Handsaws

**phaser** · 19th May 2020, 11:58 PM

Just getting this off my chest cos I get really annoyed at bad quality products.
Spear & Jackson are crap saws. I had a brand new one in the back shed as a spare, hardly used it. A year later I noticed the handle was full of cracks, so I took it back and got another Spear & Jackson. 6 months later the plastic handle of the new one was weeping a strange smelly oily liquid so that went in the bin. I now have a Stanley which is a joy to use and cuts smooth as butter.

**China** · 20th May 2020, 12:30 AM

Pretty much all the modern low end handsaws such as Stanley, Spear&Jackson etc. are considered throw away items.

**woodsurfer** · 21st May 2020, 10:40 AM

Im with you about the decline in handsaw quality since plastic handles and impact hardened teeth, I go through a couple of Bahco prime cuts a year , they are inexpensive, and to me, cut cleanly and do the job well.Spear and Jackson make a sharpenable handsaw with a timber handle, ive seen it at local Mitre 10 and Bunnings , Paul Sellars uses in in his videos.

**orraloon** · 21st May 2020, 12:17 PM

Of the hard tooth throw away saws I would say Bacho are the best. The S&J wood handled saws do work just fine however ugly the handle. I scored a couple of old ones and after some work they are good saws. I could not help myself and had to reshape the handles.
Regards
John

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