To follow up on an earlier post, I checked with Dominic Greco at tgiag about a saw plate 3" X 10" for a dovetail saw in 0.015" plate. They've dropped the 0.015" offering for any plates greater than 2" apparently because of QC issues in toothing without distortion of the plate. Looks like I'll be going with 0.020" after all.
For my backsaws, I've adapted the Grammercy handle pattern from their dovetail saw, beefed up a little and dropped the hang angle a bit for a lower downward pressure in the cut. As George Wilson said a few posts back, the original Grammercy seems a bit too delicate and, for me, the hang would have me pressing the saw into the kerf and reduce control a bit.
Fair winds and following seas,
Jim Waldron