Painted Panther Saw
Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
>In reply to Brad: The paint would have to go!
What I'm talking about:
On the last page of the June 2004 Popular Woodworking is a story of a Painted Panther Head saw. Seems somebody painted a rural scene on this saw, and also painted the nuts. Apparently there is only a very few known examples of this saw, so rare in fact that rough ones go for about $500 or more and nicer ones go for $4-5000! The owner says he'll leave it as is. Question is, what would you do? I'd clean it myself I think.
I'm not a big fan of saw painters, but will give them a break, for if nothing else they are at least preseving the saws that they paint for future generations. I'd rather see them painted than rotting away in some dank, dark, dusty, forgotten shed. Now if the saw is damaged to the point that it is only good to break up for scrapers than by all means paint it up and make a nice decoration out of it. I'd perfer to see a woodworking scene on it, but that's me.
What thinks ya'all?
Todd O.
