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I now have the book. I think i'll spend some time studying the saw section.

I LOVE handsaws. Few things make me feel as potent as an excellent saw. I have never sharpened a single one.

Thanks. But I did leave out one part. some tools for certain uses can be and are every bit as sharp(edge dimension) as any straight razor.

Actually I was not saying that other steel edges get the same degree of finish.

Sometimes we talk about microbevels, radius bevels, altered angle(taped) bevels, level of finish, et al, so there...

The point of the quote I believe is they were not really interested in changing tools as what they had been using seemed to be working fine.

Which is not too far off base from what the Kingfish...

From The Woodwright's Companion:(1983) "In his Dictionary of Tools, R.A. Salaman relates the story of a Brixton ironmonger who, when he could not convince carpenters of the value of the new...