Another Data Point in the search.  This one is a push from either end,
which makes it a push pull in my opinion.  From a book noted in the caption.

Enjoy

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Misc-Images/i-sFtPKVV

My oldest Audel's (1923) does not show using one in any detail

Kirk, in HMB, sitting through another morning of meetings.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 1:29 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:

> Mine matches the image in the Disston Catalogs, but the catalog shows
> ambidextrous teeth.  Mine, as found, were set up push, but have a very
> typical tooth shape.  Blade thickness, if I can still read a vernier, is
> ~0.040, really thick per Sir Thomas of Conroy's assertion.
>
> Salomon nor Eric Sloane have anything on usage.  Blackburn doesn't even
> list it.
>
> Can't find my oldest Audel's
>
> KE
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 12:36 PM Frank Filippone 
> wrote:
>
>> Push or Pull?      Examples of saws vary.... apparently with most being
>> PUSH......
>>
>> I would love to hear from more users......  Other than the obvious that
>> which ever is easier, works ...
>>
>> Most of the saws have a removable blade...... leading to the theory that
>> you put in the blade for the way it works best.....
>>
>> That takes time...... and if I were trying to make a living at making
>> stairs ( or Dados) I would own one of each... maximizing the time DOING
>> the job rather than adjusting my tools.....
>>
>> SO I believe there still is an answer ..... Push or Pull?
>>
>>
>> Who has actual experience with this.....?  How did you actually cut (
>> saw) the dados on the stringers?
>>
>> Is there something written up in carpenters how to (training) books?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Kirk Eppler