Seeking expertise to identify this small saw with brown oak handle, riveted. Blade has faint stamped mark that we cannot decipher. Looks like CWD??? there are some more letters after the D, like a name but it's too faint to read. Google of various combinations of possible names has not revealed any likely makers. Any idea of age also appreciated. thanks for looking in
Hi Randy, This is not going to be an easy one. The rivets are almost certainly not put on at manufacture and the handle is quite possibly a user adaptation as well. I have looked through BSSM for a surname starting with D and with the initials C. W. I can unfortunately find nothing that matches. But then, of course it may not be a British saw, especially considering your location. I do not have access to any American saw directories. Perhaps someone who does could repeat my search to see if anything comes up. Fred Edit Perhaps all is not lost. I was just looking up on Google some images of Dunlap saws in order to try to answer another post on this site and found that Dunlap's initials are C.W. !! It is very possible to make "Dunlap" out of your partial name.