Vertias dovetail saw

Thanks Betsy: It’s always nice to have a user recommend our tools.

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I bought the Veritas earlier this year and love it. It is a good saw for the money.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Betsy,
I saw a good review of this saw last week myself. It sounded like a great saw and the price was less than a LN, which is a bit much for me. I was hopingh to find one at my local Woodcraft store, but unfortunately they only carry the LV planes, so I couldn’t check the grip in person.
One thing that concerned me was the comment that said that it was especially comfortable for big hands. I guess they assume all woodworkers are over 6 feet and male, however when I buy gloves I have to buy a large or xl children’s size as a 5’3” woman who inherited wierd genes from my dad no less. Did you find the grip comfortable? I’m assuming by your name that you are a woman and probably do not have huge hands.

Scottishrose—- yep – I can confirm that I am all woman! :-)

To address the grip, because I do have small hands, – I found it very, very comfortable. More so than the LN. The LN’s grip is a bit bigger – thickness wise. So my hand surrounds the Veritas handle much better. With that said, I can see that because the grip is on the smaller size – if you have long finger nails – it would probably be uncomfortable. So the moral of that story is – cut those darn things shorter! (Never have understood long nails! -call my old fashioned.)

Happy sawing

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Thanks Betsy!
I do too much grubby work to have long nails so that’s not a problem and I agree, never understood the desire unless you sit around in your fluffy slippers watching soaps and eating bon bons all day. I don’t know anyone like that do you? Since none of my local woodworking outlets carry that particular saw I guess I’ll have to save up and buy it from a catalog. The grip was the one thing that worried me about buying that tool unseen. I feel more comfortable about it now.

Betsy,
I have had this saw since it came out and really like it.

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