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Nik Brown, via Twitter:

Oh, the irony. Using Japanese saws to make a western saw bench.

The way I look at it, it’s doubly ironic since a western saw bench will be of little use with a Japanese saw.
On the other hand, Nik does not need to apologize for using the best kind of saw there is.
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Nik Brown, via Twitter:

Oh, the irony. Using Japanese saws to make a western saw bench.

The way I look at it, it’s doubly ironic since a western saw bench will be of little use with a Japanese saw.

On the other hand, Nik does not need to apologize for using the best kind of saw there is.

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  • 6:48 am  23 Sep 2011
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