Rusty Tools

[Yorkie]

To be quite honest, unless they're high quality saws worthy of the attention of a 'saw doctor' (if you can find one), I wouldn't bother. Electrically hardened hard-point saws from DIY stores are now so cheap (under a tenner) and so durable, that it's not worth the effort. I think the hard-point rip saws are sometimes called 'contractors saws' and come with a range of tooth pitches.

I had some Sandvik high quality saws that I'd had for 50 years which were in excellent condition and had been sharpened several times over the years, but I recently donated them along with other tools to a charity that I send surplus tools to called 'Tools with a Mission' - I now just use modern saws which last quite a long time, then are binned when they lose their edge as they can't be re-sharpened. I don't doubt that cabinet makers would baulk at using such saws and would only use brass-backed tenon saws, but as I'm not a cabinet maker - just a woodworker, such tools would be wasted on me.

I collect unwanted tools from members of the woodturning club of which I'm secretary and pass onto 'TWAM' periodically - brace and bits, planes, hammers, screwdrivers, saws, chisels etc. They refurbish them and put them into kits to send overseas to teach people how to become self-reliant instead of dependant on aid. Last month, a member had replaced his Record lathe, and donated it to TWAM, which I thought most generous - he could have sold it at the club for at least £150, probably more.