Japanese Saw Restoration... With Lasers

Summary by Krater

The creator restores a vintage Japanese Ooga saw, replacing its handle with a spalted maple one and cleaning the rusted blade with a laser rust removal service. He concludes that while the laser-cleaned finish is satisfying, using tape during finishing can cause issues, and ultimately swaps the spalted maple handle for a traditional white oak one.

From the video

Answers: How do you restore a vintage Japanese Ooga saw?

• Ooga saw restoration
• Spalted maple handle making
• Laser rust removal on steel
• Japanese hand saw sharpening
• Cold bluing metal finishing

What it concludes

• Laser rust removal effectively and satisfactorily removes rust from steel saw blades.
• Painters tape can lift or tint an oxidised blued finish on metal.
• Offsetting saw teeth slightly allows the saw to move through wood much easier.
• A white oak handle looks better on the Ooga saw than a spalted maple one.