Ideal for cutting pipe, steel studs, angle iron, rebar and threaded rod using a chop saw, the DeWalt Diamond Edge Chop Saw Blade, No. DW8500, makes use of advanced brazing technology and premium diamond grit that lasts more than 100 times the life of standard DeWalt blades, for increased speed and longer life. A steel blade core provides the constant cutting depth, capacity and stability of a solid core, and the exposed diamond matrix allows the blades to cut concrete, plastic, fiberglass, rubber, non-ferrous metals, stainless and ferrous metals without loading for flexibility on the jobsite.