Quote Originally Posted by David Weaver View Post
I think if the discussions go on long enough, someone will come forward, though we're only going to be able to do it on the big saws with enough plate thickness (that's OK). My friend changed jobs and I lost my ability to hand things to him to take to the lab at his work. I never even thought about having saws tested back then, we were interested only in chisels and plane irons, but interested enough even to strike japanese chisels.
It would be nice if we could. I've got a Beverly #3 shear that cuts saw plates like they're made of paper. I could cut up the blades and re-mail pieces to a number of different people to test.