Standard tooth designs for ripsaws carry a cutting edge which is square in relation to the saw blade axis. This saw tooth design proved to be satisfactory in the past when saws were heavy in kerf and sawdust was not considered as an important fibre source for pulp or other fibre based products. Forintek recognized that this tooth design is not optimum for achieving the best sawing performance and producing high quality sawdust for pulp. This report describes the results of extensive sawing experiments carried out in both the laboratory and in the sawmill to develop a new tooth design.