Glad to have you here Doug!  A lot of us have found that even
western saws can do that fingernail trick.  The white scar
on my left forefinger is the first thing I show my GITs when
I talk about hand saws, DAMHIKT. That's the lesson I go
into right after the *dull* means *dangerous*  lecture.

Gary K
Close to Buffalo NY

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> Gentlemen:
>
> I'd like to introduce myself.  My name is Doug Van Horn

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> Doug Van Horn
> (who knows that a Japanese saw coming out of its kerf will cut a
thumbnail)