John. Gill sent me some samples of Pegus blades some weeks ago and I found them to be brilliant. I never had one break, they wore out first. The cutting speed was on par with the FD blades I have always used but the Pegus seemed to last longer before I had to change the blade. For many years I have always used FD blades. At one time I would have said that they were the best blades in the world. They were perfect for the hardwoods that I use. I just don't know what's gone wrong. I know they are made in Germany and Mike is the US main dealer. I have just had another hour in the workshop and things are taking twice as long to produce. A lady who has a stall at the craft fair has asked me to make some hearts for her that she uses in conjunction with her curtain ties backs. Out of frustration I am using a 9 blade to cut these thinking that as the blade resembles a hack saw blade I will be okay but even those are stretching. The last 3 batches of FD blades have been rubbish. They snap on a regular basis and now I am experiencing stretching. I took a 5 blade out of the clamps yesterday and it had grown an extra 1/4 inch. I will never order FD blades again and I would advise all members to adopt the same stance. If there are any new srollers reading this and you want advice on blades just ask, there are lots of very experienced scrollers on here who will give you the benefit of their experience.
