Old wood saw

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Interesting thread.
Funnily enough I sharpened one (straight edged) only yesterday
Can I ask Dave, how do you top the teeth when they are on an arc? I cant figure it out. I thought something along the lines of a plywood template you could use each time, that was the same size as the tooth arc less an inch or so, then run the file against the plywood, like using a marking guage?
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Its worth reading that PDF file I linked to out, above.;)
 
If you don't want to fool around with electric just throw a few cut up potatoes and water in a wood vat made to size and lined with plastic sheeting. Put in the saw or any rusted metal and wait a few days. Can't over do it and completely safe.
 
I found half (cutted) this very same saw. Is the steel suitable to make some sort knife (I was thinking something like a short machete to fit in my fanny pack, alla pukko style)
 

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