Thread: Look what I found

A good one for sure Tony.
The handle is in particularly good condition - don't see too many as good as that.
Well found
SG

Should be able to cut some fine dovetails with that

Fantastic Handle good score.

Cheers

Stve

Yep, what they all said, nice saw indeed!

Are you sure it's just a 4 tpi? Eyeballing your pic, it looks to my eyes that the teeth at the toe are smaller than those at the heel. Could it be a progressive-pitch like the one I acquired a couple of months ago? See this thread (scroll down a couple of posts). Yours is in way better condition, so should be an absolute beauty when fettled up for work...

Cheers,

Good eyes Ian. 4.5 tpi at the toe and 3.5 tpi at the heel.
Edit: added the .5 after reading Ian's thread. Didn't know we were allowed to call it 3.5

Top find.

Nice find and in really good condition. You will be bringing it along tomorrow so we can all have a drool,wont you.
Regards
John

Of course.

Apparently 1tpi finer in pitch at the toe was 'normal' out of the factory for Disston 'ripsaws'.
I read that pretty recently. I don't know if they meant specifically 28"+ saws ... or 26"+ ...

My first saw - the one that pushed me right over the edge - was very much like yours.
It has a small 4 (ppi) stamped at the heel, but it was actually (when I got it) 9ppi at the toe down to 7ppi at the heel.

The feel of the apple handle is something else ... like rosewood is, but with a different feel ... and I had it within arms reach for at least a couple of weeks.

Nice score. Cheers,
Paul.

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/r...2/#post1595286

See that thread on Brass Darkening Solution, ... plus Enhancing the Handsaw Etch by Bob Sturgeon

A lot of course tooth rip saws were progressive pitch, at least in the US and Canada. Many have been retoothed to make it easier to sharpen, either by hand or by machine.

Toby

Nice saw!
I was wondering if a such type of handle was only suitable to right-handed people or if a left-handed person, like me, could use it confortably.

Ciao
Giuliano

Right handed only, you could use it, but not comfortably.

Toby

Originally Posted by ac445ab

Nice saw!
I was wondering if a such type of handle was only suitable to right-handed people or if a left-handed person, like me, could use it confortably.
Ciao
Giuliano

Giuliano, the thumbhole design is - to my eye - nearly symmetric ... but we really need to hear from a leftie.

BobR - Logan Cabinet Shoppe - is left-handed ... Rip Saw for Sale – $125 Plus Shipping | Logan Cabinet Shoppe

and Matt Cianci says (about the Holden patent design which is similar but different)
"For what its worth, I have found the Holden patent to be far superior to the Disston patent for a number of reasons, not the least of which is greater comfort. That, and it is perfectly well suited for either right or left-handed users, which the Disston thumbhole is not."
The mysterious Disston D-8 thumbhole… – The Saw Blog

The thumbhole design was used by Disston, S&J, Pax, Atkins, George H Bishop ... and probably others.
Lakeside - which I think was the Sears brand before Craftsman. LAKESIDE TOOL CO THUMBHOLE RIP SAW + SMALL SIMONDS S (06/22/2011)...
I can't recall a Simonds version ... (starts drooling at the thought )

Cheers,
Paul

DisstonD-8ThumbholeRip-After2.jpgDisstonD-8ThumbholeRip-After5.jpg

Might not be too bad, but it's not made with a south-paw in mind.

Toby