Just finishing up a panel saw handle out of quartersawn white oak. I used the Disston No7 panel saw template from tgiag. I fumed the handle with ammonia and just finished putting the first coat of BLO on. A few more coats of that, some shellac, and a topcoat of wax should finish it off nicely. I am cutting down the blade on a kinked D-23 to use with this handle. The blade is kinked at the toe. Gonna cut it down to 20" or so and file it rip. It's 9ppi and should make a nice small rip saw for use on my bench. The original saw nuts where nickel plated. I stripped that and used gun bluing on them. Looks really cool paired up with this handle. I'll post more pics soon. Any critiques and comments are welcome.
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