Hi everyone,

My dad passed on about 7 years ago and left me a bunch of
tools - mostly mechanics type - rachets, wrenches etc. He
loved to tinker with cars etc & taught me a lot.

For some reason, today I cracked open an old wooden toolbox
which (I think) belonged to a friend of his who was a carpenter
way back when. It is a custom-made toolbox, but really beat-up.
Looks like someone made a hard living hauling this around from job to
job for framing and rough carpentry. I suppose that my dad took
it in exchange for some mechanic work since he owned a service
garage back in the 60's.

Anyhow, there were 7 or 8 saws in the box that, although obviously
worn, really caught my eye. The metal was tarnished and a little
rusted (although they had been preserved with a wax coating of
some type). I "saw" the Disston name and this rang a bell as to
something I may have heard about here on the wreck.

A little googling and sure enough, I discovered that I have a nice
bunch of hand saws which probably were made from around 1900
or so until the late 50's.

Being a Normite, I have seldom made use of a "hand" saw, but now I
have gained sort of a respect and reverence due to the obvious wear
and "provenance".

I certainly don't intend to sell them, but I would like to use them
to a certain extent.

Now, SWMBO is very understanding about my hobbies, but I think there
is a line on displaying handsaws in the family room!

I had in my mind to build a sort of "working display case" in the
workshop in my basement shop. Something simple that would display
these old beauties as they are, but allow me to reach in and grab one
for the use intended (seldom though that may be). If some sawdust
built up in the case over time, so much the better.

Any other suggestions?

Lou

loutent wrote:

Now, SWMBO is very understanding about my hobbies, but I think there
is a line on displaying handsaws in the family room!



You never know. I've got a couple 200+ year old molding planes in the
living room. SWMBO likes them.

LD

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loutent wrote:

A little googling and sure enough, I discovered that I have a nice
bunch of hand saws which probably were made from around 1900
or so until the late 50's.

Very cooool.

Being a Normite, I have seldom made use of a "hand" saw, but now I
have gained sort of a respect and reverence due to the obvious wear
and "provenance".

Either get a couple professionally sharpened as a rip and a crosscut or
learn to do it yourself - using handsaws can be very sweet and
satisfying when they're sharp.

Nice gloat.

--
Owen Lowe and his Fly-by-Night Copper Company
____

"Sure we'll have fascism in America, but it'll come disguised
as 100% Americanism." -- Huey P. Long

"loutent" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
[snip]
Being a Normite, I have seldom made use of a "hand" saw, but now I
have gained sort of a respect and reverence due to the obvious wear
and "provenance".

I certainly don't intend to sell them, but I would like to use them
to a certain extent.
[snip]

I had in my mind to build a sort of "working display case" in the
workshop in my basement shop. Something simple that would display
these old beauties as they are, but allow me to reach in and grab one
for the use intended (seldom though that may be). If some sawdust
built up in the case over time, so much the better.

Any other suggestions?

Google "saw till"

Marc

Lou

I hang mine from a nail in the basement rafters.


--

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland

Google "saw till"

Marc

Thanks Marc - I never heard of a "saw till"
before. Some neat ideas.

Lou

Marc Wolfe wrote:
"loutent" wrote in message
...

Hi everyone,

[snip]

Being a Normite, I have seldom made use of a "hand" saw, but now I
have gained sort of a respect and reverence due to the obvious wear
and "provenance".

I certainly don't intend to sell them, but I would like to use them
to a certain extent.

[snip]

I had in my mind to build a sort of "working display case" in the
workshop in my basement shop. Something simple that would display
these old beauties as they are, but allow me to reach in and grab one
for the use intended (seldom though that may be). If some sawdust
built up in the case over time, so much the better.

Any other suggestions?


Google "saw till"

Marc

Lou



http://www.shavings.net/sawtill.html
That's what I'm going to make, RSN.
Joe

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A little googling and sure enough, I discovered that I have a nice
bunch of hand saws which probably were made from around 1900
or so until the late 50's.

Careful! I started out with a couple of old handsaws and now have some
from several different old makers, most from the 19th century.

Not to mention about a dozen different kinds of sawsets.

It's addictive :-).

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Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description