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4th May 2013, 04:27 PM #1
Look what I found
I went down to fill up the ute ready for the drive to the Blue Mountains GTG tomorrow, where I will pick up my saw vice, when I noticed an Antiques/Old Wares shop had opened up across the road from the petrol station. Might as well have a look.
Lots of interesting stuff. One or two old tools but nothing much I'm interested in. Then in the last room I spied an old handsaw, displayed in a large wooden saw vice. The vice was nothing special but the saw was one I have covetted for some time.
I don't know much about hand saws but I read all the threads on here and have seen a few that I thought were particularly handsome.
This just happened to be top of the list "For when I get serious about hand saws"
A quick search on the forum when I got home showed it to be a pre 1928 Disston D8. Filed rip at 4tpi.
Now to read up on how to enhance and preserve the etch and saw restoration in general.
Edit: the etch is a little hard to photograph but it is clearer than in the pic.Those were the droids I was looking for.
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4th May 2013, 05:18 PM #2
A good one for sure Tony.
The handle is in particularly good condition - don't see too many as good as that.
Well found
SG.... some old things are lovely
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4th May 2013, 06:46 PM #3
Should be able to cut some fine dovetails with that
Fantastic Handle good score.
Cheers
Stve
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4th May 2013, 07:27 PM #4
Yep, what they all said, nice saw indeed!
Are you sure it's just a 4 tpi? Eyeballing your pic, it looks to my eyes that the teeth at the toe are smaller than those at the heel. Could it be a progressive-pitch like the one I acquired a couple of months ago? See this thread (scroll down a couple of posts). Yours is in way better condition, so should be an absolute beauty when fettled up for work...
Cheers,IW
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4th May 2013, 07:37 PM #5
Good eyes Ian. 4.5 tpi at the toe and 3.5 tpi at the heel.
Edit: added the .5 after reading Ian's thread. Didn't know we were allowed to call it 3.5Those were the droids I was looking for.
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4th May 2013, 09:07 PM #6
Top find.
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4th May 2013, 09:26 PM #7
Nice find and in really good condition. You will be bringing it along tomorrow so we can all have a drool,wont you.
Regards
John
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4th May 2013, 09:42 PM #8
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5th May 2013, 02:26 AM #9
Apparently 1tpi finer in pitch at the toe was 'normal' out of the factory for Disston 'ripsaws'.
I read that pretty recently. I don't know if they meant specifically 28"+ saws ... or 26"+ ...
My first saw - the one that pushed me right over the edge - was very much like yours.
It has a small 4 (ppi) stamped at the heel, but it was actually (when I got it) 9ppi at the toe down to 7ppi at the heel.
The feel of the apple handle is something else ... like rosewood is, but with a different feel ... and I had it within arms reach for at least a couple of weeks.
Nice score. Cheers,
Paul.
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5th May 2013, 02:35 AM #10
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/r...2/#post1595286
See that thread on Brass Darkening Solution, ... plus Enhancing the Handsaw Etch by Bob Sturgeon
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5th May 2013, 03:11 AM #11
A lot of course tooth rip saws were progressive pitch, at least in the US and Canada. Many have been retoothed to make it easier to sharpen, either by hand or by machine.
Toby
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5th May 2013, 05:47 AM #12
Nice saw!
I was wondering if a such type of handle was only suitable to right-handed people or if a left-handed person, like me, could use it confortably.
Ciao
Giuliano
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5th May 2013, 07:19 AM #13
Right handed only, you could use it, but not comfortably.
Toby
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5th May 2013, 07:22 AM #14
Giuliano, the thumbhole design is - to my eye - nearly symmetric ... but we really need to hear from a leftie.
BobR - Logan Cabinet Shoppe - is left-handed ... Rip Saw for Sale – $125 Plus Shipping | Logan Cabinet Shoppe
and Matt Cianci says (about the Holden patent design which is similar but different)
"For what its worth, I have found the Holden patent to be far superior to the Disston patent for a number of reasons, not the least of which is greater comfort. That, and it is perfectly well suited for either right or left-handed users, which the Disston thumbhole is not."
The mysterious Disston D-8 thumbhole… – The Saw Blog
The thumbhole design was used by Disston, S&J, Pax, Atkins, George H Bishop ... and probably others.
Lakeside - which I think was the Sears brand before Craftsman. LAKESIDE TOOL CO THUMBHOLE RIP SAW + SMALL SIMONDS S (06/22/2011)...
I can't recall a Simonds version ... (starts drooling at the thought )
Cheers,
Paul
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5th May 2013, 07:27 AM #15
DisstonD-8ThumbholeRip-After2.jpgDisstonD-8ThumbholeRip-After5.jpg
Might not be too bad, but it's not made with a south-paw in mind.
Toby
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