Gyokucho Razorsaw Dozuki Wide Type 240 mm Back Saw

The Dozuki Wide Type is Gyokucho's 240 mm back saw with a blade 10 mm wider than the standard dozuki, giving it a cutting depth of up to 60 mm below the spine. It is made for joinery: the 0.3 mm blade and full-length spine keep every cut straight, the 1.0 mm pitch teeth leave a polished surface and the 0.46 mm kerf makes it easy to saw right to a knife line.

The rattan-wrapped handle is the traditional choice for a dozuki, light and warm in the hand. The teeth are impulse hardened, an electrical heat treatment that makes the cutting edges much harder than the body of the blade, so they stay sharp far longer than conventional teeth. When the teeth finally dull, the blade is replaced rather than sharpened; a fresh blade restores the saw to new condition at a fraction of the cost of a new saw; the blade is held in the handle by a single screw that can be loosened with a coin, so changing it takes a minute.