Another new tool

[Mike Wenzloff]

Well, after Willie's wonderful gauge he posted, I felt compelled to also post a freshly made tool.

This is a panel saw, 22" length, 9 ppi. Design is taken from a Harvey Peace panel saw. Handle is Cocobolo.

Take care, Mike

http://wenzloffandsons.com/saws/pe/pe_0006a.jpg

http://wenzloffandsons.com/saws/pe/pe_0007a.jpg

[Alan DuBoff]

Very nice Mike!

Ooohhh-la-la, that cocobolo really looks snazzy!:)

[Bruce Page]

All I can say is WOW!

Beautiful craftsmanship!

[Jim W. White]

Choice of Cocobola on the handle is just awesome Mike

.....another winner.

[Mike Wenzloff]

Thanks, Alan, Bruce and Jim!

Take care, Mike

[Gary Herrmann]

Beautiful saw, Mike. I just may have to place an order with you.

[willie sobat]

Holy Cow!!! That is a beautiful saw. Do you make saws for sale? If so, you must have a lot of orders. If not, I'd be interested in references on how they're made. Again, that is a beautiful tool.

[Jim Becker]

Your saws are such works of art, besides being functional! Great work, Mike!

[Mike Wenzloff]

Holy Cow!!! That is a beautiful saw. Do you make saws for sale? If so, you must have a lot of orders. If not, I'd be interested in references on how they're made. Again, that is a beautiful tool.
Ah Willie, coming from you that is a compliment indeed!

The short answer is yes, we do, to both.

But you certainly have the skills--as do many here--to have a go at it. One of the members here, Leif Hanson, has documented the making of the saws he does.
http://www.norsewoodsmith.com/index.html

Scroll down to the link that is simply "Back Saws" to see his process. But Leif has many more interesting links there too.

Take care, and thank you all for the kind words.

Mike

[Steve Clardy]

Super nice!!! Drooling--------

[David Marcus Brown]

That wouldn't be headed to the U.K. would it?

Philly's dying to get his hands on it.

[Mike Wenzloff]

Yeppers...UK bound. In another week, some heading for Luxemburg.

Thanks for the kind words Steve...

[Matt Meiser]

Beautiful!

[Dave Anderson NH]

Truly beautiful Mike. I particularly like the way you thickened and strengthened the bottom part of the handle which as always been a weak point on panel sized saws. It is nice and heavy without looking klunky- a hard thing to do.

[Mike Wenzloff]

Thanks Matt and Dave!

We try hard, Dave! Which is one of the reason they are hand shaped. It's a lot easier to control how much and where to take off wood by rasp than a shaper. And besides, all the curves change around the handles, so a shaper may get us part way there, but we would either need to compromise and leave it at that, redesign the handles to allow the shaper, or simply follow with the rasps. Rasp work can go pretty fast.

Take care, Mike