Fresh rust

Re: Fresh rust

John Aniano in NJ

>Dave,

In my copy of "British Planemakers from 1700" by W. L. Goodman, there is an entry for the maker of your saw. It lists that the firm of Samuel Tyzack and Son worked at 343 & 345 Old St. from before 1905-1913 and after. A later incarnation, located at the same address (343 - 345 Old St.) but now termed Samuel Tyzack and Son, Ltd., was in business from before 1926 through to 1976.

With split nuts, I vote for the ~1905 version of the firm. In the US, split nuts on saws were generally pretty much gone by that time, but in England, they may have still been common.

Hope this helps,

John

Re: Fresh rust

Dave Chatham

>Thank you John, I was thinking it may have been older because of the split nuts, I don't know much about saws other than that. I try to lurk mostly and keep informed here. I gave the saw a test and she cuts fine for being a hundred years old, looks to never have been sharpened!I think it was a good deal then. i could have spent that and more on a modern/mediocre saw.

Re: Fresh rust - Ohio is not a "tool heck"!

John Aniano in NJ

>Dave,

Glad to be of some assistance. Good luck with the saw!

BTW, you should try to get the book I mentioned "British Planemakers from 1700" by W. L. Goodman, it really is a good reference.

As for your suggestion that Ohio is "old tool heck", I beg to differ! About 2 years ago, at a flea market 5 miles north of Oberlin, Ohio, I found a wonderful, crisp, fully adjustable, English panel-raising plane! Got it for a whopping $20 and didn't bat an eye as I paid for it! How this nearly never-used plane wound up in north central Ohio, I'll never know...

However, even the Goodman book failed to list the plane's maker "Prince". Thus I know nothing of the plane's maker or it's approximate date. I've also found numerous toolboxes and machinist tools at this same Ohio flea market. Thus, with your newest tool acquisitions, and what I've found in Ohio so far, I wouldn't consider the state a "tool heck"!

John