Hello all, I have recently acquired this nice surgeons saw, it came in poor condition with surface rust and the blade was not straight, but it has cleaned up ok. Details are: blade length is 9" with 13 ppi filed cross cut with an ebony handle which is adjustable by loosening the nicely knurled thumb screw, the blade and back is riveted together. With Coxeter London stamped on the spine. Has anybody heard of this mark? There is a picture and date (1860) of an example on medical antiques .com There was a tool made for just about everything, and this little fellow fills a gap in my collection, and I'm very happy with it, at some stage I'll get around to sharpening it, just in case there is a need to take off the odd limb or so. Regards Graham.
google is your friend James Coxeter , Grafton St., London. "sugical instruments and apparatus". Exhibited in the 1855 Paris Exhibition Coxeter catalogues exist for 1863, 1870 (now "James Coxeter and Son"), and 1890. So he was in business from at least 1850s-1890s A very pretty saw Graham. It may have once been part of a surgical tool set such as shown at medical antiques.com http://medicalantiques.com/medical/Miscellaneous_medical_and_surgical_sets.htm