'Lo all,

Here is a link to said Kerf Starter:  http://www.glen-
drake.com/Thin-.020-Kerf-Starter.html">http://www.glen-drake.com/Thin-.020-Kerf-
Starter.html

Here is the text describing the tool:  The thinnest Kerf-Starter (.020) works
well for Japanese and other very thin saws. Like the other Kerf-Starters, it
removes a shaving the same way other scrapers remove shavings, leaving a shallow
kerf that captures your saw. Use the Kerf-Starter with a square to layout square
lines across end grain and with the long grain. You may also use it to layout
one part of a joint from another as in laying out dovetail pins from already-cut
tails (offset the tail piece to keep the kerf in the waste).

I am very unclear about the meaning of the parenthetical phrase in the last
sentence.  Derek, can you elucidate?

Cheers,
John

John M. Johnston
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