Some interesting comments but admit I am surprised people don't use manual saws on occasion.
I use one..... on occasion... My family is slow to reproduce. By that I mean that my grandfather (1874-1965) came to the USA from Norway at the age of 26 in 1900. My grandfather worked as a lumberjack in various logging camps in northern WI and the U.P.. After he retired from all the hard work, he kept many of his old logging tools in a shed out at the family cabin on a small lake, a few miles from the old family home.
By the time I was born, in 1960, he was already 86 years old. He passed away when I was 5. My parents, being children of the Great Depression era, were the type that saved everything and never parted with any of the older generation's things.
After my parents passed away, my sister and I inherited the family cabin. I always knew my grandfather's tools were in the shed and a few years ago I decided to put a few of them to use. It's as if he walked out of the woods one day, sharpened them up, wiped them down and hung them up.
As far as joy in using them, I'll tell you... I think the older generations were a much hardier breed than me. A few hours of using a one man saw bucking dead, wind fallen oak will have me begging for a chain saw! Granted, I'm sure bucking oak is more work than fresh cut pine, and the saw was intended for soft woods, but still.... I'll grab a chain saw before I'll grab any of grandpa's, sharp and set, one or two man saws!
It's fun to get a taste of the old way, but for the most part I'll leave them hanging in my garage. I even put one on the wall in the kitchen as a tribute to my family's past.... Now, where's my Husqvarna, there's wood to cut!