Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Disston #12 with plane handle?
Ernie Miller Topeka
>I am thinking about going to an auction tonight there is a Disston #12 but it has a plane handle but it has a great etch. did they make saws like this? there is also 95's and a 120 I think they are keepers to the till is finished up with some 8's about 10 saws in all.
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David Barnett
>Like this, Ernie?
LOL, love it ;-)
Dan Donaldson
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Rossmoor Galoot
>Was that Disston's export model for the Orient? It definitely looks like a pull saw to me!
Re: LOL, love it ;-)
Dan Clermont in Burnaby
>Isn't that the modern day stair saw with plastic knob and tote?
Dan Clermont in Burnaby
Re: That's it!
Ernie Miller Topeka
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John in West TN
>The No 12 Disston with no carving on the handle is a No. 9 Disston. Same shaped handle however; just no wheat carving.
Cheers,
John
LOL! You're bad!
Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL
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Re: Disston #12 with plane handle?
Ernie Miller Topeka
>Thanks for the info. I bought the saw and it says #12 it's the cleanest shinest most perfect etch I have ever seen on a saw. I'll date it later in the day
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David Barnett
>I have a few #12s with the wheat handles, and they're my favorite saws, but I'd much prefer the uncarved handles. You can barely read the etch on most of my saws, so sounds like a beauty, Ernie.
I don't get the wheat handle thing, I guess. Worse, though, is the wheat pattern gold-stamped on a new flat handled saw. I've got a couple of those that need replacement handles.
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Larry Felix
>My understanding is that the use of wheat on a saw handle, usually as a carving, relates to the fact that wheat was perhaps the most important, productive result of agriculture. As in woodworking, there is hard work in farming, but in a good year, the harvest can be bountiful. Thus, it is a subtle way of saying this saw is a worthy tool and in the hands of a craftsman it will be productive and produce superior work. We have other customs that reflect the tie with agriculture and bountiful harvests. Rice, thrown at a wedding, is a reminder that in a new life together, the bride and groom are expected to produce their own bountiful harvest (children) to carry on the family name and to insure a bright future.
Oh, I know the symbology,
David Barnett
>I just find it tacky and cheap in its execution, I suppose. And beyond aesthetics, I don't like the way it feels in my hand. Although I'm just grousing more than usual, I occasionally need to be reminded that there are reasons for things that transcend my own ephemeral selfish prejudices.
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Ernie Miller Topeka
>Here is a picture why is it any little spot shows up like all get out in the pictures but in person they are hardly visable? couple paint flecks on the handle but that will flick off. I never can get an etch to show in a picture either this one is deep.
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Ted Shuck
>It sure looks like a #12 blade with a D-8 handle.
The #12 did not have a let-in handle, so somebody must have modified the blade to fit the D-8 handle. You should be able to tell pretty quickly if you take the handle off.
Looks like a great user saw!
Ted
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Ernie Miller Topeka
>I would bet dollars to doughnuts that this saw came with this handle. every thing matches the nut holes the blade fits the wood perfect the staining of the steel says it's been like this for ever. and it's sharp. every saw in the till except the 240 is screaming sharp. Mysteries are fun I have a #12 handle but doubt I will change it out.
I agree ....
Todd Hughes
>with Ted , I am sure the oiginal handle was replaced probably during the working life of the saw with one off most probably a D8.If the handle was taken off another saw when you take the handle off the holes in the blade will show where they were filed or redrilled to match the D8 handle's holes. But also Disston sold handle blanks that were not drilled at the factory so that you could fit them to your blade by drilling holes in the handle that matched the blades instead of modifying the blade to fit the handle.....Kind of hard to see in the photo but the handle looks to me to be perhaps of newer vintage then the no.12 blade too. Very common to see replaced handles and sometimes it can be a little hard to tell....I'd put the correct no.12 handle on if you have one to make the saw right....Todd
Re: I agree ....
Ernie Miller Topeka
>You are both right it has been cut down about 1 1/2" I can barly see where the top of the handle used to be. the handle I have will not work the way it is cut.