[Jewelry making - Article 00028] - Re: [Orchid] Best Saw Blades

[LSHancock]

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Beth,

    I started out using Hercules brand saw blades and had used them for
    many years before opening my own business. I've always found them to
    be of consistent quality. However, once I started paying for my own
    blades I decided that I'd try some of the other brands, mostly
    because they were less expensive, but they usually advertised some
    other benefit like being more flexible etc. I usually buy a gross at
    a time to get a little discount and found that I'd end up breaking a
    lot of blades getting used to them.  I'd also curse and swear a lot. 
    By the time I'd used up the last of that order, I'd find that the
    average life of a blade was pretty much the same and the breakage
    rate was similar (once you discount the initial break-in period). So,
    I always have gone back to the Hercules brand. Are they the best? I
    don't know, but I do think there's something to the strategy of going
    with the devil you know instead of the devil you don't. I put burs in
    then same category, too.  

    After working with sawblades for decades, you might think that I
    would have had the time and resources to become a sawblade
    connoisseur, but, sadly, no.  

Larry

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