Thread: Disston Medical Amputation Saw by Philip W. Baker

One of the few tools that really do cost an arm and a leg.

Originally Posted by jimbur

One of the few tools that really do cost an arm and a leg.

We had a saw of almost identical shape & size in the autopsy room where I worked. Someone must have been induced to buy it, way baack before my time, but is an utterly useless thing, imo, with a ridiculously short blade, and a handle designed for someone with a hand the size of a 5 year old. Didn't help that it was always dull - two or three strokes against horse teeth takes the edge off any saw! I would have offered to sharpen it, occasionally, but I much preferred a standard butchers' saw (they are like a hacksaw on steroids if you haven't seen one) for our 'customers'. Sawing a leg bone from a 2 tonne bull in half would be an extreme form of torture with one of those toys!

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