"some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them."
- D.H. Lawrence

*** EVERY ONE OF MY SAWS IS 100% GUARANTEED TO BE THE SHARPEST BEST PERFORMING SAW YOU WILL OWN - OR I WILL REFUND YOUR MONEY AND ALL SHIPPING CHARGES - PROMPTLY.
EVERY SAW ALSO INCLUDES A FREE RESHARPENING ......REGARDLESS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE - YOU'LL PAY THE POSTAGE ONLY.
IF YOU REALLY LIKE SAWS AND DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME AND MY SAWS - PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ ALL THE "BLAH BLAH BLAH" CRAP BELOW THE DESCRIPTION.
 PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACK FOR AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE SAWS THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM ME. READ THE COMPLETE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY ISSUES THAT I HAVE NOTED. STUDY THE MANY PHOTOS I HAVE TAKEN FOR THIS PURPOSE AND REMEMBER THAT I WILL ALWAYS SHOW YOU AND DESCRIBE TO YOU EVERYTHING - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. I WILL NOT INTENTIONALLY OMIT A NEGATIVE IF THERE IS ONE THAT I AM AWARE OF ......... YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE ISSUE IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND BASE YOUR DECISIONS ON THIS. THIS IS HOW I WISH TO KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING ........ WHEN I AM A BUYER.


*** YOU CAN TRUST THAT MY AUCTIONS ARE 100% HONEST - MY FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES, FAMILY MEMBERS ...... OR EVEN ANY FLAKES .... ARE FORBIDDEN FROM BIDDING IN MY AUCTIONS - (FRUITS AND NUTS ARE O.K.)  THIS IS ACTIVELY MONITORED TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE BIDDING AGAINST ANYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A GENUINE INTEREST IN THE ITEM. IT IS A SAD REMINDER OF THE TIMES THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO MENTION THIS .... BUT IT HAS BECOME QUITE EVIDENT THAT SOME SAW SELLERS SEE AN HONEST SAWYER AS JUST ANOTHER SUCKER. HAVING INCORPORATED, FROM DAY ONE ..... A  BUSINESS PLAN THAT IS BASED ON DELIBERATE FRAUD .... BY ACTIVELY COORDINATING WITH AN ACCOMPLICE TO PICK EVERY SINGLE BIDDER'S POCKET OF EVERY LAST CENT THROUGH ILLEGAL SHILL BIDDING.
 
 JUST AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN HERE- NOT ON MY WATCH.
 
COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS

OK, WELL …..

A VERY SPECIALIZED SAW ….

CONCIEVED FOR THE VERY SPECIALIZED TRADE THAT ….

WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL DURING …

“THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION”

THE PATTERNMAKER, OR ….

“MODELER” IN THE VERNACULAR OF THE DAY.

THOSE CREATING PRECISE MODELS OF ….

VIRTUALLY EVERY PART PRODUCED FOR …

WELL … EVERYTHING DESTINED TO BE MANUFACTURED....

“EN MASSE”

WORKING IN THE SOFT “BUTTERY” WOODS …

THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THE MULTITUDE OF TOOLS ….

ESSENTIAL TO THEIR ART.

AND IT IS AN ART.

WITH THE ADVENT OF “CAD” PROGRAMS …

“SYNCHED” TO A CNC MACHINE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS NOW BECOME ONE OF THOSE “LOST ARTS”

BUT THOSE WHO CAN –

WILL DO.

(OR LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES)

AND THEIR SUCCESSES …

“USE MAKETH MASTERY”

….CAN LEAD TO GREAT PERSONAL GRATIFICATION.

WHICH IS ONE OF THE ALL TOO OFTEN UNDERRATED …

GOALS OF THIS EXERCISE.

ANYWAY ….

AN EXAMPLE THAT HAD NEVER BEEN USED ….

IN IT'S ORIGINAL BOX …

(BARELY)

IT IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN, FOR FAR TOO LONG …

BURIED IN THE CLUTTER HERE.

THE BOX, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS PRETTY ROUGH.

I'VE WENT SO FAR AS TO TAPE AND GLUE IT ….

WHERE IT WAS FEASIBLE …

IT COULD BENEFIT FROM A BIT OF FURTHER “RESTORATION".

MAYBE CAREFULLY ADDING REINFORCEMENT CARDBOARD.

AT ANY RATE ...IT WILL BE INCLUDED.

