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J-P Mercier has been involved with lumberjack sports for
more than 30 years. J-P's father, Napoleon Mercier owns a small
engine shop in Quebec, and working with his father J-P has
amassed a great deal of experience in repairing chain saws and
all small engines. J-P continued his education after high school
and received an electronics degree. He then worked 19 years for
a Canadian firm specializing in microfilm and mail handling
equipment.
In 1973, J-P decided to follow in his
fathers footsteps and become a lumberjack competitor. His father
Napoleon, had a reputation as being one of the best saw filers
in the 1970's. In 1986, J-P decided that he would build his own
crosscut saw. His father Napoleon, and Richard Slingerland from
New York State, gave J-P the necessary information to begin his
endeavour.
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Richard Slingerland was the first man to build modern day peg and raker saws
that were competitive with the m-tooth saws comming across the Pacific
Ocean. Richard is well known as the father of the modern day peg and
raker racing saw. In 1994 J-P and his wife Sylvie won the Jack &
Jill Word Title at The Pacific National Exhibition held in Vancouver
B.C. In 1995 J-P and Napoleon won the World championship double buck
event at that same show, breaking the previous 24 inch western white
pine record of 13.47 seconds by over 2 seconds with a time of 11.18
seconds. J-P and Napoleon won the World Championships again in 1996.
In 1997, J-P paired up with Dennis Daun from Round Lake Illinois, and
set a new record in 24 inch cottonwood with a time of 11.78 seconds.
In 1997 J-P and Dennis won every major competition they entered in
North America, including the World Championship at Hayward Wisconsin.
With so many wins under his belt it wasn't
long before competitors were asking J-P to build them saws. There was
such a demand for Mercier Racing Saws that in 1998 J-P decided to quit
his job and start making and repairing saws fulltime. In 1998 Rick and
Penny Halvorson won the Jack&Jill World Championship, and Rick,
with partner Jeff Crago, won the Two Man World Championship. Mercier
Racing Saws were used in both of these New World Record cuts. In 1999
Dave Jewett won his first Single Bucking World Championship with an
amazing record time of 12.67 seconds to cut a 20 inch white pine. The
saw he used, and continues to use? A J-P Mercier Racing Saw! |
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