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I don't like plastic saw handles - richtes - 01-26-2017
Think they'd be much happier with a well shaped wood handle
https://youtu.be/lTC4po-BywA
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - fletcherj - 01-26-2017
Plastic? Wood is a material made up of long chain molecules that we call polymers. That's a technical way of saying plastic.
HDPE just is another polymer material.
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - AHill - 01-26-2017
(01-26-2017, 07:19 PM)fletcherj Wrote: Plastic? Wood is a material made up of long chain molecules that we call polymers. That's a technical way of saying plastic.
HDPE just is another polymer material.
I'm sure you're saying this tongue-in-cheek. That said...
All plastics are polymers, but not all polymers are plastic. Cellulose is neither moldable nor malleable, which is a key property of plastics. DNA is a polymer also, but it's not a plastic.
I like the feel of wood handles better also - as long as they are shaped properly. I prefer the plastic handle of a Cosman dovetail saw to some of the bulky wood handles like on the Pax saws, simply because the Cosman handles are shaped better.
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - EricU - 01-26-2017
my neighbor was selling his dad's tools, and he had a saw with a Bakelite handle. It's actually the best one of the bunch. They were all pretty low-end saws.Think he was selling them for a quarter. I missed out on the good stuff, took me a while to go home and get my wallet and in the interim someone came and bought most of the tools.
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - richtes - 01-26-2017
Just thought the user in the video would like a nicer saw
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - EricU - 01-26-2017
that's very thoughtful. Probably needs to be sharpened
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - Tony Z - 01-27-2017
Allan-bought a Pax sash saw from "The Best Things" a few years back. Less than half the cost of the boutique makers and easily their equal. Had a walnut handle, easily reshaped in about an hour or two, including applying some BLO that matched prior finish perfectly. I view Pax as an "unknown known" for excellent tools at great prices, though some user fitting may be needed.
I've also taken a rasp to several other saws (one was a LN custom made miter box saw) to fit to my hands, as I've done to totes on hand planes.
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - yuri - 01-27-2017
For that reasons I got that
![[Image: 100_1358.jpg]](http://www.gvozdik.org/pics/ww/Projects/PonySaw/100_1358.jpg)
and did this
![[Image: 100_1368.jpg]](http://www.gvozdik.org/pics/ww/Projects/PonySaw/100_1368.jpg)
and finally
![[Image: 100_1369.jpg]](http://www.gvozdik.org/pics/ww/Projects/PonySaw/100_1369.jpg)
and like it that way
![[Image: 100_1370.jpg]](http://www.gvozdik.org/pics/ww/Projects/PonySaw/100_1370.jpg)
what about you?
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - Tony Z - 01-27-2017
EricU: Disston put bakelite handles on some of their saws, including the higher end D95. Those saws were two-tone, in a variety of combo colors. a D95 for a quarter is a real buy (in my accumulation, I have at least one of each color combo).
RE: I don't like plastic saw handles - hbmcc - 01-27-2017
Yuri, that's a nice clean trade off in handle.
As for the clip, I don't think I want strangers on my porch doing monkey business.