Thirteen guides, from stainless to foam
Start from what you cut
The material decides the blade: construction first, then edge or pitch, then width and length. Search what you cut and go straight to its guide.
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Grouped the way workshops think about them. Each guide carries the recommended blades table, honest cutting guidance and a route into the blade wizard.
Wood and panel
Soft materials
Hard and abrasive
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Bench of contrasting workpiece offcuts: steel bar, hardwood block, foam sheet and GRP panel, arranged as a family portrait
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Macro montage of clean cut faces: sawn steel, resawn timber and knife-cut foam, showing what a correct blade leaves behind
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Not listed? We publish a guide only when stocked blades genuinely cut the material, so ask us directly about anything else.
Published only when stocked
A material guide exists only where at least two stocked blades genuinely cut it
Manufacturer ranges only
Every recommendation traces to Bahco or Dakin-Flathers published data
Honest textures
Material spheres use verified CC0 textures; gaps use illustration, never a fake
General guidance, real specs
Guides teach the rules; exact widths, pitches and prices live on product pages