How can I tell if I have a carbide tipped blade?
Is there any way I can determine by looking at the blade itself if it is a carbide tipped blade


As keshlam pointed out


  If the blade is carbide-tipped, each tooth will have a piece of carbide brazed/welded to the point of the tooth. That should be distinguishable to the naked eye, or with a magnifying glass if you're one of us whose close focus is no longer very good.




At date of writing, I do not know of any other commonly-encountered type of blade that could be easily confused with this.



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