I've used Craftsman blades on my old Sears band saw in the past and always thought they would be short lived because I'm cutting exotic hardwoods - we'll have to take care of a see They how they last, but I put this blade on and immediately went to work with some bowl blanks that I had to cut. The first was bubinga wood and the second was jatoba wood, both hard and dense. But that didn't matter to this blade, it cut like clockwork without burning and with a smooth surface.