nautilus wrote:
A few days ago I bought some cedar from a lumber yard, to finish a
project in which I'm working ok. The stock measures 3 inch of
thickness, 9 inch width, and about 2 meters long. I've two pieces of
this size.. and I need to get some 3x3x2meters "sticks"..
(snip)... so I'm thinking in using a good hand saw (which I
would need to buy).

If I made a cut like that with a hand saw, it would look like
vandalism.

The cheesiest skilsaw I've ever owned could do a long rip better than I
could with any hand saw. I love hand saws for small work though.