On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:23:19 -0400you write: > >You know I've read this thread with some interest. It seems to me that >it would be more natural to cut on the pull stroke instead of the push >stroke. I hadn't thought much about it until reading this thread, but >seems you would have a little more control over the cut by pulling >instead of pushing. I wonder where the idea of cutting on the push >stroke came from and why the Japanese came up with a saw that cuts on >the pull stroke. All very interesting questions.
>From what I understand, the Japanese believe that all living things have a >spirit. They designed their tools to pull the spirit of the wood toward the craftsman rather than push it away as western craftsmen do. The Japanese planes are designed the same way. Terry
