comp56 Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I bought 3 packs of Milwaukee sawzall blades 2 yesterday and 1 today and with a closer look the The Axe blade seems to be just a repackaging of an older blade with different graphics to look newer....shame on you Milwaukee.......... I had a bunch of Milwaukee blades for some time and when I seen these new blades on sale I figure I'd give them a shot, considering the price why not. here are the two blades and here is a pic of an old used one beside the new one....to me there is no difference at all....I am happy with the older blade have used it many times but I was fooled by thinking the new blade was better some how they way it is presented........maybe shame on me..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Huh. Whaddaya know. Those are my favorite blades that are readily available, didn't know they came out with a "new" style called Ax even. Is the metal composition any different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I have some of the older style and grabbed a combo pack after black friday, didn't pay any attention that "the axe" is just a renamed blade. Maybe they felt they had to name all their blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 from what I see so far they are identical.....aside from graphics on the blade itself..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclebud Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I agree comp, they look just alike. I bought some Diablo sawzall blades at HD after Christmas but have not had a chance to try them out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmcmillan Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 If I recall correctly they went from just plain blades, to calling them "ax", "torch", etc, to putting "ax", "torch", etc. on the blades, to calling them "ice hardened". The only change of blade design I know of are when they added thin kerf blades in there somewhere and started stamping a hexagonal pattern on some of the blades and neither of those were correlated with a marketing change. This isn't nearly as bad as the new "tracking point" diablo is marketing that has actually been on some of their blades for at least a year. Their blades are still good but that sort of bs grinds my gears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmcmillan Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 For clarification, I'm counting the hexagonal pattern as a design change because I think that actually reduces screeching of the blade against the side of the cut in metal. Maybe unintentional, but at least that's the experience I've had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 yea i have some of those thin kerf they are a nice blade, bosch makes a pretty good sawzall blade, i bought a cheap pack for maybe 8 bucks at lower a while ago thinking who cares if i chew them up in all actuality they are pretty nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 They look like the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 well now I know there are identical blades, but Milwaukee claims X2 faster?...how can this be? same hex pattern on the bare blade......... don't get me wrong I'm happy with the blade new or the older style but from what I see they only changed the paint and boasts it is x2 faster?......a little misleading if you ask me...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmcmillan Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Different hex pattern. I think it's just the metal cutting ones that have it. There's that same smaller diamond pattern but also a larger hexagonal pattern. You can actually see the hexagonal pattern through the paint on the blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, jeffmcmillan said: Different hex pattern. I think it's just the metal cutting ones that have it. There's that same smaller diamond pattern but also a larger hexagonal pattern. You can actually see the hexagonal pattern through the paint on the blades. I agree with the metal cutting blades you can see the larger honeycomb pattern thru the paint but I am not talking about that style blade, I noticed the 2 blades I posted pictures of. they may have upgraded other styles but they didn't change that blade when they renamed it the "The Axe" but claim it is X2 faster..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiltiWpg Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Milwaukee sold to TTI which is basically a marketing company. Everything they do is marketing. Can't really blame them for hyping up things or rebranding "features" it makes people buy stuff. How else can they afford to constantly be giving away tools, batteries and other products? They are the undisputed kings of tool hype atm. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazzman Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I dont think I have any Milwaukee blades,I will have to look later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 This all makes me very curious to go into the garage and scrutinize my Milwaukee blades. I've been using Diablo lately, so I don't think I have any "new" Milwaukee blades, but I'm really interested to take a look and see what they all look like. I'm sure it's nothing more than simple re-packaging. They want to make a flashier product without costing themselves a lot of money, so they re-brand or redesign the look to make it seem like something "new" or "improved". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 you guys are all right it just seems a little fishy when they can do that and get away with it. It just makes you think what other things are they doing that isn't as noticable to get your hard earned money......like I said I'm happy with the blades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim86 Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 On 2/28/2016 at 7:43 PM, jeffmcmillan said: If I recall correctly they went from just plain blades, to calling them "ax", "torch", etc, to putting "ax", "torch", etc. on the blades, to calling them "ice hardened". The only change of blade design I know of are when they added thin kerf blades in there somewhere and started stamping a hexagonal pattern on some of the blades and neither of those were correlated with a marketing change. This isn't nearly as bad as the new "tracking point" diablo is marketing that has actually been on some of their blades for at least a year. Their blades are still good but that sort of bs grinds my gears. The Hexagonal pattern isn't stamped its the bi-metal design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremon Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 X2 faster is likely against some POS cheapo competitor and not claiming it against themselves. I will say they make quality blades, and we torture the 12" thin kerf blades and they take quite a bit of abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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