What is this saw?
Kevin F, New Zealand
>Who can tell me what this saw is?
It has teeth on both edges of the blade. Clearly both sets of teeth could use a bit of attention from a file. The larger teeth are about 5 tpi, and the smaller teeth are about 7 tpi. The shape varies quite a lot, with the larger teeth being more uniform in shape. Both sets look as though they are intended to be crosscut.
The blade is about 20" long (including the part inside the handle), the handle end of the blade is about 2 1/4" wide, and the other end of the blade about 3/8" wide. The oval hole in the handle is about 2 7/8" at its long dimension.
There is a logo stamped (not etched) on one side of the blade. The readable parts say (top line): HENRY DISSTON & SONS, (next line): PHILADA, (next line): CAST STEEL ..........ANTE.
This looks similar to the logos that are stamped into the backs of some backsaws.
The sawnuts have straight slots on one side, and plain slightly domed heads on the other side. No medallion.
It appears that this saw was manufactured with teeth on both edges, because the handle is set on the blade symmetrically.
The $8 written on the blade is in New Zealand dollars, so about $5 US. I found ti in a secondhand shop in a small town I vist about each 1 or 2 years.
I can't find any saw anything like this on the Disstonian Institute, or with Google, but I am sure one of you will know something about it. Thanks for your help.
Cheers
Kevin
