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Strange, little saw - bandit571 - 08-12-2018
When I won a bundle of handsaws back in May of this year.....I put the Butcher saws back into the auction,,,,when I got the rest of the bundle home, and cleaned up...there was a strange saw in the group..
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Frame is just a metal rod. Blade is set onto a pin on each end, and the pin was peened over. 11 ppi is the tooth count.
May try to set and sharpen the blade.....and see about a "infill" in the loop of a handle? Might be a handy little saw for a tool box?
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Doubt IF that blade will come off.
RE: Strange, little saw - TraditionalToolworks - 08-13-2018
(08-12-2018, 08:27 PM)bandit571 Wrote: When I won a bundle of handsaws back in May of this year.....I put the Butcher saws back into the auction,,,,when I got the rest of the bundle home, and cleaned up...there was a strange saw in the group..
Frame is just a metal rod. Blade is set onto a pin on each end, and the pin was peened over. 11 ppi is the tooth count.
May try to set and sharpen the blade.....and see about a "infill" in the loop of a handle? Might be a handy little saw for a tool box?
Doubt IF that blade will come off.
bandit,
Fairly common style bow/buck saw. Handy when you go into the bush. Mainly used as a crosscut saw, cutting branches, cutting small trees, etc...good to have when you need to create a bow drill.
There's a modern style of that made called the Boreal 21 that folds up. Google and there's to be a video on it.
You should be able to get replacement blades for it, it looks like a common size. You should be able to flex the frame to get the blade off, but I could be wrong.
EDIT: second look at this, are those pins peened? If so you would need to grind them and re-peen them to replace the blade. However, you have plenty of blade, so why not just get a file and sharpen it up? Is it sharpened x-cut?
Cheers,
Alan
RE: Strange, little saw - bandit571 - 08-13-2018
Hard to tell how it is sharpened , right now. Blade length is 9" and is 3/4" wide. Peened over pins.
When I am allowed to go back down to the shop...I'll see about sharpening it up. Can't feel any set to the teeth.
RE: Strange, little saw - Bill_Houghton - 08-13-2018
It's been my impression that at least one of the uses of these saws was in a "boy's tool kit."
RE: Strange, little saw - Tony Z - 08-13-2018
(08-13-2018, 09:17 AM)Bill_Houghton Wrote: It's been my impression that at least one of the uses of these saws was in a "boy's tool kit."
When I first looked at the picture, I thought I had seen that saw before. I think Bill may be on to it, seem to recollect a saw like that in a "boy's tool kit".
RE: Strange, little saw - bandit571 - 08-13-2018
They still make and sell a version....can be found in the hobby section. Shaped more like a coping saw.
RE: Strange, little saw - bandit571 - 08-14-2018
Thinking of using a couple pieces of...Cherry.....make a two piece handle.....route out for the rod to sit in. May glue the two together....may even add a couple brass saw nuts? Maybe shine the frame up nice and bright.....or would having it blued, be better?
RE: Strange, little saw - toolmiser - 08-14-2018
I "think" I have one of those also, it might have came with some plumbing "stuff". Mine might have a red handle, although that might have been owner applied. I could see it being very handy in the trades person's tool box.
RE: Strange, little saw - Timberwolf - 08-15-2018
(08-13-2018, 09:52 AM)Tony Z Wrote: When I first looked at the picture, I thought I had seen that saw before. I think Bill may be on to it, seem to recollect a saw like that in a "boy's tool kit".
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Correct....it is a toy kit saw...very common in the forties...
RE: Strange, little saw - bandit571 - 08-15-2018
The saw came from an Estate Auction of a farmer. Along with quite a few "normal" saws. I also sent back into the auction 5 Butcher's Meat Saws, as I had no use for them.
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Still haven't figured this one out, yet...
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There was this Atkins saw...
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A Disston D-8 was in the bundle....that was laying on the wet grass..back in April of this year...Auction was at the end of April....was May before I could get all the rehab work done on these..
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Still haven't done anything to the Craftsman.....
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And the DeVille didn't really need much clean up. All total, about 8 saws..for $20.