Symonds # 10 1/2 rip saw

**macg** · 5th June 2018, 06:18 PM

Hi all,

I was the highest bidder for an Adelaide auction lot of 5 saws, it was a real mixture of good, daggy and in between.

The one with the least amount of issues (light surface rust & dirt) was a 28" 4 ppi Symonds #10 1/2 rip saw.

It has cleaned up nicely, the teeth still need only a light going over with a file and she'll be ready to rip any thing
you care to wave a it.

But there is problem, although No.10 1/2 is at the bottom of the etch (a bit hard to see in the photo but is there in real life),
the picture of the 10 1/2 in my reproduction copy of the 1919 Symonds catalogue shows the medallion on the handle in a different position
and there is a variation in the shape of the top of the handle, it looks more like a Mohawk handle?????

I did have the handle off while cleaning and their was nothing to indicate things had been tampered with.

Also the metal surface under the handle was highly polished which I would not expect to see on a lesser grade saw such as a Mohawk.

So I may have a nice saw but it's true identity is a bit of mystery.

Graham.

**Bushmiller** · 5th June 2018, 11:53 PM

Graham

This pic below is from the 1923 catalogue dating the saw 1923- 1926. Medallion is now in the right place, but it should have a "Simonds Saw and Steel" medallion (Your saw has a "manufacturing" medallion.) It may have been a transition thing or it may have been replaced. The No.10 1/2 retained the full depth status while the No.10 from the same era had become a medium width saw.

Regards
Paul

**macg** · 6th June 2018, 01:01 AM

Paul,

thanks for your reply, what you say all makes sense, other tool companies also did the same back in the olden days, by using up all stock parts, there was not the wastage we have now days.

You probably have the 1919 repro catalogue that I have scanned the page below from, but thought that I would include it to show others that they also used a lot of the old advertising blurb too.

Graham.

**Bushmiller** · 6th June 2018, 04:19 AM

Thanks Graham.

I do have that catalogue. The No.10 model was in the line up from start to finish, although it went from a full depth saw to medium by 1916, but the No.10 1/2 first appeared in the 1910 catalogue. It only changed the medallion position in 1923. Earlier versions before 1919 had wheat carving on the grip.

Regards
Paul

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