On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:53:33 GMT, "Leon"

I fail to see where the poor sercive comes in. IIRC Forrest only does what
you authorize them to do. $20 is higher than most but you knew this going
in, right? S & H is not really a money maker for Forrest and would it
really be any cheaper shipping to some one else? And, I think you are
getting a deal if the blade costs $20 for shipping, $20 for sharpening and
only being charged $30 or more. Lastly, you complain about them finding a
problem with a blade tha you admid had a chipped tooth?

Now what is the problem again?


Saying that there was a chipped tooth was my typo. What I meant to
say was that I had noted NO chipped teeth. Of course, there are
things in these blades that professionals can see that the user might
miss and I am willing to give Forrest the benefit of the doubt on
things like chipped teeth.

Your quasi attack on me and your spirited defense of Forrest seems
rather curious since I wasn't attacking Forrest but just seeking a
solution to my problems in dealing with them. Fact is that when you
send a blade off to Forrest for sharpening it most always seems to
cost from $30 to $50 each. If I could find a blade that was almost as
good as a Forrest for $60 or $70 I would probably switch and just
forget resharpening as there is not only the shipping charges and the
Forrest charges but there is the time I have to spend packaging them
up and getting them to UPS. That way I could become a full-fledged
member of this disposable society we have created. Just throw the dull
one out and replace it with a brand new one. Keep a lot of people
employed that way.

The reason for my posting was to ask my fellow woodworkers what sort
of experiences they had had and what solutions they had found. The
first responder, Robatoy, gave a very helpful and well thought-out
response in the true spirit of this group which I thought was a place
where woodworkers shared ideas and solutions to problems they
encountered (for the most part that is exactly what occurs here) and
not a site for one individual to try to ridicule or deprecate
another..

Now, what exactly is your problem?

Joe