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   RalphBarker | Feb 17, 2011 10:18am | #1

   the saw

   It looks nice, but the keys to performance lie in the steel he used and the cut and consistency of the teeth - unknown factors here.  Personally, I'd spend the extra for (the known quantity/quality of) a Lie Nielsen.

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   woodhouse94 | Feb 17, 2011 05:24pm | #2

   Well

   thanks for the advice i think ill wait, don't feel like spending that much right now.

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   blopar | Feb 17, 2011 09:37pm | #3

   Everyone has to begin at the beginning when starting a business, much like LN did some 30 years ago. I just tried to view the listing and the item sold, but judging from the photos posted it appeared to be a nice piece, the work exhibited on the handle appeared to be of the highest quality. Its always good to be skeptical of items listed on ebay but when I see a seller with over 300 transactions and a 100% approval rating I'm pretty confident in rolling the dice, especially when the seller is offering a money back guarantee.

   Just some food for thought. I wish you the best of luck in your budding career, the road is long and its a tough slog but in the end its worth the effort.

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   labolle | Mar 10, 2011 10:07am | #4

   I bought one of Yomo's saws off of e-bay

   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290526574890&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

   I bought one of  his saws.  It's beautiful.  I bit heavier than the gents saw I'm used too.   I'm still getting used to it and when It's an important set of joinery I still fall back on saw I've been using for the past five years.  

   It's a Crown 10" gent's saw and in a tool test with ten saws Fine Woodworking chose this $22.00 ten inch saw as best value and best choice.

   http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/10straightdovetailsaw.aspx

   Here's the link to the Fine Woodworking Tool Test on dovetail saws:

   https://www.finewoodworking.com/fwnpdf/011183062.pdf

   And if you have the money to spend the best hand made saws around come from Bad Axe Tool Works.  Read some of the amazing reviews of his work.  Many of them can be found on his site.

   http://www.badaxetoolworks.com/index.html

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   woodhouse94 | May 04, 2011 11:04pm | #5

   Those saws..

   I checked out that web site bad axe tools and those saws look dreamy, maybe one day i can get one. Now there are more tools to think about getting.

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   jeffs | May 10, 2011 07:58pm | #8

   Bad Axe saws

   do you have a Bad Axe saw? have you used one? I am in the market for a 16" tenon saw and am trying to decide on which one - Bad Axe, L-N, Wenzloff, Medallion.... etc... any experience with them or other good saws welcome...

   thanks

   Jeff

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   roc | May 11, 2011 12:27am | #11

   LN Can Vary But I Really Like Mine

   Jeffs,

   I have two of the large LN back saws.  They are truly beautiful and well made saws.  I think I got a couple that were part of a questionable batch though.  Others here assure me that was the case.

   Both of my saws curved along the back to the same side.  I had to straighten them and it took a whole lot of force and many tries to get them to bend at all.  The sharpening was also not quite up to what I needed.  They cut a bit to one side.  This was no problem at all because I intended on re-sharpen them anyway.

   One I steepened the cutting angle so it would stop grabbing and hopping on thick purple heart and the other I re-filed from rip to cross cut so I could have a coarser (fewer teeth per inch ) cross cut than they offered.

   Once all this was done they are first rate.

   I bought 'em just to cut the big honk'in dovetails and other joints on my work bench.  Great to have around for other work though.

   
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   roc | May 11, 2011 12:29am | #12

   Jeffs, A couple of photos before dinner

   . . .

   
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   woodhouse94 | May 10, 2011 11:53pm | #9

   Beautiful saws.

   One day i hope to have a good size collection but for now i think a single back saw of good quality will do, i really like those bad axe hand saws. I have many things to think about and depending on what i end up doing for work this summer that will lead me to which tools i purchase. I need a jack plane and i was thinking a LN no.5 and im not sure if i really need a back saw at the moment. I have about 9 diston handsaws i need to tune properly so i can do some decent work. The one problem i am finding with those saws is that the blades are brittle. Thanks for all your help though.

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   roc | May 11, 2011 12:26am | #10

   I should have put the name in. Sorry. I corrected it.

   Foxrocks,

   I was responding to Jeffs,

   Brittle may be a good thing.  Means they are hardened steel at least and will hold an edge well.

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   roc | May 05, 2011 02:10am | #6

   About your link problem

   Please note the space in between the "h" in http and the left margine

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290533973495&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1156

   Some how the magic system here adds that for you.  Not handy.  If you go in and delete that space the link should become the blue abreviated active link e.g.,

   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290533973495&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1156

   If it still does not then back space again until it backs up to the line of text above then hit return key to put it on its own line.

   PS: I had to paste your link into the browser and go there, copy it again and paste it here again and remove the space.  There may have been more going on than the space but any way the space keeps it from working as a link button.

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   woodhouse94 | May 05, 2011 06:12am | #7

   ok

   OO, i see, thanks for that.