Thread: Semi-modern Saw handles - Paul Sellers

Thanks Paul - the postie takes a while to cross the Nullabor. (I suppose it would on one of those funny little motorbikes! )

Good stuff - I'm very much in favour of 'fixing' crappy handles, as you know - I've adjusted a few, but probably wouldn't have tackled one as crude as the one in the video. I would probably have started from scratch (or not started at all..) He made a remarkable difference, it still looks a bit 'abbreviated' compared with the oldie, but would certainly be a heck of a lot better to use for any extended sawing session.

What on earth are S&J thinking, to make such disgusting excuses for handles, with all the experience & tradition they have behind them? It's ok, I probably know the answer, & it has to do with the wankers in the marketing & accounts division, who have never held a saw of any kind in their lily-white hands....
Cheers,

The creepy thunder / breaking glass graphic was unintentionally hilarious.

Originally Posted by IanW

Good stuff - I'm very much in favour of 'fixing' crappy handles, as you know - I've adjusted a few, but probably wouldn't have tackled one as crude as the one in the video. I would probably have started from scratch (or not started at all..) He made a remarkable difference, it still looks a bit 'abbreviated' compared with the oldie, but would certainly be a heck of a lot better to use for any extended sawing session.

I started off a bit negative towards beech (vs eg applewood and rosewood) ... in some of the well worn saw handles the wood can look quite weak.

This is the handle of the S&J 888 that I was messing with for quite a while. The beech looks exactly alike, although the shape is very different, so I would have good hopes for his handle. This handle was far from perfect to start with, but I could not believe how silky and tactile it became with not a great deal of sanding. It is now a bit muckier than it was from me putting my claws all over it. It is definitely blockier than the nice old ones ... but still good to hold.

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By comparison here is one a little older (I think) where some of the wood has degraded.

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I'd like to know why he didn't just take the handle off the blade to apply the shellac.

Originally Posted by snafuspyramid

The creepy thunder / breaking glass graphic was unintentionally hilarious.

Argh! It is so incongruous with hand woodworking!
All I can come up with is ... marketing to Americans ... need flashy lights and stuff ... ???

Cheers,
Paul

Originally Posted by snafuspyramid

The creepy thunder / breaking glass graphic was unintentionally hilarious.

Such ominous music and I love the slow mo shattering glass to finish

Here's a lightly tweaked handle I did the other day. I don't have a before shot but it was pretty basic.

I don't mind a pale handle, it's the toffee apple polyurethane finish the makes my teeth itch.

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I didn't see that one before ... I'm quite liking it.

Have you added any wheat-carving to any of them?
or a bit of lining?

Fancy nuts, anyone??

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