The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #149044 Message #3477114
Posted By: Don(Wyziwyg)T
08-Feb-13 - 09:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: It's global warming, stupid!
Subject: RE: BS: It's global warming, stupid!
""Don- Our saws are the wonderful Distons too, and my husband and I hand sharpen all of our tools.""
No saw that I ever picked up came close to rivalling the genuine PA Diston, which would cut 7" X 2" joists in ten strokes without effort. The all cut perfectly straight too, since you don't have to apply pressure, even in bad (semi green) timber.
There was I believe a UK made Diston which wasn't as good, though cheaper.
If the longevity of mine is anything to go by, buying the other would have cost me a lot extra in replacements, and the planet quite a lot more iron ore, coal, electricity and other resources.
As Tesco are so fond of (unconvincingly) saying, every little helps.