Abstract: A glass-cutting saw blade has an elongated body adapted to move transversely to a cutting direction and having a short leading edge extending transversely to the direction, a pair of long sides extending generally parallel to the direction back from ends of the leading edge, and a short trailing edge extending transversely to the direction and bridging rear ends of the sides. A grit coating is provided both on the leading edge and on the trailing edge. The grit coatings extend partially from the respective edges onto adjacent portions of the sides. In addition the body is of rectangular section. Such a blade can be a standard jig- or reciprocating-saw blade, or can be continuous and formed as a band-saw blade.