STL341: Catching up with Chris Gochnour

From Mike:

I have done only minimal hand tool woodworking until the past year.  Now that I have gotten some experience I love working with hand tools and am looking to  round out my backsaw collection.  I was reading up on carcass and tenon saws recently and heard a well known and well respected authority on hand saws say that there is no difference in the cutting ability or quality of cut between a rip filed saw and a cross-cut pattern if the TIP is 10 or higher.  I’m curious what your thoughts and experience are on this.  Is there any particular advantage to keeping those finer saws all rip patterned?

A Tool Kit for Sharpening Handsaws

Find out which tools are required to revive a dull handsaw.

From Damon:

My understanding is that the conventional wisdom is for hand tool users…