Hello all, For those of you who were watching this saw, or even bidding on it then you will know the very silly price that I paid for it. There have not been many saws that I have "had to have", but this is one. Thanks to Simon for doing the research on it. The firm was table knife manufacturer/cutler/merchant in Sheffield in/around 1825 and it was probably factored for them as opposed to being made by them. It has a straight blade and is still reasonably sharp. Unlike many of my saws, it is almost certainly a "user", except for the fact that the nuts at the rear have lost their slots and it is therefore impossible to tighten the handle without doing things to it that I don't want to, and will not, do. It does have a nice reclining ampersand though. Fred
Such a handsome, yet modest saw: . Took me quite a while to find this - George IV (then Wm IV) quite my favourite periods for style & function. May I ask for a summary of “Woollin & Co” info, please?
Do you have this (or another Woollin & Co) saw ? -pictures? - Simon's data is at https://archive.org/details/ray_etheira_BSSM/page/n145/mode/2up
Shoarthing, your data seems to dovetail with Simon's suggestion that the saw was factored for Woollin, and not manufactured by him or his business partners