This is a remarkable thing: a dovetail saw likely first used before the American Revolution was over. As a tool, its nearly perfect. The handle is a thing of grace, but what really makes the difference is the back, which is massive. That weight, combined with a fairly aggressive pitch, makes for a very fast saw. That's a great thing, since slowness is the enemy of accuracy, in my hands anyway; every stroke of the saw introduces the possibility of error so I like to keep them to a minimum. Someone in the 1770s seems to have thought along those lines as well.
