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Thread: Disston from Garage Sale
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13th February 2014, 04:35 PM #16
If you look at Andy/Brit's refurbs you will believe he has demonic powers
http://lumberjocks.com/topics/27984
Although you can go harder on a stamped sawblade than an etched one and still preserve the mark, if it is strong.
He has been on here ... he's probably blogged about it online somewhere.
Cheers,
Paul
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19th February 2014, 02:35 AM #17
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19th February 2014, 09:18 AM #18
Do you mean this one, Paul? Spearior progressive pitch rip.jpg
This saw is about as close to 'mint' as a tool could be after 60 plus years since it was bought. If you can believe the bloke who sold it to me, it was bought in the very early 50's by a chippies who never got to use it in anger. His daughter flogged it to the antique dealer, from whom I bought it, about 1995 or 6. It must've been stored carefully, the blade was almost unmarked. There was a single fingerprint etched on the 'off' side, and a few flecks of superficial discolouration on the blade. The etch is almost perfect:
Spearior etch.jpg
It's still sitting around waiting for me to decide what to do with it. It's in such amazingly good nick, it really belongs in a collection, not a toolbox, so I really should pass it on. I paid what seemed like a fair bit of money at the time, but in hindsight, it was a bargain!
Cheers,IW
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19th February 2014, 02:47 PM #19
Ian
That's a really nice saw. I would not be passing it on .
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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19th February 2014, 04:14 PM #20
Paul, I have the old Disston Paul alluded to above, same size, same progressive pitch. It had a harder life before I got my hands on it, but it's still a lovely saw. The blade is a teeny, teeny bit thinner than the Spearior's, and I find it just a bit sweeter to use (which may be all in my mind, of course!). I really don't need two virtually identical saws, and the Spearior has languished ever since I refurbished the Disston, so I think finding it a home where it's truly appreciated is the proper thing to do..
Cheers,IW
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19th February 2014, 05:08 PM #21Bushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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19th February 2014, 09:28 PM #22
Relax, Paul, we each have our own modus operandi.
I went through a phase where I grabbed just about any old tool I stumbled across, if the price wasn't outrageous, & it looked like it could be given another life. Sometime in the mid 90s, I ended up with more planes, saws and chisels than you could poke a stick at! After a while, I realised there were certain tools that I'd go for every time, and others that I would only select when the favourite was blunt. When #2 was also dull, out would come #3, and so on (does this sound familiar? )...
Eventually, I realised that a) I spent more time working with a tool that wasn't my 'best', but 2nd or3rd choice, & b) I'd end up with a whole lot of dull tools and a monumental sharpening exercise. So one day I decided that I was going to have a major cull, & I got rid of most of the doubles, triples (& even a few quadruples!) & created a much leaner inventory. I still have a couple of duplicates, and a very full tool chest (as you know), but at least each tool in there is one I know I enjoy using. And when that tool is dull, I usually have no option but to stop & sharpen it. It took me a good 35 years or more to come to this, but it seems to work well (for me)...
Cheers,IW
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19th February 2014, 11:07 PM #23
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20th February 2014, 02:22 PM #24Jim
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Of course the easiest way to keep a blade clean is by using it which messes me up with multiple saws. I'm trying to clear some out but it is hard.
Cheers,
Jim
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