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["Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

> That too is why I favor
> Japanese saws, the teeth are backwards and cut on the pull stroke.

One big advantage of the pull type saw is that the blade can be made much 
smaller.  The very thin blade of the Japanese saws leaves a very fine kerf 
and cut down the center of the line.  The thin blade is both more difficult 
to control and gives more control.  It is easier to adjust as you go along 
but you must maintain control.  I like the Japanese saws.

Also Japanese planes work on the pull.  I have never tried one but would 
like to.  I get a catalog from a Japanese tool importer in Berkeley, CA. 
Nice tools but a bit pricey.

Don Bowen      KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html