Thread: Gent's saw

Rob

I think "varnished" edge is the same as "polished" edge, which is the terminology used by Simonds. It refers to the curved part of the handle that is gripped by the hand. It shows up as a slightly different colour, although this could be due to it being effectively end grain and does seem to be smoother. What I don't know is how they achieved that. I might have to do some research on the process.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by IanW

I very much doubt it was cut down from a closed handle, DW, but who knows? If I look at the profile of the current handle, and try to imagine the bottom return sweeping up, but leaving finger-space, it just doesn't look to me like it would join up in a satisfying way with the cheeks. I think it fits better with the idea that it was a joiners' or table saw, or something of that ilk, which only seemed to come with open handles.....

Cheers,

If you separate it from the saw, and give it a full carpenter saw cheek, you can come up with a pretty good profile. Spear and jackson had some profiles that had a pretty thin top line (though the notch cut was much steeper).

That'd be my lloyd's money guess, that it was cut from a carpenter's saw pattern, but it would be difficult to prove, for sure.

I chanced on this saw on Ebay while looking for something completely different: Peugeot Freres:

Peugeot Freres 9ppi. 11 inches.jpg

Slightly reminiscent of the Buck saw. This example was 9ppi

Regards
Paul

Jim Bode has one listed too.

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Rare! 8 inch 11 point Crosscut DISSTON/JACKSON NO. 00 Hand Saw circa 1887-1940

Got it. Blade at the toothline is 0.042" and it's 0.038" 1 cm up from the toothline and 0.028" at about 1 cm in from the back. At the very edge it measures 0.025". These measurements taken a near the etch. The width of the set teeth under the handle, where there is the least wear evident, is 0.059".

This is the similar saw I inherited from my father:

Father's saw.jpgFathers saw.jpg

12" long, 8ppi, compression style rivets and to my mind of sentimental value only particularly as it has a slightly wavy blade. Actually the best aspect of this saw is the handle. It appears totally undamaged!

I did a quick scrub on the face side but was unable to determine any sort of etch. I think something was there once upon a time.

Regards
Paul