Thread: That's Not a Nib....

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Tool bling is not a new thing then!
Regards
John

Originally Posted by orraloon

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Tool bling is not a new thing then!
Regards
John

John

No, not a new thing at all. There has been much conjecture about the purpose of the nib, but this is an extract from the "1914 Disston Handbook of saws."

"The Nib" near the end of a handsaw has no practical use whatever, it merely serves to break the straight line of the back of blade and is an ornamentation only."

So there you go. Bling before bling was conceived! Tool Bling: I love it .

Regards
Paul

Interesting saw... you'd almost think it was made as a gimmick or someone in the factory was having a joke.. rare indeed, but a little too rich for my pocket.

Ray

Originally Posted by RayG

Interesting saw... you'd almost think it was made as a gimmick or someone in the factory was having a joke.. rare indeed, but a little too rich for my pocket.

Ray

Indeed you would Ray. In fact the angle of the picture makes the design seem a little more extreme than it really is. In the listing there is an excerpt from an original catalogue, which makes the saw appear better balanced:

Woodruff McParlin No.10 cat.JPG

But it is still different .

Regards
Paul

For those of you who thought $1100 was too steep, the auction has been reduced to a starting price of $900 (US $ I'm afraid).

I have seen coveted handsaws sell for around $400. These have not been particularly rare saws, but have been in exceptional condition and full depth. It does bring up the issue of rarity. It is the old story that the value of a given good is only what the market is prepared to pay.

I think that if the seller was prepared to restore the saw to even a reasonable level (and it looks as though it would be a good restoration candidate) he might expect $500 to $700 assuming that it is as rare as he said, but I think $900 is still too steep.

He says this is his final price reduction. If it doesn't sell he will keep it on his wall. Something else is that I would have thought he would include free shipping to anywhere.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/371152747125...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Does this help you any Ray?

Regards
Paul

Jees, I'd be interested if he had two

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Jees, I'd be interested if he had two

Nick

It might make them worth half the price .

It brings me to one of my favourite stories (a Roman myth I think) from the days of early Rome.

"The story of the acquisition of the Sibylline Books by Tarquinius is one of the famous mythic elements of Roman history. TheCumaean Sibyl offered to Tarquinius nine books of these prophecies; and as the king declined to purchase them, owing to the exorbitant price she demanded, she burned three and offered the remaining six to Tarquinius at the same stiff price, which he again refused, whereupon she burned three more and repeated her offer. Tarquinius then relented and purchased the last three at the full original price and had them preserved in a vault beneath the Capitoline temple of Jupiter. The story is alluded to in Varro's lost books quoted in LactantiusInstitutiones Divinae (I: 6) and by Origen."

As I said it is difficult to assess the value of rarity .

Regards
Paul