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Thread: Saw ID please?
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5th April 2014, 11:51 PM #1
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Saw ID please?
I bought this old saw from a garage sale. I'm not sure what it is, but it looks decent. It is very similar looking to the Disston D8, but has no disston markings on it, and the heel looks shorter, although maybe it's been filed. It does have a 'scooping' in the top edge of the blade, which Disston patented, so possibly made by Disston for a 3rd party? It is marked Warranted Superior, with some unknown crest on it. Anyone recognise it?
It is 9TPI, and contrary to how it looks in the photo, the blade is exactly 20 inches long.
Don't be distracted by the hole in the toe. I drilled that myself to hang it on the workshop wall.
IMG_4900.JPGIMG_4901.JPGGood things come to those who wait, and sail right past those who don't reach out and grab them.
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6th April 2014, 09:56 PM #2
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It could be an extraordinarily rare Diston Excalibur now rendered worthless by said hole in toe.
Or maybe not ...
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6th April 2014, 10:00 PM #3
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Well, it did appear to be stuck in some sort of stone when I found it, but it came out pretty easy...
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7th April 2014, 01:33 AM #4
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Well it's not Disston, that Warranted Superior medallion is the English style, so I'd be thinking of a English maker, but it's anybody's guess as to which one. S&J, Sorby, etc...
Ray
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9th April 2014, 07:39 AM #5
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Just going off the handle style ... a little closer to blocky than curvy ...
I'd guess maybe up to roughly 1920s UK. They were still using the plain bolts and split-nuts.
If you can get just past the black colouring on the blade - if you wanted to try - you might be able to distinguish some of an etch.
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Paul
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10th April 2014, 12:25 AM #6
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I've managed to remove one of the split nuts - however, the shaft of the 'bolt' is not threaded, and the thread of the nut is only very slight, so I'm not really sure how it was holding on there. Is this an indicator of age, or of poor quality? The 'bolt' does have a square section near the head. The shaft of the bolt was quite bent.
I'll see more when I manage to get the rest of the split nuts off. Might have to make a split screwdriver to fit so that I don't mangle them.Good things come to those who wait, and sail right past those who don't reach out and grab them.
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