{"id":39108,"date":"2017-06-28T03:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=39108"},"modified":"2018-09-17T22:36:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T02:36:28","slug":"handsaw-comparison-japanese-pull-cut-versus-western-push-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/handsaw-comparison-japanese-pull-cut-versus-western-push-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Handsaw comparison &#8211; Japanese pull-cut versus Western push-cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <em>Facebook<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paul.a.j.sellers\/posts\/1481695601900963\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Sellers<\/a> posted a couple of photos showing the differences between some traditional western hand saws, which cut on the push stroke, and traditional Japanese hand saws, which cut on the pull stroke:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When you hear people say Japanese saws cut better, cut cleaner, cut faster, cut easier, usually it&#8217;s not necessarily true. In reality the Japanese saws cut on a pull stroke and the western saw on a push. When sharpened properly both cut very well. The difference for me is that one is a throwaway, the other a keeper for a lifetime. I own saws made in England and the USA that are totally functional and range in age from between the early 1800s 1860s and some up to date that I use daily. You can make any saw any thickness you like and it will work well.<br \/>\nJust saying.<\/p>\n<p>The main difference nowadays is you throw away the Japanese saws because you can&#8217;t sharpen them whereas a decent western saw can be sharpened, well, for 200 years when you learn how. Most people can master saw sharpening with an hour of practice.<\/p>\n<p><a data-id=\"39109\" href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"359\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-1-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a data-id=\"39110\" href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-2-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-39110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-2-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-2-853x640.jpg 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Handsaw-comparison-2.jpg 1683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Facebook, Paul Sellers posted a couple of photos showing the differences between some traditional western hand saws, which cut on the push stroke, and traditional Japanese hand saws, which cut on the pull stroke: When you hear people say Japanese saws cut better, cut cleaner, cut faster, cut easier, usually it&#8217;s not necessarily true. 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