Cutting on the pull is less prone to bend the blade, so it can be thinner and make narrower cuts. The steel itself isn’t particularly cheap, and individual replacement blades cost about half to almost as much as a new saw, but at least it’s more environmentally sound to only replace the part you need to and, as others have noted, the teeth will retrain their sharpness for a long time with proper use and storage (away from excessive moi…humidity).
Pull saws are a godsend and whoever decided to make “western” saws cut in the wrong direction was nearly as daft as the legions who followed the decision.
Welcome to happiness.
Everyone I’ve ever known who used a pull saw or who I got to try a pull saw had basically the same reaction…Where has this been all my life?
