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I was sharpening my handsaw wrong for a decade until a retired arborist in Asheville pointed out the angle of my file.
He said, 'Kid, you're filing it like a ripsaw, not a crosscut,' and that one tip made my next oak removal feel like cutting butter.
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alicecooper1d ago
My uncle swore by his 45 degree angle for everything, even tried to file his steak knife that way once. Took me three years of fighting a dull bow saw to realize he was just a stubborn guy with a shed. That Asheville arborist probably saved you a lifetime of sore arms and bad cuts. Some of that old school knowledge is just waiting at a hardware store counter.
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william4071d ago
Watched a buddy struggle for months with a cheap chisel he thought was junk. An old timer at a flea market showed him how to hone the back flat on a stone first. That tool cuts like a dream now and taught him to question the basics before blaming the gear.
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