"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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Needed to hacksaw an inch off a TV mounting bracket, and realised
I'd left my hacksaw at my brother's place. Then recalled that I'd
added a hacksaw onto a CPC order to bump it up to minimum free P&P.
Went to dig it out, and found I'd done this twice, so I've got a
brand new 12" hacksaw and a brand new junior hacksaw.

Started with the 12" hacksaw, being a substantial piece of tubular
steel I'm sawing through. Ping! -- second stroke and the new blade
pings in half --



Quite common with an all hard blade in unskilled hands.
They allow better precision in the right hands but I always break them too.
It really does only take a slight twist to break them.
I assume you bought some flexible blades so they don't break.