{"title":"Leigh Ann's Favorite Tools","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeigh Ann has two stints with Shelter Tools under her belt. She got her start at our old tool store in Bath back in the ’90s, then came back in 2012 and never left. As Store Manager, there’s not much happening around the store that she hasn’t had a hand in: ringing up orders, packing boxes, greeting regulars…all while keeping the whole operation running.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe asked Leigh Ann to share the tools she reaches for outside of work, too. Here’s what she told us.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"z-saw-v-iii-265","title":"Z-Saw Folding Japanese Kataba Saw","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Z-Saw Folding Kataba puts a Japanese pull saw blade in a package that folds closed over its own teeth, so it rides in a tool bag without shredding everything around it. Two sizes: the VIII with a full-size 265 mm blade, and the V-Handy with a 200 mm blade for the pocket. Replacement blades are stocked for both. The steel handle with rubber grip coating gives real control, not the flimsy feel folding saws are known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe universal tooth pattern at 15 TPI handles rip, crosscut, and angled cuts, and the teeth are impulse hardened so they stay sharp through hard and soft wood. The blade is replaceable when it finally fades. 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