Simonds 73?

[Jamie Lynch]

I picked this up along with a decent Bailey No. 5 this morning at a garage sale. I'm kind of new to neander tools and wanted to get some info on what I have here. The plate length is 10" and I think the tooth pattern is crosscut.
It is desperate need of sharpening.

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Any information I can get on it would be great.
Also can anybody recommend somewhere to get it tuned up for a reasonable price?

[Jim Koepke]

Is the rust digging deep into the plate or just surface rust?

Have you considered cleaning the plate and redoing the teeth yourself?

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[Jamie Lynch]

It looks to be mostly surface rust. I have thought about redoing the teeth myself, but I really have no idea where to start.

[Gerald Schram]

The saw should clean up well. I would carefully take the handle off and sand the saw plate starting with 320 sand paper using wd-40 or mineral spirts as lubricant and go through 600 grit sand paper. Theres a good tutorial on sharping saws on vintagesaw.com. Good Luck