Saw rebuild

This is a saw I bought 10 or 12 years ago as part of an inexpensive set.  I was never impressed with the way it cut or the junky laminated tote.  Here I've given it a bit of re-purposing.  It has a 12 inch saw plate with about 3-5/8" under the back.

I retoothed it 14ppi and filed it to 10-degrees rake with 11-degrees of fleam.  This would make for a nice do-anything hybrid saw.

After multiple test cuts I changed the first inch to 30-degrees rake and the second inch to 20-degress rake.  So, rather than progressive pitch, it has progressive rake.  This made it much easier to start a cut.  I left the remainder of the teeth alone.

The tote is made from locally sourced walnut that I got from a friend and I used a pattern I downloaded from blackburntools.com.  This is the small size pattern since I was making it to fit my niece.  I reused the original brass saw bolts.

I'm still new to saw sharpening but I'm happy with the way it turned out and the way it cuts.  My niece was pleased with it as well.