Great to know. I don't have a table saw, but I do have some black walnut that has been air drying for a couple of years now. It was a gift from the guys that felled the tree. Long story, but the neighbor that decided that the tree needed to come down. Beautiful tree when it was living. The scraps I got were from the canopy. Anyway, I am hoping to use some of that soon. I have no idea how it is going to behave.I had a near kickback on a table saw 2 weeks ago. I was ripping a walnut board and it stopped pushing through the cut. As soon as I felt it bind, I shut the saw off with my knee (so I could hold onto the board with both hands). As it turned out, the board must have been under a lot of tension and the kerf totally closed up after the cut. Luckily, I had a riving knife installed and the kerf closed up on the riving knife rather than the blade. The board had totally wedged itself shut on the knife.
I took the board and finished the cut with my Disston and only later really reflected on how bad that could have been. Thank goodness for riving knives. Oh, and I had also been using microjig grripper push blocks - I find them outstanding for both the table saw and the router table.
Glad you had that riving knife! Glad you also handled the situation well. I've seen video where a table saw threw a board through a wall like nothing.
I bought a micro jig gripper a few years ago. Great accessory.
I may have to ask later about your Disston. I want a pistol grip dovetail saw. There are a few I've been looking at. Bad axe and Lie-Nielsen are ones I've also been looking at. I have a couple of nice Japanese pull saws, and one Glen-Drake, but the grips are not as easy to register in your hand. The Glen-Drake and the Japanese saws are easier to start though.