Matt Ranum
02-24-2009, 12:26 AM
Tonight I was given a saw that used to be my grandads some 40+ years ago. This almost has to be from the end of the Disston line right around the time they were bought out. It has the style of the D-23 straight back narrow width saw blade,http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/mr_matt3764/d23cat1953a.jpg
The bolt pattern and handle shape resembles that of the D-95,http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/mr_matt3764/d95b.jpg
and has a laminated handle like that of the war time D-15.http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/mr_matt3764/9d15hc2.jpg
The blade while badly rusted isn't pitted, but I can find no etching unless it was cleaned off some time ago. The medallion matches very close to the latest model I can find at the Disstonian Institute. All the screws and nuts match the medallion so I think the hardware belongs to this saw.
She seems like a mixed bag of left over parts put together but it all fits nice, no double or missed holes anywhere. Its not worth anything to a collector but to me it is. I didn't know him very well and he died some 25 years ago and its the only thing I have of his so it means a lot to me to give it a special home.
Its going through the cleanup now and when I get it back together I'll get some pictures up, hopefully tomorrow and maybe then someone here can tell me what model it is.
The bolt pattern and handle shape resembles that of the D-95,http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/mr_matt3764/d95b.jpg
and has a laminated handle like that of the war time D-15.http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/mr_matt3764/9d15hc2.jpg
The blade while badly rusted isn't pitted, but I can find no etching unless it was cleaned off some time ago. The medallion matches very close to the latest model I can find at the Disstonian Institute. All the screws and nuts match the medallion so I think the hardware belongs to this saw.
She seems like a mixed bag of left over parts put together but it all fits nice, no double or missed holes anywhere. Its not worth anything to a collector but to me it is. I didn't know him very well and he died some 25 years ago and its the only thing I have of his so it means a lot to me to give it a special home.
Its going through the cleanup now and when I get it back together I'll get some pictures up, hopefully tomorrow and maybe then someone here can tell me what model it is.