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SA80941 Henry Disston & Sons This is an 8" brass-backed dovetail saw. The blade is dead straight and freshly sharpened, ready for use. The handle is a closed type and fits my large hand nicely. The handle is beech, with a dark patina, but I must say that it is not a very alluring patina. It does not have that glow about it that a well handled saw handle takes on. It will look much better if you wax it and use it a bit. This is a first quality saw made by the greatest saw making company this country has ever had. A better user dovetail saw does not exist. G+ $145 Sold
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80921 Buck & Ryan, London This is a 12" brass-backed saw in great as found condition. Needs only a very light cleaning with wax and rag. Dead straight but needs a light sharpening. It is slightly dull. Buck & Ryan was a first class shop that sold Norris planes among other things. It was a husband and wife team, the wife using her maiden name of Buck, being the daughter of another legandary London retailer, not coindidentally named Buck as well. This saw is collector grade but a connoisseur user will love it. G+ $109 Sold
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SA80920 I. Sorby, Northern Toolworks, Sheffield This is a classic open handled 8" English dovetail saw. It has a steel back. The handle has no damage and has a very nice patina and form. The blade and back have been cleaned and have no patina. It is straight and will be a great user. It is dull but does not need more than a very light sharpening. G+ $79 Sold
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SA80919 New Haven Edge Tool Co This is a super clean 12TPI panel saw in 22" length. Small ones like this are the most useful and this is a great saw. The acid etched blade is crisp and clear and the blade is mostly bright like new. The handle is perfect. I don't know who actually made it but it is a first quality 19th Century American saw. You won't find a better user but a collector would also love this saw. G++ $159
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SA80832 Sheffield Saw Works This is a 26" 9 point cross-cut saw. This mark is a trade mark of E.C. Atkins. It is also marked No. 59. The saw is in wonderful condition and will be a great user, but if you look ver carefully, you can see light scratches on the blade which look like some kind of orbital polisher was used to clean the blade. The blade is not rusty and only an idiot would have done this. It is subtle but really hurts it as a collector's piece. Still, a first class user saw at a gift price. G++ $99
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SA8082 Henry Disston & Sons This is a superb Disston D-95 saw that judging from the teeth was never sharpened. It is still pretty sharp and needs just a light touch up. The blade is clean and rust free. There is a small area of staining on the blade, as you can see in the photo up near the top of the handle. This is just light surface staining. The blade is otherwise perfect. In the Disston catalogue, they called this the finest hand saw ever made. This one is a 26", 5 1/2TPI rip saw. I wish that all saws were this clean. Fine- $189
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SA80619 Wm. Mc Niece, Phila. London Spring This is an interesting story. It is a McNiece half back with the rare and higly desirable scalloped handle. The handle is in fantastic condition, one of the best that I have seen. The blade has been modified and the back has been all but cut off. This was done a long time ago and it really looks quite good. There is a kink in the blade but surely you are not buying this one to use. The handle is worth twice our price. Good $295
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SA80555 Two Saw Wrests This is a pair of saw wrests. The smaller is by R. Timmins, a very famous maker. The other is not clearly marked and I can only make out the location, Handley. Both are as found but very clean with nice patina. G++ $35
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SA80448 W. Butcher, Sheffield Butcher was of course a very famous Sheffield blade maker, and focused on an export market. Butcher irons are the most common American planes, but are scarce in English planes. I don't recall ever seeing a Butcher saw before. This is a 12" carcass saw. It is the old style that tapers towards the front, with a nice open handle. The owner's name, "C. Eastman" is branded into the handle in the Philadelphia style. There is no pitting on the blade, and it has a nice light patina overall. The upper tote horn is shortened a bit. The tote moves a bit and would need to be tightened to use it. The teeth are not evenly filed. The blade has no kinks, but it does have a gentle curve to it. I think that you could sharpen it and use it as is, or send it to an expert like Mike Wenzloff if you really want it perfect. Good $79
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SA8043 H. M. Landers & Co., Boston This is a matched pair, from the same tool chest, of two most unusual saws. I am not familiar with this form of saw or the maker. I am not sure if Landers was the maker, or if these were contracted out. They are both etched on the blade "This saw is fully Warranted by H. M. Landers & Co., Boston". One is 12 TPI and the other 14. The blades are 17 inches long. Both have applewood handles with sheaves of wheat carving. They are both clean, straight, and usable. An extraordinary pair for the connoisseur. G+ $595
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SA8034 Harvey Peace, Vulcan Works This is a very rare 20", 11 TPI panel saw, with the patented right hand grip. This pat. was mainly used by Sandusky. The handle is shaped for a right handed person. I can only recall seeing a couple of these rare saws. This one has a patinated blade, with some light pitting, but it is very smooth and should be fine to use. The etching is still legible if you hold it at an angle. The handle looks perfect at first glance, but there is a small chip on the lower edge of the upper handle spur. This would be easy to fix, but it really doesn't show anyway. The blade is not perfectly straight, but it is not bad and can be easily straightned if you send it to an expert to sharpen, Like Mike Wenzloff or Tom Law. It should be fine to use as is if you want to sharpen it yourself. Good $159
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SA80268 Willard Saw Co. This is a 24" 10 TPI panel saw that will make a great user. The blade has dark staining, but very little pitting, and is smooth. The teeth are sharp enough to use just as it is. The blade is not dead straight, but it is fine to use as it is and needs only to be reset to straighten it. This kind of gentle curve is generally caused by an uneven setting job. I don't know anything about this maker but it is marked "Made in USA" and is pre-war. A nice user saw in a handy size. Good $59
