Thread: Mystery Saw...Need Help With ID

Thanks Paul, but Josh, AKA Hyperkitten, has already looked at the saw.

Toby

This is the Holden Patent that I referred to earlier ( Marv's saw ).

Toby

Originally Posted by ch!ppy

pretty similar eh, the D-8 has the blade let in and cover top though, maybe more like the No. 80, precursor to the D-8, which is the same basic shape as the D-8 too

Thank's Chippy.
The Standard was a second line saw, a less expensive one, so it would make sense to use the simpler straight slot, as a cost cutting measure. It also makes sense to use a handle they already have.

Toby

Hi Toby,

I know it doesn't help identify you saw, but "Standard" was a mark also used by Wheeler Madden and Clemson.

I've looked at the S&J Aetna, with side plate, nothing like yours, but I'll scan it later for completeness.

Regards
Ray

Thanks Ray,
"Most Valued Member" has been officially earned!

Toby

Hey Ray,

You mean this one?

Wheeler, Madden & Clemson - The Standard

Toby

Originally Posted by ch!ppy

pretty similar eh, the D-8 has the blade let in and cover top though, maybe more like the No. 80, precursor to the D-8, which is the same basic shape as the D-8 too

I have a Disston Keystone K-3, which also has a D8-like handle, but with a straight cut slot, and no cover top. Again, a lower priced Disston with an off the shelf handle, to keep the cost down.



Toby

Originally Posted by TobyC

Hey Ray,

You mean this one?

Wheeler, Madden & Clemson - The Standard

Toby

Yes, I wonder if WMC was taken over by Disston, and ownership of the "Standard" brand passed to them?

Regards
Ray

G'day Toby, yeah there's a few of them when you think about it, the D-8 was generally made from applewood though and the keystone from some other hardwood type i think, often painted or stained an such..some of them you could almost think they had more work put into them (albeit by machine) when you look at them closely, wheat carving , the outside edges on some are rounded over just a tad to have quite a nice finished shape really, just a bit more than is done on the D-8--i suspect the handles on the keystone are a cheaper wood species though, sometimes i have got one out to pinch some timber to repair another but they look just a bit different wood, close though

cheers
chippy

Originally Posted by RayG

Yes, I wonder if WMC was taken over by Disston, and ownership of the "Standard" brand passed to them?

Regards
Ray

Hi Ray,
Yes WM&C was bought by Disston in 1893. I don't know if the use of the Standard brand has anything to do with that.

Toby

Originally Posted by ch!ppy

G'day Toby, yeah there's a few of them when you think about it, the D-8 was generally made from applewood though and the keystone from some other hardwood type i think, often painted or stained an such..some of them you could almost think they had more work put into them (albeit by machine) when you look at them closely, wheat carving , the outside edges on some are rounded over just a tad to have quite a nice finished shape really, just a bit more than is done on the D-8--i suspect the handles on the keystone are a cheaper wood species though, sometimes i have got one out to pinch some timber to repair another but they look just a bit different wood, close though

cheers
chippy

The Keystone saws used beechwood.

Toby

A fellow Woodnetter sent me these pics of a saw that he has. It's a Disston #85 Standard, in the flesh. Definitely not like mine. It even has dome nuts.







We can take that one off the list! ( sorry about the image quality, I didn't take them )

Toby

Sorry to divert the topic a little, but thanks to Toby I read this page:
The Saw of C E. Jennings & Co. - Frank Brickhouse
and one of the WooHoo collections mentioned a Disston 7-1/2, but the link was broken.
Can anyone direct me to more info on this model, please?
Thanks,
Paul.

Hi Paul,

Where did you see the link to a Disston 7 1/2? I don't think I've come across that model before.

Regards
Ray