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Re: Panther Alert!

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Looks like it's only been up for 23 hours and it already has 7 bids. Will be interesting to see what it goes for in the end. I have it set into my My E-bay watch list. You can bet that I won't be bidding on it. :~(

Todd O.

Re: Panther Alert!

Todd Hughes

>I have heard that was what the nib was for too ,[to help hold a guard on the saw] Out of thousands of saws I have seen in the wild I believe I have only ever seen 1 or 2 that had a guard on and I don't think they were nib saws so sort of doubt that was the reason.Henery Disston supposedly said the nib had no real purpose...Have to wonder the thinking behind roping a hobbed together new guard on a saw like this with some bailing twine that you are selling....With that re worked handle it does look like the saw could have used a top horn protector though ! .......Todd

Re: Panther Alert!

Jack Guzman from Maine

>I've seen the subject of the nib come up here several times and noone seems to have a clue. So far,that's the first reasonable explanation I've heard for it.---Jack

Cougar altert!

Derek

>Our neighbor (in the middle of the city!) saw one on their back fence a couple of weeks ago! It walked past her, about 15 feet away! She is not "excitable" or anything. She called it in to the city and they said that she was not the first one to see one! We are many miles from the woods here.

That made an impression on my youngest daughter - now she knows one reason I don't want her outside alone at night...

I've heard it a ...

Scott Burr in absoutly sweet Ben Lomond,CA

>Starter for starting to saw... i.e. the nib takes a small splinter of wood off the board to center the saw in to start. Who knows...

Re: baloney alert

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>It is commonly agreed upon by people who really know saws that the nib had no purpose other than decoration. This makes perfect sense to me. Yes, it can be used to hold a rope, but that is not what it was designed for. I keep looking for a painted panther saw; I think this would be the coolest wall hanging ever ;) I remember as a young boy, my mom worked in a restaurant, Peddler's Village, that had a number of booths around with crafts for sale. One booth had a lady that painted saws; I still remember those walls of saws hanging there, seeing all the fancy old handles; I shudder to think of the opportunites I missed due to my ignorance of tools.

Baloney fact #1; the nib is used to start the cut

Baloney fact #2; the nib is used to hold a guard

Baloney fact #3; the nib is used to temper the saw

How many other reasons have I heard for the nib?

You haven't heard my theory?

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>My theory continues to be that the nib was developed by a farseeing sawyer who figured that handtool nuts in the 21st Century would need yet another trivial fact to speculate about.

You forgot...

Scott Burr in absoutly sweet Ben Lomond,CA

>To use as a "gun sight" for sawing stright.

Re: Cougar altert!

Bob Hutchins in central TX

>Howdy Derek!

You didn't give your '20' in your message; so it's hard for us to tell just how unusual that sighting is. I saw something on TV within the last few weeks indicating that cougars are migrating eastward. Many sightings have been reported in Iowa and further south. Apparently encroachment on their habitat and reduced hunting pressure simultaneoulsy have combined to increase their population and reduce the area they need to survive. The show predicted that this will continue to increase and that human contact -- even attacks -- will increase until hunting pressure is increased.

Children and pets shouldn't be out alone in cougar country. In fact, I don't think I want to be alone in cougar country; think I'll take Ole Betsy with me.

BobH, joining the hijack.