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Oh well, I found a saw at a yard sale that didn't look too bad and for 2 bucks, I thought I'd give it a go. It's a Craftsman 8ppi rip. I'm not a collector so this is fine for me. Took an hour and a half to clean and sharpen. It cuts great and I wouldn't mind putting that much effort into a Disston if I could ever find one that wasn't pitted right through. And, I still need to finish my saw til. Maybe this will get me going on it again.
The rust
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Finished
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The cut
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Well this went from I hate rusty saws to friends wanting to send saws to me from my FB page. Not to re-hab them but just to give them to me. I guess I'll become an expert and learn to love the process.
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These arrived, today....$0.75 total..
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Haven't measured the 2 bits(a Quarter for the pair) But the $0.50 D-8 is a NEVER sharpened 12 pointer....sometime before the 1928 overhaul...Once you pick up a saw with this type of handle...you just can't set it back down...( I tried...3 times, today)Intend to clean it up...and take it and the 10 pointer down to Piqua,OH...and have them both sharpened up...
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The Spirit of J.J. Froese lives on! Those look like they want to cut wood.
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From the looks of that D-8....the previous owner never took it back to be sharpened, ever....he just went and bought a new saw.....there were 8 saws laying on that table....each slightly newer then the the others..
The 2 bits? Were "rescued" from a Knife Maker/Blacksmith ( think Forged in Fire).....as he would use the steel in the bits to make knives.....he had a "block" set up, welded together, waiting to be hammered out into a long knife....I sorted through the can of bits, and found 2 worth saving....cost me $0.25 total. The D-8 was $0.50...
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Will need a bit of clean up..
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In 2020, when visiting home, I found a saw in my Mother's garage I vaguely remembered. I'm pretty certain it was my Father's Father's saw. Disston, with the leaves carvings, but the wider 4 finger hand hole.
I had looked it up before, it is before the quality of Disston went to crap, but after the "golden age" of 3 finger saws. I never knew of my father to use it. But Grandpa was reputed to be a wood worker (he passed when I was 5 years old).
I'm afraid to try to sharpen it (and it needs it), but I was gifted a saw to practice on. If I ever get through a few projects I'm going to try that on the gift saw first. I have the files. :)
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If you have never sharpened a saw, you are in fir a treat. I did my second one recently and it cuts so well I couldn't believe it. Sawing is fun when you're using a saw that you took the time to clean and sharpen yourself.
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A "Before"....
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Looks to be a Disston D-8...
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And the "After"
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Turned out to be a pre-1917 Disston D8....with the 8 inside the D...medallion has H. Disston & Sons, Philada. and, there is no Spanish, nor French Trademarks in the readable etch.
Saw cost me a whopping $0.50.....the 2 drill bits cost a quarter for the pair.....saved those 2 from a Garage Blacksmith...who forges them into knives...( think Forge in Fire sort of thing)
Saw is a 10ppi, 26" long, still with the same teeth that Disston made. Tooth line is even "Breasted"....apparently, saw was never re-sharpened, once it got "dull"...the owner simply went and bought a new saw....the brass saw nuts all have very little threads....about 4 turns worth. One has smaller heads than the others...Medallion is 1"