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Thanks for that info Larry (and the quick response), strangely enough both saws seem to have been sharpened for cross cutting at some point, trying to crosscut at 5 tpi was a surprise after using a lovely sharp Tenon saw (12 tpi).
Incidentally I also found another saw plate last night which appears to have been cut down previously, the proportions on the blase seem very strange (to my very limited experience). On closer inspection it seems someone may have cut the toe of the blade of at some point.
This has a kink about 4 inches in from the end of the blade, almost as if someone has put the blade into the cut and then rolled the top of the saw over. As the blade was free I’m not too worried about paying to get it fixed. I have tried the bending the blade method Paul shows for fixing saws but the kink / bend is too localized for that. However i was wondering if there was any point clamping it between 2 thick pieces of wood and trying to cut off the bottom of the blade and start again. I was thinking that the wood would stop the blade flexing as I saw much like when saw sharpening and currently the saw is useless. It will be interesting to see what you guys think.