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Friend of The Creek
I wonder if anyone know what this saw is? I told Sandy I thought it was a pizza cutter... :crazy:
Poking around on the Internet, Sandy came upon the following saw at the Goodwill auction site:
I hope you can still see the image at the following link: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewitem.asp?ItemID=5221062
My thanks to all.
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Al,
Looks like a pizza cutter to me, or veggie chopper. I'll have a slice please.
Roy
Walk fast and look worried.
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Friend of The Creek
Hmmm... I agree! But the Disston part is puzzling...
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Contributor
I don't know my saws too well, but my guess is that a once normal saw found its way into the hands of an industrious pizza shop owner. Poor thing.
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Home made ulu?
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I think its a home made flooring saw, or possibly one made to cutting inlays.
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Maybe a modified flooring saw?
In Memoriam
it doesn't appear to have any teeth, I think someone modified a hand saw for a special purpose. saws with teeth and a rounded edge similar to the one in the picture, could be a rabbett saw, a surgeons saw for removing casts, most people would not have strong enough wrists to use it as a floor saw.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
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As Harry says, no teeth. It doesn't look like an original Disston handle either.
Most likely a creatively made chopper of some kind.
jim
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I'm with Tristan on this. An ulu. Used by Eskimos for skinning and many other things. Definately homemade. If they get thirty bucks for it, I will be turing most of my saws into ulus.
Last edited by Dan Andrews; 09-25-2009 at 8:47 AM. Reason: additional thought
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This looks like someone made their own head knife, sometimes referred to as a rounding knife, or a round head knife.
Is used for cutting and skiving leather.
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Not crazy at all.Originally Posted by Al Navas
My local pizza shop uses the exact same tool to cut dough into measured portions for weighing. An old hand saw was cleaned, ground to fit the bottom of the mixer bowl, sharpened to a mild edge, and kept greased so the dough doesn't stick to it.
““Perhaps then, you will say, ‘But where can one have a boat like that built today?’ And I will tell you that there are still some honest men who can sharpen a saw, plane, or adze...men (who) live and work in out of the way places, but that is lucky, for they can acquire materials for one third of city prices. Best, some of these gentlemen’s boatshops are in places where nothing but the occasional honk of a wild goose will distract them from their work.” -- L Francis Herreshoff
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In Sandor Nagysczalanczy's book "Tools: Rare and Ingenius", there is a similar tool. Page 204 shows what is described as a Sailmaker's knife that was made from a saw that was past its useful life. I would think a true sailmaker's knife would want more a of point than this one has but still they are similar.
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Pat
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