6 Reputable Sawmill Blade Suppliers

The best way to increase your sawmill production is to buy a high-quality blade. The best sawmill blades will also improve quality and decrease costs. If you are in the market for a high-quality sawmill blade, you will want to make sure it comes from a reputable company. Here are 6 sawmill blade suppliers you should know about.

Cooks Saw

Cooks Saw MFG. LLC, is based in Newton, Alabama and has been around for over 50 years. They also have a Canada Store that enables them to provide their sawmill blades and other products to their Canadian customers. Mr. Cook started out by repairing small blades and eventually moved into servicing sawmills. It was his sons that began to manufacture sawmill equipment, which includes sawmill blades. Cooks Saw makes a variety of band saw blades for most sawmill brands.

Wood-Mizer

Donald Laskowski and Daniel Tekulve are the two men who founded Wood-Mizer in 1982. It was then that they created a new kind of portable sawmill that was proven to be efficient and easy to operate. Wood-Mizer has their headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Along with sawmill blades, Wood-Mizer is known for their portable and industrial sawmills, as well as a variety of timber processing products.

Timber Wolf

Art Gschwind is the CEO and founder of Timber Wolf, which has been in business since 1976. His father influenced his appreciation for band saws and working with wood. His father had his own way of resharpening and resetting the blades. As an adult, Art took the knowledge he gleaned from his father and partnered with a manufacturer in Sweden to create Timber Wolf band saw blades. As a result, Timber Wolf produces the world’s only thin kerf, low tensioned, silicon steel band saw blades. The company is located in Patchogue, New York.

Jerry’s Resharp, Inc.

This company in Central City, Kentucky produces the Ripper37 sawmill blade. Jerry’s Resharp has been in business for over 20 years. Throughout this time, they have been providing a blade resharp service along with sawmill supplies for sawyers. In 2017, company president, Jerry Daugherty partnered with Dakin Fathers, the largest carbon bandsaw blade manufacturer in the world.

Kenne-Saw & Supply Company

Headquartered in White, Georgia, Kenne-Saw & Supply Company specializes in bandsaw blades for the portable sawmill market. In business for over 20 years, the company uses high-quality materials and advanced manufacturing methods to produce their high-tension narrow bandsaw blades. Ini 1997, Kenne-Saw partnered with Munkfors, who uses a patented specified method of profile grinding to produce longer lasting saw blade teeth.

TimberKing

Located in Kansas City, Missouri TimberKing has been making sawmills since 1929. Originally known as Belsaw, the company is the oldest manufacturer of one-man sawmills. In 1989, TimberKing began making portable band mills. Along with sawmills, the company sells a variety of other products, which includes their Ultra blades and Ultra Max blades. TimberKing dealers can be found across North and South America, as well as Africa, Australia, Bhutan, and Ireland.

Of course, this is not an exhaustive list of companies that manufacture sawmill blades. These are simply suppliers that Todd has used on his own sawmill. He has also reviewed sawblades from five of these suppliers. If you have experience with sawmill blades from a supplier that isn’t listed, let us hear about it!