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SA80215 Arts & Crafts This is a super clean 26" cross cut saw. It is etched "Arts & Crafts, Hand Saw, Quality Supreme". I have not seen that before, and I wonder what the significance is. The handle is mahogany with wheat carving. It is a skew back in the light pattern, i.e. not as deep to reduce weight. It is in its origal case, which has kept the blade mirror bright, except for a few spots. It is also very sharp and ready to use. I would guess that this is an Atkins made saw, but if you know better, let me know. This is a superb quality American saw for the connoisseur user or collector. G++ $165
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SA7121 Henry Disson& Sons This is a 26 inch D-15 Victory panel saw with 8TPI. The blade is as good as you could ever hope for, and is bright overall with only a few tiny stains. They just don't show up this good. My only complaint is that the former owner stamped "Ralph Hawkins" onto the rosewood handle, and really did it no favors. Needs only a very light touch up and it would be ready to use, if you so desired. Fine- $289
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SA71138 Ibbotson & Co, Refined Spring Steel This is a 10 TPI 26" panel saw. The blade is bright and clean except for a few insignificant spots. You don't find antique English saws in this condition in damp old England.. This saw came from over here. The blade is not perfect straight, it has two very small spots that are almost like dings near the blade. I think that it would work fine as is, but unlike most bent saws, I think that this could easily be made perect again. The name is stamped on the blade, rather than etched. The nib is missing and there is a sliver missing from the right side of the upper handle spur. Very nicely taper ground to a thin edge at the upper end. This is a much nicer saw than it sounds. G+ $85
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SA70633 Nobex 202 Mitre Saw This is a 1980s vintage version of the classic Swedish mitre box, which we actuall sell new today. This one is similar to the Proman 110 model that we offer. Used it is of course much cheaper. This one appears to have had very little use and is mounted on a pine board. G++ $69
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SA70523 E.C. Atkins & Co This is a nice clean straight back 24" panel saw with 10 TPI. These shorter ones are harder to find but so handy. The blade is clean and straight. The applewood handle has the pressed on carving that is fankly not my favorite, but it is a good handle. The blade is needs a light sharpening and it will be ready to go. G+ $65
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SA70354 Saw Set I love personalized antiques, be it cermics, tools, or anything else that is named and dated. This tool is beatifully engraved, "Fred Harris, September, 1921". It is an English style saw set with a built in adjustable stop. It is more for panel and rip saws, not for fine toothed back saws. Great as found patina. This is a special tool. G+ $49
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SA702103 Buck, Tottenham Ct. Rd This saw is really special in my mind. The blade is only 5" long, the smallest saw of this form that I have seen, yet it was clearly not made for a child as the open handle fits my hand perfectly. It is stamped on the blade "Buck, Tottenham Ct Rd.". It does not look like the mark had the street number. The blade has a dark patina. The handle has a wonderful delicate form. The lower spurs are chipped, both the rear facing spur and the front facing spur, but they are not large enough chips to have effected the side profile of the handle or the overall look. The blade is not perfectly straight but it is bad and I am sure that it could be straightened, but I would leave it alone. This saw is in as found condition and I like it a lot just as it is. I have no idea what such a small saw of this type was for but I think that it is a really great piece. Good $159
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SA70167 Wm. Marples & Sons This is a classic English saw set. This one is for saws up to about 12 TPI, and is not for very fine dovetail saws. Nice patina and quite clean. G+ $29
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SA6098 Ross & Alexander, Liverpool This is a crisp brass backed saw that is just as we like to find them. The blade is bright except where there is some dark old sap that needs cleaning off. The elegant hande is perfect. It has a 10" blade with 13TPI, which is really a large dovetail saw or small tenon saw. The only negative that I can say is that the teeth are very uneven, like they were sharpened by a drunken cabinetmaker. Better than anything made today, but more than a little bit. G++ $85
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SA60527 Dado or Stair Saw This is a primitive and apparently quite early squirrel tailed dado saw. The wood is ash. The saw teeth look like they are hand cut. It is impossible to accurately date tools of this type but it could well be 18th Century and American. Nice patina and as found. Good $95
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SA50420 Henry Disston This is an early Disson back saw with the double eagle mark on the back. Is not perfectly straight, but it is close and would still work fine. It is a 10" saw with 14 TPI. This saw has the early style where the blade tapers down a bit towards the end. I have always found that feature to be most attractive. The blade is sharpe enought to use. The blade and back are dark but mostly smooth. There is some light pitting in spots and one spot about the size of a dime that is heavy pitting and another about pencil eraser size. The lower horn is shortened and has some old wood filler in it and the whole handle has been refinished some time ago. And finally, the medallion has been replaced with a later screw type medallion. Having said all that, this is still a nice useable example of a very rare American saw that dates to 1840-1850. Good $175
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SA50214 Henry Disston, Phila This saw has the super desirable double eagle mark. The blade is not dead straight but it is not bad, good enough to use. It is a 16" blade. The top handle spur is reshaped and there is a chip from the handle on one side where it meets the back. There is some very light pitting on the bade in spots, but nothing heavy. Really quite a good saw for this early period. Good $199
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40619 H. C. Watson This is an unusual 28" American rip saw, marked 5 1/2 TPI. The handle has an unusual shape and the saw was designed to make overhand sawing more comfortable. Many people don't realize that cabinetmakers routinely used there workbenches to rip stock by using the saw in an overhand position. This saw has a straight useable blade with a nice light brown patina. The etching is clearly legible at the right angle. The handle has traces of a paper label remaining. A very rare and nice saw. G+ $169
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