Saw identification

[E-wan]

While away visiting relative this week I needed to do a little job fixing my trailer.

Found 2 saws at the back of the garage a blunt Stanley one that couldn't cut the cheese and an old one with a wooden handle which probably belonged to my wife's great grandfather who made furnature in around the late 1800 and 1900s.

The so probably hasn't been sharpened for several decades and it was still straightforward to make two closely spaced parallel rip cuts. The teeth offset alternating slightly to one side and then the other.

Any information on the Vintage of the photograph of the saw will be appreciated

Thanks

Ewan

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[thetyreman]

is there any signs of a plate on the other side of the saw? also have you tried cleaning up the saw blade with turps and sandpaper? it can sometimes reveal a makers name etched into the saw blade, I had one like this I bought from a charity shop and it turned out to be very good

 

[ED65]

Nice cuts! I think you can be sure the saw was not used by your wife's great grandfather. While the saw's plate has some traditional/old-fashioned features the handle shows it to be relatively young, possibly 60s.

 

[AndyT]

The best source of information to answer this is Simon Barley's book - he's looked closely at more saws than anyone else.

Page 94 shows handsaw handle development and includes a saw quite similar to yours. It was probably a cheap line - the fasteners look like rivets rather than screws and the shape is simplified so it can be pattern routed by machine. The one in the book has four rivets, yours only has three, but I'm looking at the second from the left in the fourth row down:

He puts it in the 1930s, which is good enough for me.