Bad Axe Tool Works 16" Large Tenon Saw: The Jack Saw – $225

Customize Your Saw:

Handle Preference
American Black Cherry - standard American Black Walnut - add $10

Back Preference
Gunsmith Hot-Blued Steel - standard Stainless Steel - add $10

Filing Preference
11 ppi rip - standard 12 ppi x-cut - standard 12 ppi rip 13 ppi x-cut Custom - please specify

Fastener Preference
Brass Slotted - standard Stainless Steel Slotted - add $10 Gunsmith Hot-Blued Steel Slotted - add $12.50 Gunsmith Niter-Blued Steel Slotted - add $15.00 Stainless Steel Split Nuts - add $12.50 Gunsmith Hot-Blued Split Nuts - add $15.00 Brass Split Nuts - add $15.00 Gunsmith Niter-Blued Split Nuts - add $17.50

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Nicknames are assigned, not self-promoted, and Tom Fidgen calls this my 'Jack Saw.' This saw features a 4" deep x 16" long premium-grade Swedish spring steel sawplate, a firearms-grade, hot-blued carbon steel or optional stainless steel back, cherry or optional walnut handle, and standard brass slotted fasteners or an array of optional slotted and split nut fasteners in three alloys: brass, gunsmith-blued steel and stainless steel. Standard filing suitable for most purposes are 11 ppi rip and 12 ppi x-cut. Be sure to check out my bench hooks to accessorize this great tool if you'd like it filed in crosscut mode.

What's unique about this saw: Hands-down, the Jack Saw is my best seller. The 12 ppi x-cut version presents an incredibly versatile tool that will handle a broad range of wood dimensions in both crosscutting and rip modes. I didn't set out to make a hybrid saw when I started building these guys, but my method of filing x-cut seems to have made it that way. You will be quite pleased with the x-cut finish of this saw, and surprised at how well it will rip. While my 18" saw (The Beast) with its thicker plate remains the top choice for a dedicated rip saw, you just can't go wrong with the Jack Saw if you are relatively new to hand tools, and are just now building your nest of saws. My advice to newcomers is to start out with this guy in 11 or 12 ppi x-cut, and when you're ready to purchase a dedicated ripping saw, consider The Beast for that purpose.

Right now, I'm running a 4-6 week backlog with orders, so the best way to lock your place in the queue is to select your options now and click through the PayPal process on the right to make a deposit. After paying the deposit, you will populate my queue, and I will advise you of the delivery date in my follow-up email. Hate making you wait, but this winds up being an easy, two-part transaction that won't drain your wallet up front while you're waiting for your saw.

And on a final note: if you change your mind about the options you select today when making your deposit, don't sweat it. I will shoot you an email the week before I'm ready to build your saw to solicit any changes you wish to make at that time, and there will be no penalty for changing those options around.