Favorite Fret Saw? (for cutting inlay)

[Daniel P]

I've been reading that fret saws are likely to perform a lot better than my old coping saw - to say nothing of the great selection of blades that appear to be available for fret / jeweler's saws.

At one end I can spend a few bucks on Amazon for basic fret saw, on the other end I can get a Knew concepts 5" with rotations head.

Anyone have a specific recommendation for a fret saw for cutting inlay - some brass, wood and mother of pearl.
Specific blades to consider?

[John Parchem]

The jewelers saws I use cost $10-$12 and that's a fancy one that works great. I will try to track down where I get blades, but I buy them by the gross, they are dirt cheap ($4.00 to $5.00 for 144. I mostly use 0 00 and 0000 blades depending on how tight the pattern is. The extra fine blades cut nearly as fast as the bigger blades. The wider blades are nice if there is a straight cut as it wanders less.

One breaks a lot of blades starting out.

[Tim Benware]

This is the saw I use and it works great: