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Wouldn't it be Nice...

Todd Hughes

>if "sellers" like this would start thier auction low with a reserve so that you /they could see what they are trying to sell is really worth instead of what the sellers think it should be worth.

.... As a seller I would think they would want to know what it is worth, I know I would, but I guess everybody doesn't think that way. Who knows maybe he will get the opening bid but I sort of doubt it with the saw being in such beat condition...or as my Grandmother would say...."rough as a corn cob" ....Todd

Re: Wouldn't it be Nice...

Ernie Miller

>Where in the heck do people come up with this less the 30 saws known? I am betting there are more that 3000 of them out there and the numper is probably alot higher than that. I'm with you Todd start it low. on That one I don't know if I would even waist the money on a reserve. and I would have robbed another swa for some corect nuts. as for the medallion I don't know if they wer Warrented superior or not but I do not know if I would have brought that up.

Re: Wouldn't it be Nice...

Tom MacGregor

>I'm sure the seller is certain that he knows what the saw is worth. I've had people accuse me of trying to rip them off when I simply suggested that their tool might not sell for the high asking price - even though I was not actually trying to purchase the piece. At one sale there was a $150.00 tag on a run-of-the-mill dried out, used up and cracked wood&wedge jack plane, and that was FIRM 'cause old planes are worth a lot 'o money these days! I had to be satisfied with a mid 1800's boxwood and brass 6 inch folding caliper rule for a dollar from the same vendor.

Re: Another panther saw on eBay

Philip McKinney

>Several years ago I started getting a real "bug" for handsaws. I tried to read everything I could about saws and ran across a reference to the panther head saws and the Woodrough and McParlin Company. Since Cincinnati is not too far away I thought maybe I would run across one in my tool travels. Farther along in the article the author stated there were only five known examples of this tool. My rising hopes were dashed. A few months later I had the privilege to meet up with a group of area galoots consisting of all old timers. I mentioned the panther saw and the "five known examples". They all laughed out loud. Among the seven other fellows at that gathering five had a panther head saw. A great lesson for me on the "authority" with which many writers speak. I have since seen three of the five, all better than the saw referenced on *bay, much better and they were all acquired for much less that the starting price of the referenced saw, much less! "The tools are out there." ( with apologies to X-files)