Posted 6 years ago
fortapache
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I have researched this and have come up with nothing. According to my calculations it is not new. Apparently at some point someone thought a cast iron handle would be better than wood. But it seems that did not catch on.
Perhaps it has something to do with the unusual saw tooth pattern. The saw teeth are much larger than those of a saw for cutting 2x4s. Looks like it was for cutting small logs and branches.
The saw blade is about 30" long which is on the long side for a one handed saw. I'll go with the power tools myself.
Wow!! That would have made for a heavy saw. I can see why it didn't really catch on.
That is a skew back rip saw if you want to research it.
In thinking about this, I believe it may well have been made in Canada. There was a company up there 100 or so years ago that made saws for the lumber industry. This saw would have been used for cutting green lumber and timbers. I can't remember the entire company name but the first name was Shurly then a name that began with a "D" then Atkin or Atkins or similar. They used metal handles to add weight to the saw so it would cut faster. Rip saws only cut on the push stroke where cross cut saws cut on both push and pull stroke.
Around here we always called these "ice saws" - used for cutting large blocks into smaller blocks (as opposed to the larger T-handled harvesting saws). Because they got wet a wooden handle would not last.
UncleRon the teeth on this are wrong for an ice saw. It is definitely a skew back rip saw. Look at the TPI and you will rethink it being an ice saw.
Thank you very much Scott. It appears it has a use.
And thank you very much Thomas.
Thank you very much fhrjr2. Looks like we have a winner here.
Thank you very much UncleRon. It does resemble an ice saw.
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I can understand the weight helping cut on a rip saw, but it would get tiring and I imagine not much flex and so no shock insulation. Cool old thing.
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I didn't think it looked like a green wood saw but I am no lumber jack. Started looking at meat saws- no luck. Looked at ice saws. Couldn't find those teeth but look at this ones handle. https://goo.gl/images/B2Lhq3
Good discussion. Gonna check out a skew back ripsaw!
Horseradishman1 Skew back is the blade design and ripsaw refers to the tpi and tooth set if that helps.
Yes, very helpful as always fhrjr2! Was just reading about that in a Diston handbook online. Good reading and thanks for the lesson
I have seen "dock" saw advertised in reprint catalogs. Possibly made for working around water
Thank you very much Motoolz. I shall ponder that.
I just picked up saw with a blade that looks identical to this. The handle has four round holes instead of the diagonals. I would I would have guessed it was steel instead of cast iron. How do you tell?
ICastoff I think mine may be still no that I think about it.