Some of you guys might remember about a year ago when I mentioned that I thought the orientation of pulling a saw made for a handicap on japanese rip saws.
And at the time, I also said that I'd welcome any recommendation for an inexpensive disposable rip saw that could hang with a thumbhole rip or any other relatively common western rip saw.
Well, I never did find a disposable rip saw that could, and I have several of the disposable types (gyochuko and Z), but out of that discussion did come the opportunity to try a "real" japanese rip saw that is intended to be used on hardwoods. It came in the mail this morning.
Wish I was in sawing shape right now! (I'm sure i'll still be able to get a good feel for it - it is not the normal flimsy kind of saw that you think of when you get a kataba or something like that from gyochuko - it's much bigger, much more rigid and much thicker).
More to come as I get to try it out.
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