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  • Pruning Saw Sharpening

    As part of a recent homeowner project, I applied a file to dull pruning saw that, as far as I can recall, Came With The House™ and has been untouched for decades:

    Pruning Saw sharpening - top view
    Pruning Saw sharpening – top view

    Yeah, that’s a lot of steel filings; it was really really dull. Notice how they’re neatly lined up toward the blade?

    It looks better from the side:

    Pruning Saw sharpening - side view
    Pruning Saw sharpening – side view

    Despite my crude technique, it cuts wood like a hot knife through butter.