Junior Hacksaw Blades

Japanese wood saws cut in the pull stroke and are therefore very slim and flexible They also leave a nice clean cut

Brian

I use Eclipse blades, my regular frame is one of the screw tensioned type and I push on that, I have a deep frame spring one, and pull on that(its about Xs 3 the depth of a standard frame. Once when exploring one of the hard ware retailers in Christchurch I'm sure I spotted Bi-metal junior blades (15/20 yrs ago). Then there is this.

Ian S C

In the case of jewellers' saws there's a very straightforward utilitarian reason why the blades are orientated with the teeth pointing towards the handle: the default position for the saw in use is vertical, with the handle at the bottom. Among other things, this allows gravity to assist the cut. The workpiece is usually held flat on the wooden benchpeg and shifted about as cutting proceeds.

I always used Eclipse blades because of their superiority but found that my supplier had sold out and could only offer me another make.....Bahco, made in Germany. It is sad to say and with great regret that I have to admit that the Bahco blades are imho better than the Eclipse by a good margin.

Mick

In a national chain of tool shops, 10 junior hacksaw blades:-

• Unbranded £1.72 (24 tpi);
• Eclipse £1.99 ("metal cutting" so I assume 32 tpi);
• Roughneck £2.99 (no information given).

Has anybody tried Roughneck blades, and are they worth half as much again as Eclipse?

Brian

The Bahco/Sandvik blades I use are better I find than the Eclipse but they are twice the price. The Eclipse are good blades though, just avoid the cheap shop blades they are rubbish.