Thread: The Great second coming of Wall of saw’s.

Hi Matt. Now that's a nice collection. Two saws I would like to know more about are the small Disston backsaw (top left with the curved toe and the unique handle) and the big rip saw down the bottom right.

MA

An hour has gone already and still no reply from Matt. Has he gone fishing?

The backsaw is likely a Disston No.9 with the Reagan handle. You will have to wait for Matt on the rip saw.

However, I have a question on the third backsaw down on the left with the London pattern handle. What is that one? It looks very interesting being quite large (actually it looks larger because the plate may have had many sharpenings) and only has two saw screws. I think it would be quite old.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

Hi Matt. Now that's a nice collection. Two saws I would like to know more about are the small Disston backsaw (top left with the curved toe and the unique handle) and the big rip saw down the bottom right.

I know all about one of them,

Will get back too you MA, hope the waits not too painful [emoji21].

Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

MA

An hour has gone already and still no reply from Matt. Has he gone fishing?

The backsaw is likely a Disston No.9 with the Reagan handle. You will have to wait for Matt on the rip saw.

However, I have a question on the third backsaw down on the left with the London pattern handle. What is that one? It looks very interesting being quite large (actually it looks larger because the plate may have had many sharpenings) and only has two saw screws. I think it would be quite old.

Regards
Paul

No fishing, not my thing, too boring lol.

Yep it’s a No 9 Backsaw, as Paul rightly pointed out,

Online Reference of Disston Saws -- Backsaws

But, I can’t find “My” no 9 on line,






Only one saw bolt one medallion?

Or is it just my researching on Aunt Google is failing,I’m blaming the The great shop month.

Cheers Matt.

Paul, also if you could just queue in a line behind MA, as he as another request, I will be with you shortly, there’s some National geographical magazines from 1978 on the table if your bored.

Cheers Matt.

Thanks for the close ups. I assume the recess is for ones thumb. I also assume that the handle is extra small?

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

Thanks for the close ups. I assume the recess is for ones thumb. I also assume that the handle is extra small?

Yep the recess is to rest your thumb in, it’s not an extra small handle, tho if you had Bear mitts you would struggle.
I can fit my hand in it, and I have average size hands
Actually it it fits my hand quite well, the horns rap around my palm quite nicely, ie not to tight,but not loose either.



My example also has quite a bit more hang angle compared too the one on Disstion website.

Cheers Matt.

Matt

The medallion on your saw indicates it was made between 1896 and 1917. It only has the medallion and a single saw screw because it is a short version. I would expect from the 12" tooth line upwards they have the medallion and two screws.

It is a nice clean example.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Paul, also if you could just queue in a line behind MA, as he as another request, I will be with you shortly, there’s some National geographical magazines from 1978 on the table if your bored.

Cheers Matt.

Regards
Paul

Matt

No pressure here. Just asking for MA. That rip saw at the bottom right is hiding under the paint job. Progressive tooth (looks very progressive in fact) and the nib place it around WW1 era or maybe earlier if American or up to the mid twenties if British. What is the medallion?

Regards
Paul

This one looks interesting Matt . Is it English ? It looks older than the rest . What is it ?

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Originally Posted by auscab

This one looks interesting Matt . Is it English ? It looks older than the rest . What is it ?

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Rob

That is the saw about which I was asking in post #3. Perhaps we could get a petition going. It may be sufficient to jolt Matt into full blown saw action. There looks to be a stamp on the back and I tried enlarging it, such was my level of interest, but the distortion was too great to read.

Regards
Paul

PS: I am trying to be patient. It's not going well!

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Rob

That is the saw about which I was asking in post #3. Perhaps we could get a petition going.

You did too Paul . I missed that. A petition it may have to be

I have a couple of large English rip and cross cut that look something like that I think . They are in a box and I haven't looked at them for a while. One is a Buck . I forget what the other is. I almost had a tenon saw some years back with a handle like Matts saw on the wall that would have been a good match but I let it go.

Rob

Rob

i thought it was reminiscent of the Kenyon saws epitomised in the Benjamin Seaton Tool chest. The two closed handle Kenyons have slightly more flamboyant handle design and they date from 1797:

Benjamin Seaton saws.Book (2).jpg

Like you, I thought Matt's saw could be older than most we see. Maybe middle 1800s.

Unknown backsaw.jpeg

I guess it is over to Matt to put us out of our misery and tell us the name on the stamp. I'll give it another few days and then start looking for a cliff.

Regards
Paul