The Advantages of Saws with ‘Tapered’ or ‘Canted’ Blades &#8211

The Advantages of Saws with ‘Tapered’ or ‘Canted’ Blades &#8211

During every class I teach where we pick up a saw, a students always asks the following question: Why is your sawblade narrower at the toe? This characteristic of some backsaws is curious at first to the modern eye. Many of the backsaws from the 19th and 20th centuries have blades that are perfect rectangles….