Thread: Fulton back saw or backsaw

Here is a picture of my Mitre Box #4 saw which is 26"...although it looks much bigger.

I note that it only has 2 buttons besides the medallion, George's has 3 + medallion. I apologise for the picture quality but I used my old phone for this.

prozac

Hi Prozac,

Here are a few images lifted from some of the Disston Literature over at Wiktor's
http://www.wkfinetools.com

Top one, is of course Sourdough's, Note the medallion position and the angle of the blade at the heel.



Not sure about the 3 screws, but I notice that they made 4, 5 and 6" deep models,
I wonder if the 3 screws were on the deeper models.
As a general guideline, more screws usually indicates a later date. (this might be an exception.)

The medallion position, it seems the medallion position changed between 1926 and 1934
Also there is a change in the shape of the blade under the handle, so I think we are looking at a pre 1934 date.

The handle shape on sourdough's at the bottom fishtail looks less pronounced, but without a good picture of that part of the handle it's hard to tell.

I think we can revise the date estimate to 1900-1934

Regards
Ray

Originally Posted by MikeW

Did I mention it was a good life?

Take care, Mike

That must have been a great environment to grown up in. Happy memories.

Reminds me of cutting redgum railway sleepers many years ago, Thanks for that.

Regards
Ray

Hi Prozac,

I forgot the catalog pictures over at http://www.disstonianinstitute.com, by combining
those with the catalog's at http://www.wkfinetools.com

I think we can pretty much narrow it down a bit more.

1. Note that the 3 screws starts to appear sometime between 1926 and 1929,
2. The change to the medallion position is before 1929.
3. The heel change is happens sometime between 1926 and 1929.



So That gives us a likely date of 1926 - 1929, I think that's pretty close

Regards
Ray

Joe,
McLendon's would be proud. Yes, they are still very much in existence and a far better cry than Lowe's (my namesake) or Home Depot. Mc's only hires folks who are well qualifed to work in their various sections. You spend a little bit more but you get the right answers. This weekend is the annual Founder's Day celebration and as always the place will be packed to the rafters.
For those unacquainted with our little treasure Mc's started out as a little Mom and Pop hardware store in Renton Washington in 1950 and has grown much bigger but has never lost its friendly one on one touch. If interested in it here's whaer there's a bit of its history. http://www.mclendons.com/history.asp
The opened their store in my home town of Sumner Washington in 1970 and I have been pretty much a loyal customer since 1972 when I moved here.

You folks down south have any of those M&P type operations where you always get the straight skinny on your electrical, building and plumbing problems?

George - Sourdough