Saw Report 3

[pmcgee]

First - a good link that I'd missed up to now ...

Simon Barley on the various imprints regarding 'steel type' you will find on (mainly) backsaws.

Steel and Saws by Simon Barley

[pmcgee]

and some hopefully interesting new arrivals to the MadAsaHatter-Cave ... (interesting info behind that phrase, btw)

First ... two (non-standard) deviations from the Norm.

The saws that come here are usually pre-1930 ... wooden handles ... possibly less good-looking than when they left the factory

One of these blows that idea out of the water ... and the other usually turns my stomach ... but I thought this was a reasonable effort ... with the barest possibility of an Acme-120 underneath.

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[pmcgee]

The World is Going to Hell

Here is an early-ish 'John Spear' blade (up to 1814-1830 before the company became S&J) ... with what I assume is a pretty decent go at a home-made handle.

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by way of contrast ... a (big) GH Bishop blade ...

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also with a home-made handle.





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(I'm Batman)

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[pmcgee]

A couple of nice Simonds $2.50 saws ... although thinking back I paid more than that for them




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[pmcgee]

An amazing, simply decorated handle ...

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and an early Keen Kutter handsaw (CE Simmons hardware stores 'home-brand') ... I've seen later ones that look a bit too new or Kmart-y
... I like this one a lot.

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"CE Simmons / Keen Kutter / Warranted Spring Steel / ... & Tapered" (... can't think ... should know ... )

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[planemaker]

Some real gems in that collection of hand saws. Nice.

Stewie;

[pmcgee]

More info from old WWF threads ...

Disston Backsaw - Back and Handle Dating by Philip Baker

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f163/v...acksaw-112880/

[pmcgee]

Daryl Weir writing about a ~1928 Disston D115. These had rosewood handles.

Keystone Saw Works - Henry Disston & Sons, Inc.

This is a slightly earlier Disston D15 ... same etch ... but I assume the handle was replaced for the Left-hand Drive version. (?)

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[Bushmiller]

A couple of nice Simonds $2.50 saws ... although thinking back I paid more than that for them




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Paul

No.62s both. Two of Simonds' best "Blue Ribbon" saws. Interesting that one has wheat carving on the grip only. By rights both should have wheat carving on the grip and the flat. Maybe one was a replacement handle. Maybe it is an annomally of which there seem to be many.

The $2.50 medallion dates them around the start of WW1 and characteristically the price is etched on the plate too.

I know I'm a bit late picking this up (before the eagle eyes go...ahem ).

Regards
Paul