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I'm a big fan of bucking with "shortened" western saws. A 7-foot saws cut down to 5 feet makes a serious single bucker. These were usually saws that were damaged and shortened back in the day. I just added a D-handle and filed it up. They show up regularly on Ebay. The one in the pic is a Simonds 520, very stiff and can take a good push.
That is one mean, beautiful saw and you have just turned me on to looking for a damaged treasure to shorten as well.
Now that you have shown me a great example, reminding and enlightening me...I think I know of a western saw fairly local that may be a candidate, however I will need to check it out to see if it's damaged and usable shortened or is it heavily rusted and pited.
Thank you Trailtime.