I obtained this Moulson Brothers saw for less than £2 about a year ago. It was rather a sad looking specimen but, since I have some excellent Moulson chisels and gouges, I thought it might be worth giving some attention. The teeth are in quite good shape but I decided to replace the handle as it was missing the lower horn, had several splits and was held together with a woodscrew. I turned some nuts of brass and made the new handle of mahogany because I happened to have a suitably sized offcut (which came from an old shop counter).
A Replacement Saw Handle
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paulm
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Nice work and good for another fifty years 
Cheers, Paul
Cheers, Paul
What an astonishing transformation.
Bluekingfisher
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Great save and end result.
As a matter of insterest, how much time do you reckon you have invested in the restoration?
As a matter of insterest, how much time do you reckon you have invested in the restoration?
Carl P
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Very nice indeed, I also like Bluekingfisher's turn of phrase
I must remember this when SWMBO mistakenly uses the word 'wasted' in the same question!
Cheerio,
Carl
Bluekingfisher":w23sn4wl said:
I must remember this when SWMBO mistakenly uses the word 'wasted' in the same question!
Cheerio,
Carl
Thanks for all your comments.
I spread the work over quite a while, doing a bit of whittling when the mood took me. So I can't really estimate the hours and this has the benefit of the size of the "investment" remaining unclear :wink:
Bluekingfisher":2cxt2is3 said:
I spread the work over quite a while, doing a bit of whittling when the mood took me. So I can't really estimate the hours and this has the benefit of the size of the "investment" remaining unclear :wink:
whiskywill
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custard":1aftcj38 said:
Isn't that because the plate has slipped up into the spine?
whiskywill":3if1choj said:
That could be a factor but very old backsaws were made with a taper to the depth of the plate. Some even have a taper in the depth of the back. This is very slight - only 1/8" or so. The Kenyon saws in the Season Chest have this feature.
whiskywill
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AndyT":1qgc4x24 said:
That is news to me. You are never too old to learn something new.
Just to slightly correct myself - at least one of the Kenyon saws in the Seaton Chest has a tapered back - the large tenon saw; the others might not. Simon Barley notes in British Saws and Saw Makers that this feature is rarely seen after about 1820 - and saws older than that are pretty rare.
