Mystery English Panel Saw Etching

[AdrianUK]

Hello,
Here’s a super old English panel saw, requires some gentle cleaning, however, teeth are all level, appear well set and it cuts very well for being in chest for yrs. Split saw nuts dates it pre 20s, feels 1800s with the nib (for sighting....just kidding best not get into what it’s purpose was)
What I don’t recognise is the etching, Sheffield clear, but the preceding wording is not so easy, maybe BOOSON JT & S. and maybe some preceding letters. I don’t want to scrub away much at all and risk losing whats left of the etch, and I will keep the plates aged look, best to my eye.
Does anyone recognise it ?

 

[AdrianUK]

Is it possibly Bowden and JT&S is Joseph Tyzack & Sons. If so, the date could be mid to late 1800s?

 

[Cheshirechappie]

I think you've pretty much answered the question!

According to Simon Barley's excellent 'British Saws and Saw Makers', Joseph Tyzack and Sons started making saws about the late 1870s, and continued until 1924; so that's the possible date range.

Their works was located between Bowdon Street and Fitzwilliam Street, and both 'Bowdon' and 'Fitzwilliam' (both sometimes '&Co', and both sometimes with 'London') were used as Trade and Second quality marks, along with Daedalus, The Valley, G. Naylor & Co and John Buxton.

Their premium saws usually carried the Manx three-leg device, following their doing a lot of business with the Isle of Man steamship company.

Should be a nice little user saw - like many panel saws, smallish, so light to use, and a delight when sharp.

Just a wee tip on cleaning - unless you're forced to, DON'T take the handle off. The 'split nut' fixings were intended to be permanent, and were installed and then cleaned up flush with the handle surface at manufacture. That tended to burr the threads, so whilst removal is fairly easy, they can be real so-and-sos to reinstall afterwards.

 

[AdrianUK]

Thanks CC, apologies for being late to say !