Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Pruning Saw? *LINK*
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away
>Just seen this on e-bay and thought I'd share it. Talk about a saw sharpened to within an inch of it's life! It does go to show just how good this saw was as nobody would keep a lousy saw that long.
T.O.
Pruning Saw
At this point in time and space*
Bill Houghton, cold today, Sebastopol, CA
>the sawnuts are probably worth more than the saw. Pretty shiny things, though they look over cleaned.
*To explain my subject line: during the Watergate hearings, John Dean kept saying in his testimony, "At this point in time..." If I remember the commentator correctly, it was William Safire, then a newspaper political and grammar pundit both, who commented that the correct construction is, "At this point in time and space." I've always loved the sarcasm in that line.
Re: At this point in time and space*
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away
>I've got to agree with you to a point. The handle and nuts are worth the opening bid, and the blade can either be diced up for scrapers, or have a smalled handle attached to it and transformed into another type of saw.
I'm not interested in it, so if anybody else is feel free to bid on it.
No financial interest in this auction.
T.O.
Another like it
Jack Guzman from Maine
>Todd,
I have a saw just like that. It's a little younger than the one you show.Not to a point at the end yet.I also guessed that it must have been someone's favorite saw.I got mine(cheap)because it has a nice looking handle.Mine is the same saw(with the thumb hole).I'm guessing that that style was used alot more than any other and resharpened alot more.---Jack
Better snatch it up, it's a rare saw...
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>Boy o boy Todd Thank you!
I've been lusting for a imfamous Disston thumb hole key hole saw for a very long time!
It will be mine...
This one is a painter
Roy Anderson
>I'm picturing a pastoral scene with wildflowers, a couple of cows and maybe a barn in the background.
Seriously, this one has seen it's day. It obviously had a good life and gave good service. Actually, ending up as a painted wall hanging might be a good retirement gig.
Back in the "olden days"
Marv
>Back in the olden days when handsaws were the only way to cut a board, carpenters maintained a whole till of several type saws. The till wasn't complete without a saw of this kind. It was used to get into tight places. Disston and other saw makers made saws that they called "Ships" saws. They were designed with very narrow blades at the toe end, about 1" wide. They were made in both crosscut and rip profile. Tom Law covers this subject on his saw sharpening video.
Marv
For the size of that saw, I think not cows
Bill Houghton, cold today, Sebastopol, CA
>Maybe small flowers, but cows and a barn? You'd need a very fine brush. How about two mice and an outhouse?