Hand saw handles

[David Christopher]

I posted awhile back with a picture of a handsaw that my grandpa had and another saw, a newer diston with a plastic handle, well I got both saws sharpened and made handles for them. these saws cut great now even the so called cheap diston. the saw from grandpa has a BE maple handle and the diston has a paduck handle. BTW saw handles are a lot harder to make than it looks like (alot of filling and sanding)

critiques welcome
thanks for looking

[jim sauterer]

great job dave.they sure look hard to make but they sure look great.

[Jeff Skory]

Beautiful. I guessed that it would probably be a fair bit of work but I'm hoping the rewards are worth it. Making a saw handle or two is definitely on my near-term todo list. I'm hoping for a couple of nice rasps for my b-day next week or for christmas.

[Jim Koepke]

I really like the one of paduck, that is a pretty wood.

jim

[Keith Christopher]

Ok...that is cool. Great job on them !

[Garth Keel]

All of them. How could you choose? Interesting hole design on the last one.

[Harlan Barnhart]

I really like the one of paduck, that is a pretty wood.

jim
Very true. I have never seen paduck up close but that is stunning. Was it difficult to work compared to the maple?

[David Christopher]

Very true. I have never seen paduck up close but that is stunning. Was it difficult to work compared to the maple?

It is a lot easier to work with that maple....the only problem is you get orange dust everywhere

[derek sikes]

BTW saw handles are a lot harder to make than it looks like (alot of filling and sanding)


Those look great.