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Making a (Very) Small Dovetail Saw
Making a (Very) Small Dovetail Saw I recently restored this 1840-ish British 10” dovetail saw made by Richard Groves & Sons. I like the saw so much that I decided to make a copy of it. I’ve made...
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Making Two Sets of Matching Heirloom Saws #2: The 12" Carcase Saw
This is the third in a series of articles on making two matching sets of heirloom saws. The first article was on making gent’s saws and table saws. It can be found...
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A Historically Interesting Handsaw
A Historically Interesting Handsaw I usually don’t give Warranted Superior saws a second look. It’s not that many of them aren’t good saws, but because their value is comparatively lower than vintage...
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An Unusual Harvey W. Peace Handsaw
An Unusual Harvey W. Peace Handsaw I knew there was something different about this saw the moment I found it listed in the “Art” section of eBay. But it isn’t different because of the brightly colored...
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Chest of Memories - Grandfather's Tool Chest
I’ve recently been cleaning up some of my old hand tools to stock a tool chest built by my grandfather sometime in the early part of the 20th century. I inherited a number of my grandfather’s hand...
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A Story of Mountain Rifles, an Old Man, and a Boy
This is a story about muzzle loading “mountain” rifles, an old man, and a boy. One of the rifles is shown in these pictures. The old man was my grandfather. And the boy was me – many years ago. I come...
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Saw Medallion Reference Guide
SAW MEDALLION REFERENCE GUIDE Saw medallions, or label screws as they are sometimes called, are invaluable for identifying old saws. Additionally, many of them are small works of art in themselves. I...
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A Special Guitar
A Special Guitar Those of you who have read my past blog entries know that my family heritage and the tradition of woodworking passed down to me by my ancestors are very important to me. Some of my...
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Funny Things Seen While Looking For Saws On Ebay
Funny Things Seen While Looking For Saws On Ebay I buy, restore, collect, and sell hand saws. As part of this hobby, I watch ebay closely for good saw deals. Occasionally I come across things that are...
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Restoring a Remarkable Old Handsaw
Restoring a Remarkable Old Hand Saw One of my hobbies is buying, selling, restoring, and collecting hand saws. I have a particular fondness for vintage British saws due to their classic styling and the...
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Saws: Restoring, Collecting, Using – My 7 Month Journey
Saws: Restoring, Collecting, Using – My 7 Month Journey It has been seven months since my first post on Lumberjocks. The motivation for that first post was to try to locate a medallion for a $3...
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Restoring a 19th Century Walnut Armoire
I’ve enjoyed rust hunting at yard sales and flea markets this summer. It’s an activity both my wife and I can participate in. I look for old tools, and she looks for things that interest her. The...
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Making A Handsaw Handle -- Or Two
I picked up an old Disston No. 9 rip saw with a 30” blade at an auction last summer. The faint etch and size and position of the screw holes date the saw to 1871 – 1876. However, it had a crude...
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Early 1840’s Disston Backsaw Restoration
Authors: This blog was co-written by Lumberjocks summerfi (Bob Summerfield, saw restorer) and putty (Alan Brough, saw owner).. BackgroundNot long ago, putty posted pictures of an old Disston backsaw on...
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Making Two Sets of Heirloom Saws: The Gent's Saw and The Table Saw
This blog will document the making of two sets of heirloom saws. Each set will consist of around 10 to 12 saws, but that number seems to change as progress is made. This first blog entry documents the...
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An Unusual Large Backsaw
I purchased this interesting backsaw on eBay for a song. I was the only bidder, probably due to the saw’s poor condition and the fact the seller didn’t mention the brass back. I think other potential...
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Making Two Sets of Matching Heirloom Saws #1: The 10" Dovetail Saw
This blog entry is a continuation of an earlier blog post titled Making Two Sets of Heirloom Saws: The Gent's Saw and The Table Saw. The making of these saws is an ideal topic for a blog series, but I...
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Funny Things Seen While Looking For Saws On Ebay - Volume 2
Funny Things Seen While Looking For Saws On Ebay – Volume 2 I buy, restore, collect, and sell hand saws. As part of this hobby, I watch eBay closely for good saw deals. Occasionally I come across...
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Rehabbing Three Early British Handsaws
Rehabbing Three Early British Handsaws When you talk about restoring old handsaws, different people have varying thoughts about what that means. Some people think you should restore a saw to a shiny...
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Disston No. 12 Handsaw with Cone Nuts and Washers
Disston No. 12 Handsaw with Cone Nuts and Washers The No. 12 handsaw was one of Disston’s premium saws. They began producing the saw sometime in the 1860s and discontinued its production when the model...
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