144 piercing saw blades covering all 12 standard sizes from 6/0 to 6 — everything needed on the bench in one wallet.
⭐ At a glance
📏 135mm blades — fit any standard adjustable jeweller's piercing saw frame
✅ 12 sizes from the coarsest (6) to the finest (6/0), covering everything from thick brass to fine filigree
📦 144 blades total — 12 of each size, supplied in a labelled vinyl wallet with each size wire-bundled
✔️ New — high carbon steel with a brown oxide finish
Tooth direction: Down-cut, teeth point towards the handle, cuts on the pull stroke
🔧 What it does & how to use
A piercing saw cuts intricate shapes from sheet metal, wax or wood by hand, and matching the blade to the material is what separates a clean cut from a snapped blade. This set gives jewellers, silversmiths, goldsmiths and model makers every size needed on the bench, from the coarse size 6 for thicker brass and copper down to the hair-fine 6/0 used for filigree and fretwork.
- Choose the size: match the blade to the sheet thickness, keeping at least 3 teeth in the metal at all times — too few teeth and the blade snaps, too many and cuts run slow and hot
- Fit the blade: insert it teeth-down, pointing towards the handle
- Tension it: tighten the upper screw first, then compress the frame against the bench edge and tighten the lower screw
- Test the tension: pluck the blade — it should ring like a guitar string; a dull thud means it's too loose and will twist and snap
- Cut on the pull stroke: let the blade do the work and never force it sideways
- Lubricate: run the blade through beeswax or a proprietary cutting wax to roughly double its life in silver and brass
- Replace promptly: swap a blade as soon as it dulls — a dull blade is a broken blade waiting to happen
Size guide: pick the blade to suit your sheet thickness.
- 6: 1.6–2.0mm sheet — coarsest, for thicker brass and copper
- 5: 1.4–1.6mm sheet — heavy silver and brass sheet
- 4: 1.2–1.4mm sheet — thicker bench work
- 3: 1.1–1.2mm sheet — heavier silver sheet
- 2: 1.0–1.1mm sheet — general silver sheet
- 1: 0.9–1.0mm sheet — standard jewellery work
- 1/0: 0.7–0.9mm sheet — fine sheet work
- 2/0: 0.6–0.7mm sheet — the most popular all-rounder
- 3/0: 0.5–0.6mm sheet — bezel cups, ring shanks
- 4/0: 0.4–0.5mm sheet — fine pierce work
- 5/0: 0.3–0.4mm sheet — filigree
- 6/0: 0.25–0.3mm sheet — the finest, for filigree and fretwork
Typical uses: piercing pendants, ring blanks and bezel sheet, fine pierced decoration on silverware, cutting sheet gold and platinum, watch case and dial work, coin and medal designs, wax carving, model-making fretwork and marquetry inlay.
⚠️ Please check your saw frame is a standard adjustable piercing saw frame taking 135mm blades — fixed-frame or specialist saws may need a different length.
