Something not mentioned in the posts so far is the grain of the metal for the back. Cold rolled sheet will have a grain to it so it will bend one...
Simon, you make some interesting points. Rabone tools are usually marked Birmingham. Edward Preston seemed to mark Rules " Birmingham", but...
Birmingham makers I have always been concerned that the timeline and some other published information suggests that saw making ceased in...
Hi Lui and all I have no knowledge of such saws, but a lifetime of engineering, teaching and problem solving for all sorts of kids projects may...
Yes Fred, it is very likely a business front in Birmingham would have a factory behind it. The 18th centuary layout in Birmingham had a row of...
With the shape of any saw handle there is going to be short grain. Close grained timber like beech will cope. Apple, ebony, box etc are even...
At last I have found the camera lead so here are pictures of my Waller &Co. I cannot get them to load into the forum so they are in my Gallery....
I would dearly love to get up to Sheffield to help, but am pretty fully occupied supporting our daughter through a messy divorce, following abuse,...
Oh no Ray, I was looking forward to seeing that one!! Graham
Is there an earliest date known for 3,4 and 5 screws? I do not think a latest date can be applied as lower grade saws have often had two screws....
Well done Ray. I think this is a superb start. I thought I knew quite a lot, but there are terms here I was not aware of, names of patents etc,...
Hi all and Fred, I agree with all your comments, Fred. And thanks for the warning, I have never been brave enough to touch brass screws, so...
In another life I am a stamp collector and also an engineer. One of the sad things we do with early stamps is look for minute differences caused...
A very intersting saw and marking. It raises the question of the latest dates for use of stamps as opposed to using the then new process of...
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! now let me see, spend lots of money on one saw, or wander around my usual haunts and buy lots of saws and other tools for less...
Hi Folks. Sorry still no pictures of my Waller to download. My Waller is a panel saw. Two screws only, not atall sure it is as early as 1780....
I have the same problem with a panel saw. Only two screws can be an early feature. My Waller &Co lettering looks thinner. The o of Co is raised...
I think you are right with Kingstone. The handle is beech. Oak would not have been used for a saw. The saw is fairly early as it has the...
Hi Lui. Agree with you entirely. I think my old favourites keep the edge longer than the modern ones too. Certainly the modern "Hard Points"...
To me you are looking at an early saw. It is a good looking saw of some quality so having two holes only in the handle suggests an early date....
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