Yes it’s a Howel and I measured both ends of the saw plate and it’s 30 thou at the toe and 25 thou at the heel. But I find with these old saws...
Here is a photo of the 13” Howel with a 14” I Hill late Howel no sun for comparison. Sit them on top of each other and handles are the same...
Hi I have a couple of photos of what could be very early Howel and I picked up two Howel saws a few months back and one was closed handle 13”...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Guys I have a 16” Dalton anyone have any info on this. Peter
Hi Fred There is no hurry. I found evidence of 6 no suns floating around and I’m just trying compare some details on them. Peter
Hi Fred If I can, a question about your 14” saw at the top of the thread. I can’t see it on the photos but does the brass back go into the handle...
Fred I know it’s an old thread but I’m putting together a working set of 6 I Hill saws from 9” to 16” and I’ve been looking closely at I Hill’s....
Hi Fred I didn’t see what happened at the end, when I went to bed it was was around $130 with 21 bids and in the morning I see it sold $886 with...
For those who didn’t see it the Kenyon saw went for US$886 and that is well out of my league. Peter
Hi All If anyone is interested I noticed this saw is on eBay for sale. Peter
Hi Fred I know this is an old thread but back in the day James Howarth was a very premium brand of edge tools. I’ve been quietly buying a few...
Hi David I’m no expert, but earlier this year on eBay there was a brass back 16” Barber & Genn with no handle that went for around £70 and in my...
Nick I was wrong about Smith's Key the grafting saw is listed as 10-14" getting older doesn't help my memory. Smith was a printer in the early...
I looked at a very similar saw 3 weeks ago, the owner thought it might of been a children's saw. I liked the handle and tried hard to buy it,...
Fred Yes that is a very nice 10" saw and that is the one I saw on eBay. I already have a 9" no sun with a handle in better shape so I didn't need...
David The 9" is a I Hill with no sun making and maybe the earliest of the Hill saws and at first I thought it was earlier saw with a more elegant...
Simon I think with different tradesmen there could be slight difference in sizes, but with these open handles the outside size is same and it's...
Guys A question for the saw historians. Looking around online a few seem to think the Blythe saws with this stamp are very early 1800 saws. Now...
David Just looking at the shape of that saw, to me they both look like a Howel and if the Blythe wording was changed to Howel the makers stamp...
Streetcore I'm far from an expert but the edges of the stamp around Blythe is what you see on saws made in the late 1700's early 1800's. In the...
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