A recent dovetail saw, koa handle
#21
Very nice. The hang of the handle looks high. Is that your normal placement or were you trying something new.
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#22
Wow! My jaw dropped!

Outstanding...!
Wiktor Kuc
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#23
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!
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#24
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.
Isaac
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#25
That's some purdy wood! Nice as usual Isaac.

Jonathan


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#26
It's time to keep this thread alive for another year and to ask Isaac to post some more pics of his beautiful saws.
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#27
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.
Isaac
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#28
Beautiful!
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#29
Boy that koa would be very nice for the saw you will be making for me?????
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#30
Great story, Isaac!

Makes me feel better about some of my own failures to correctly identify woods.
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