Tool Use

[stickmaker]

Nearly forty years ago, I bought - in Franklin, North Carolina - a variation on the braided wire 'commando' saw. Those are rated for wood and soft metals (read: aluminum) but not steel. They're a development of the Gigli bone saw, a type of surgical instrument. Take stainless steel wire with a square or triangular cross section, braid three or four strands together, and you have something which will quickly cut through bone, wood or sheet aluminum.

The saw I have is a magnum version of that. Because the manufacturer braided bits of tungsten carbide in with the wire. That thing will cut case-hardened steel. (I tested it on a rusted-shut padlock which needed to come off anyway.) I even managed to cut a groove in some quartz.

I want more of these. However, I have never been able to find any. There's no label on the actual saw (too small) and the packaging is long gone.

So, can anyone out there help me?