I have a couple of these "Star Brand" Saws I'm tuning up. They are stamped Made in Germany, and based on the crude quality, I'm thinking they are coming from the same place as the Traditional Woodworker saws, although these are a slightly heavier guage steel with somewhat nicer handles than what I've seen on the TW saws. I took some photos of before, during, after tuning to show how poor these are from the factory. Similar to Jemco with the chunky edges, uneven rakers, teeth of different lengths, etc. I had to joint it down a ton just to get everything even to begin. Soft steel, flat ground. It seems to have turned out pretty well but snow yesterday and today so I'll post some outdoor and test pics later.
Here is the etch:
Detail of the teeth and rakers as it came from the factory:
This shows how far I had to joint it to even things out:
Newly shaped raker:
Teeth getting pointed up:
More to come after I test it...