Last night I pulled out several of my old handsaws. I used to sharpen them using Foley sharpening equipment to make some money. Last night I sharpened one by hand just to see if I remembered how to do it.Took me about an hour but when I finished I had a sweet cutting handsaw that before I sharpened it, was as dull as you could imagine.It cut better than it ever did and I was so thrilled that I still can make a handsaw sing. Great feeling sharpening, just like tuning a rusty dull handplane and making it work great again. Anyone out there still try to sharpen their own handsaws? Try it sometime if you want to have a quick thrill at what you accomplished.
Now if I could just get someone to reply to this post or any post on these forums. Then I will have accomplished something. Mitch