I discovered this blade via the amateur boatbuilding community. The thin kerf design means that the blade has to remove less wood to make a cut than do traditional blades, and that means your saw doesn't have to work as hard, and can cut much faster. One trick used by a lot of boatbuilders is to use a hand held curricular saw with this blade for cutting curves in plywood: Set the blade for a very shallow cut, just deep enough to cut through the wood. You'll find that you can follow gentle curves and make much smoother cuts than you could with a hand-held scroll saw.