On 10/2/2013 1:56 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
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What are they and what's wrong w/ 'em?

I generally keep that sort for the rough work rather than "using up"
the sharp on better stuff for no good purpose.
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They're mostly all steel, dull (never were sharp), and haven't been run
in years. I'm sure the blade storage was ok (they were hung on the
wall), but who knows how they'd run now. Once sharpened, you might have
a gem or a toy.

There's one Irwin Marathon blade that's missing a carbide tooth as well
as being dull. Asking Forrest to sharpen it would cost more than the
entire blade cost (and I'd probably still have low quality carbide.)

There's also a 7 1/4" or two.


Well, I was going to offer to pay the flat rate USPS box fare plus round
it up to some even number if you were up to the effort of stuffing them
in one and carrying 'em to the PO...I touch up non-carbide by hand quite
a lot for the salvaged barn, feed bunks, etc., ... wood that I recycle
quite a lot of for alternate use.

It's really quite a sight to take some of this old 2x12 fir or syp
that's 60-100 yo and whack off the really weathered to reveal the
underlying old growth material still inside...but, it's tough on blades
'cuz there's occasionally a missed remnant plus the dirt, etc., ...

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