A "sabre saw" was a brand name as I recall - might be in honor of the
F-86 Sabre Jet. It is a hand saw that is up/down sawing motion. You
might call it a jigsaw a generic name.

To me a jigsaw is a bench machine that uses blades up/down to saw
materials.

I want to say Black And Decker owned the trademark name Sabre Saw.

Martin

On 8/21/2018 4:44 PM, william harrison wrote:
replying to rob, william harrison wrote:
By "sabre saw" do you mean a jigsaw or a sawsall?