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I spent about $35 on a real japanese backsaw, and once you get used to them, they are great. You don't lean into it/put any weight on it at all - the saw does it all on its own. Flipside is I now need to make a bench hook that hangs off the backside of my workbench, so the pull stroke pulls it against the fence, instead of a traditional push fence/bench hook. Of all my hand tools, including my expensive planes, that little backsaw is my favorite. Thing cuts like a drat laser.
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Well they are both good to have. If you were to push a blade built like a japanese saw, it would buckle and get all squirrly - but because you pull them, they remain very true. I cut dovetails with them. Some people prefer the push saws, the gentlemen I am semi apprenticing under is a big fan of them, but he still reaches for his western backsaw to cut the dovetails. Plus, about 30$ for a japanese saw, and how much for a backsaw? Yeah.
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