Is it made in Japan?
I've never seen one like it here in Japan.
I have a very old, but very good re-saw band saw, a Hitachi B601...
I restored it myself (hence the
Blue color, I did not like the
green)
It has a 63 mm wide blade, carbide tipped, and it rips through wood like the old hot knife through butter!
I'd be very interested to see if that one of yours is made in Japan, or made for Hitachi by someone esle, could be a "US" Hitachi maybe?
Anyways, nice Christmas present for sure!!
Cheers!