Me too John, i love using old hand tools when possible.

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People forget how fast you did a job - but they remember how well you did it.

I no longer skinny dip, i chunky dunk these day's.

Got an old wooden jack, with blade, I think it's around the 36" mark without mesureing it, even got a few moulding planes, nothing quite like em.

Saws wise, 3 Distons, a D95 D8 panal & 14" Tennon, also a nice brass backed one

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I wish I was born rich..............instead of just good looking!!!

Jack saw are best all round saws, stay sharp and cut well

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Carpentry and Joinery | Joiners in Sheffield

i normally use the bahco 244 saws. I find they last probably the longest of all the available saws. then again as soon as they cut laminate the set has gone off them anyway and its time for a new saw.

im 27 and i can remember the joiners i worked with as a youngun had all the old distin saws. we also used them at school. theres a few in my shed here. perhaps i should get em sharpened up and use them instead of the normal hardpoint type saws.

remember the old wooden toolboxes joiners always had back in the day? with the spaces for saws etc hahaha

Bahco 244's for me as its what my ferm give us but i think they are the best hardpoint handsaw, and i use a stanley fatmax back saw for the odd small trim job etc

Irwin Jack saws seem to be a great general use saw, about £4.50 I think it was last time I bought one (from a trade store). Also one time I got really frustrated and slamed the toothed edge down into a piec of wood (not very professional I know!) and the teeth didn't break!!

On a slightly different subject, someone mentioned a saw from Lidl. I was wondering, have many people used the cheap tools you can get at Lidl and how good are they really?? Someone was telling me they got a laser level there and it was great.

http://www.spear-and-jackson.com/en/pre ... saw-22quot
i use them, not bad allrounder,

I also like the Irwin saws, work well.

Lidls tools arent too bad, Got a set of screwdrivers, seem alright, have stood up to "various" uses so far without breaking.
Cordless Power tools are a pain as its near impossible to get new batts for them :-( (Considered replacing the cells inside the pack, but thats £40, I can get a Li-Ion cheapie for £44

Jack saws for rough work (cheap and tough)
Predator saws for everything else.

Same here there my new saw of choice

Just looking at old posts and I spotted this. I have a couple of old (but in perfect condition) planes that you describe, ..PM me and I'll give you more details!

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we use Bahco saws from our local timber merchant to keep a decent edge for a while :)

I've just been to a place called Atkinson Walker in Sheffield to get a chop saw blade sharpened. I ended up buying a spare - they make their own, all sorts of circular saws up to about 6 foot in diameter!

They also still make 'proper' hand saws, very nice.

And they stock 'G-man' harpoint modern handsaws from Sweden. I haven't seen these ones before but the guy at AW insists they're the best - and he knows a lot about saws!

www.atkinson-walker-saws.co.uk

Also... I have come across an absolutely superb first fix saw (bigger teeth, fast cutting). It's the C.K. sabretooth. I had a stanley which I was impressed with, but this CK one is even significantly better.

Rip Cut Saw is what i use often