Omcan Band Saw Blade - 3 Teeth per Inch general use

Designed as the everyday workhorse blade, the Omcan Band Saw Blade - 3 Teeth per Inch general use handles fresh meat with bones, primal breakdowns, and most routine butcher shop cutting tasks. The 3 TPI tooth count is the practical balance between aggressive bone-cutting and clean meat-finishing on a single blade.

The 3 TPI blade has more teeth per inch than the 2 TPI scalloped, which means slower but smoother bone cuts and finer finish on the cut surface. The 2 TPI scalloped is purpose-built for boneless work where speed and waste reduction matter; the 3 TPI handles bone-in and mixed cuts as a single blade.

Butcher shops, supermarket meat departments, restaurants doing in-house meat fabrication, and seasonal hunting processors all keep 3 TPI blades on hand as the default replacement. For shops that work bone-in fresh meat as the bulk of daily volume, this is the right primary blade.

Tooth count controls how aggressively the blade bites into product. Lower TPI cuts faster and works better on softer or boneless products, while higher TPI gives smoother cuts on harder products including bone and frozen items. For 4 TPI blades better suited to frozen work, see the matched blade in our band saw blade range.

Coil and band the blade for storage in a dry environment, hung on a peg or laid flat in a closed box. Avoid direct contact with other blades, since teeth can chip teeth on neighbors. Keep blades indoors at controlled humidity; condensation on stored blades causes rust spots that ruin the cutting edge.

Yes, follow these for safe and clean cutting: * Always match the blade size to your specific saw model; check the spec sheet before ordering. * Do not use on hard frozen product; switch to the 4 TPI blade for frozen work. * Replace any blade with cracks, broken teeth, or visible kinks. * Lockout-tagout the saw before any blade change or service. * Wear cut-resistant gloves when handling new or used blades.

Band saw blades are not typically sharpened; replace them when cutting performance drops or teeth show wear. Replacement is faster and cheaper than re-sharpening for commercial volumes. For matching saws including the 65-inch tabletop economy unit and bigger floor models, browse our commercial meat saws range.