Clean it up and use it or hang it on the wall in the man cave
Now now Red, lets not poke fun at the simple folk.
Cross cut/rip saw its just a saw to me but the owner who kindly gave it to me described it as a cross cut saw so who am I to argue.
I'm a wee bit confused - not sure what a "tree saw" is? I'm assuming the larger two man 4' saw is what you mean?
Its really hard to tell, but the 3' one man saw appears to be a crosscut grind rather than a rip unless my eyes are off?
I suppose unless we could accurately measure the angle of the grind we would struggle to determine the use between ripp or cross cutting as both grind configurations were used dependent on the type of material being used I.e green or seasoned wood mid 40s for cross and mid 60s for ripp if I'm remembering correctly
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A rip saw is ground with a uniform tooth bevel at 90 degrees to the line of cut. A crosscut saw has teeth with the bevel at alternate angles. Tooth angle, kerf etc. isn't what defines function or distinction.
This may help
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