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Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - mike9 - 09-09-2014
Very nice. The hang of the handle looks high. Is that your normal placement or were you trying something new.
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - Wiktor - 09-09-2014
Wow! My jaw dropped!
Outstanding...!
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - Randy B. - 09-09-2014
Day um
My only critiques are that it isn't in my shop and I don't have the funds to get it there!
Nice work!
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - Isaac S - 09-09-2014
Thanks, everyone.
Mike, that is my standard handle for that size. It is higher than you will find on most larger saws, but is not historically atypical for a saw of this size. It does take a little bit of getting used to, but works well once you do.
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - Jonathan S - 09-09-2014
That's some purdy wood! Nice as usual Isaac.
Jonathan
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - Martin S. - 08-20-2015
It's time to keep this thread alive for another year and to ask Isaac to post some more pics of his beautiful saws.
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - Isaac S - 08-20-2015
Funny, I was just thinking about this saw the other day. There is a bit of an update for this saw.
I was in the Hearne (of Hearne Hardwoods) house the other day, and noticed that the stair treads were made from the same wood as this saw handle. I mentioned something about the koa stairs looking just like a saw I had made, and got a bit of a stange look. It turns out that the wood is not koa, but wych elm. Fate smiled upon me, though, as they had a beautiful slab of the wych elm on sale, as well as a few bits of slightly figured koa (verified as real koa this time!) in their scrap bin. I picked up both for future use.
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - henrypig - 08-20-2015
Beautiful!
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - Philip1231 - 08-20-2015
Boy that koa would be very nice for the saw you will be making for me?????
Re: A recent dovetail saw, koa handle - Bibliophile 13 - 08-21-2015
Great story, Isaac!
Makes me feel better about some of my own failures to correctly identify woods.
