What is the best jigsaw blade for the headstock?

[Marcel]

Not in favour of using jig saws on head stocks.

Much prefer a small hand saw to follow beside the outline I've drawn for myself. Then use a file to bring it in nice and close, and then finish using sand paper. It's a slower process but the results speak for themselves...

[king casey]

Not in favour of using jig saws on head stocks.

Much prefer a small hand saw to follow beside the outline I've drawn for myself. Then use a file to bring it in nice and close, and then finish using sand paper. It's a slower process but the results speak for themselves...

I'll agree with that.
May be different with mahogany but maple proved too hard for my jigsaw.
I simply hand sawed the majority off with straight lines and then used a coarse rasp to finesse somewhat.
Files and sandpaper to smooth it down.

cheers, Mark.