terrible.
    • CommentAuthorEd Davies
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    Had a Sandvik which lasted years of not very intensive use. When it finally got blunt, I got what I remember as a Bahco which went blunt very quickly (half a dozen cuts). That rather contradicts the above experience so maybe it was a similar name designed to confuse or I was just unlucky. Replaced it with a short Spear & Jackson which has lasted reasonably well so when B&Q had longer ones on offer I bought two. One's still in its packaging, the other's OK so far but I haven't used it a huge amount yet.
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      CommentAuthordjh
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2016
     
    I've still got a Sandvik that I bought years ago - wooden handle etc. I very rarely use it. The Bahcos seem reasonable in that I still use one the carpenters discarded! But maybe I'm easy to please; I bought several cheap ones at QD specifically for cutting straw and several are still in occasional use. During the build, I switched from the idea of buying tools for life towards the idea that tools are replaceable and that the main sins are contradictory: (1) not having the right tools for the job and (2) buying tools that only get used once.
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      CommentAuthorjoe90
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2016
     
    I used to sharpen my old saws but found that it was not worth the time. I ( after trying various makes) settled on Irwin from screwfix, they were about a fiver ( £7.99 now) and I always kept 4 in my van, one brand new for my use only on virgin wood ( no nails) down to a knackered one for plasterboard and cutting rubbish. As the new one lost its initial edge they all moved down the list and the oldest one got chucked.
    • CommentAuthorEd Davies
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2016 edited
     
    Here's an evil little trap, by the way. Many saws have 90° and 45° faces on the handle to allow the back edge of the blade to be used to draw a line quickly. E.g., the Spear & Jackson one below. Some, however, look like they do that but don't - e.g, the Sandvik. Close, but not close enough.
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