Thread: Saw Report 5

That's not too bad you want to hope this doesn't start to become a thing http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cranb...art/1051378118

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Originally Posted by code4pay

That's not too bad you want to hope this doesn't start to become a thing http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cranb...art/1051378118

That's awful.

It's missing the apostrophe after the "n"!



Regards
Paul

At the risk of causing a scene . How about this?

Simonds scene.JPG

Relax, relax, I rescued it .

Here it is sitting safely at home

somonds saws 005.jpg

It falls in the same category as Paul's No.12. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot were they thinking?

On the plus side it was such terrible picture it made the saw very cheap.

I tried a little scratching of the picture to verify what I thought it was. I was pleased to see not only was it the model I thought, but it had a complete etch (all three in this model) and is in pretty good nick all round including the handle.

Why would they have done such a thing when there are so many jagged pieces of toothed metal with a handle on them floating around?

More to follow on this one as it has a home to go to and I have already stripped the plate and handle back.

Regards
Paul

I would be very glad to know they didn't ROS the blade smooth ... in order not to detrimentally affect the quality of the painting ...
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Originally Posted by pmcgee

I would be very glad to know they didn't ROS the blade smooth ... in order not to detrimentally affect the quality of the painting ...
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It seems not. I will put up a pic tomorrow: It's a bit dark at the moment and the Brownie doesn't have a flash .

Regards
Paul

Paul

On the subject of your WS No.12: It may be a No.12. The medallions and saw nuts are wrong. I don't think they used nickel plated saw nuts in the era that plates featured a nib.

BTW, what is the black stuff they use? You can see it on the back of your saw and I have seen it on saws before. Is it a primer or a rust converter/preventative?

Your saw looks good and virtually full width with a very well preserved handle. When you get it (I'm assuming it might be a while from the US) it will be interesting to see what lies beneath. I sometimes think that is more rewarding than knowing beforehand. There again, it can be an expensive exercise too.

Regards
Paul

Oh my god!
curls up into foetal position and sobs quietly ...

Ok, this is how my scene came up or rather came off!

A couple of Simonds 011.jpgA couple of Simonds 017.jpg

Not too bad. I have started another thread to save hi-jacking Paul's excellent theme.

Regards
Paul

He's at it again. :/

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cranb...goods&mpch=ads

Gawd

I bluudy hope I don't get one of those for father's day

I didn't take particular note of the back - hard to say from the angle. It could be a smooth, stable black rust ... I'll let you know in 4-6 months.

I've been off the ebay bandwagon for maybe 6 months now ... having picked up a few saws already <cough> and felt I should address storage before allowing any more hunting.

Buuuttt ... there was enough waiting there to get organised into two moderately sized boxes <cough> ... one of which arrived here some weeks ago ... and the other needing to depart pretty much now.

I'll post a bit about some of the new arrivals ...

20140728_220256.jpg 20140728_220303.jpg 20140728_220334.jpg 20140729_173056.jpg 20140729_173103.jpg

Ooooh. A sight for saw eyes .

It's a bit difficult to see what you've got other than a lot. Looks like an EC Atkins compass saw from Mike and also a big hand saw from Joe.

Am I right?

Regards
Paul

That backsaw looks interesting

send it over and I'll paint a typically aussie bush scene on it!