I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT …

THE SAW WAS PRODUCED IN …1952

IF I HAD TO BET …

I WOULD SAY OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR.

AND NO ….

I HAVE NOT SUDDENLY BECOME AN “ACADEMIC” SAW GURU”.

(THIS DATE IS SIMPLY STAMPED ON THE INSIDE OF THE BOX)

NOW …. BEING “UNUSED” …

MOST WOULD ELECT TO JUST LEAVE IT “AS IS”, AND WELL ….

THAT IS JUST NOT IN MY GENETIC CODE.

BUT ....

ASIDE FROM THE TOOTHLINE I HAVE DONE JUST THAT.

(NOT EVEN “PRESERVATION”)

NOW ...

THE CATALOG INDICATES THAT ….

THE HANDLES ON THESE WERE “POLISHED”

(VARNISHED)

....ON THE EDGES ONLY.

CURIOUSLY, THIS ONE IS JUST UNFINISHED APPLE.

NOTING HERE THAT ...

THERE IS THE TINIEST SLIVER OFF OF THE VERY EDGE OF THE TOP HORN....

AND A TIGHT BENIGN CRACK IN FRONT OF THE #1 SCREW HEAD.

(PRESENTATION SIDE)

BUT AGAIN …

AFFECTING NOTHING ...

I HAVE ELECTED TO JUST LEAVE IT AS IS.

THE DISSTON & SONS MODEL No.1 “PATTERNMAKER'S”

IN THE 7 1/2” 15 POINT CROSSCUT CONFIGURATION.

1 1/2” WIDE WITH A THIN (.023”) GAUGE PLATE.

IT HAS NOW RECEIVED ….

THE FULL KNUCKLEHEAD PERFORMANCE PROTOCOL.

FULLY ALIGNED, SLOPED GULLETS AND VERY LIGHT SET …

OPTIMIZED TO RUN IN ….

THE FULLY SEASONED SOFTER WOODS OF THE TRADE.

AT A SCANT 2.7 OUNCES ….

(EVEN THE BOX WEIGHS MORE)

SEEMS A SHAME TO EVEN HAVE TO BOX IT UP FOR SHIPPING.

SO ….

FOR THOSE CERTIFIED PATTERNMAKERS, AND …

THOSE ASPIRING AT SERVING THEIR APPRENTICESHIPS.

I HAVE DECIDED TO LIST SOME VERY SPECIAL ….

(FUKEN RAIR?)

CURVED AND DISHED PATTERNMAKER'S “FLOATS”

ENDING JUST 5 MINUTES AFTER THIS SAW ENDS.

IN THE HOPES THAT ….

THEY MIGHT RIDE TOGETHER.

ANYWAY ….

THAT SHOULD ABOUT COVER IT ….

IT RUNS A YOU'VE GROWN TO EXPECT FROM MY WORK....

AND THAT IS ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW.


ANYWAY ....

IT HAS RECEIVED THE FULL KNUCKLEHEAD PERFORMANCE PROTOCOL ...

OF COURSE.

YOU CAN BET THAT IT WILL NOW SERVE YOU WELL IN YOUR FINEST WORK.

ON MY HONOR AND SOLEMN WORD

OF COURSE.

JUST STUDY CAREFULLY, THE STARK UNFORGIVING MACRO DIGITAL PHOTOS.

AND ...

IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH THESE ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC DEFECTS ...

YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.

RETAINING ALL OF THE CHARACTER EARNED, ALONG WITH ...

THE DNA ...

OF THE MAN...

NOW LONG GONE FROM THIS EARTH...

IN WHOSE HANDS IT HAD FAITHFULLY SERVED.

A SOLID, PRECISE, HIGH PERFORMANCE .....

KNUCKLEHEAD "UGLY SAW" ...

THAT WOULD BE A SHAME NOT TO BE PUT BACK INTO SERVICE.

FOR THOSE ...

(LIKE MYSELF)

.... WHO UNDERSTAND THE INTRINSIC VALUE IN OWNING TOOLS ...

NOT SO PRISTINE, THAT THEY WOULD EVER GIVE ONE PAUSE IN USING AS INTENDED.

JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT ...

THIS TOOL HAS MORE PRACTICAL, REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE ...

THAN 99% OF THE FOLKS WHO WILL USE IT GOING FORWARD ...

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL TO MY (OLD) EYES ...

I FIND NOTHING ABOUT THIS TOOL THAT OFFENDS ME ...

IF YOU ARE THE TYPE THAT SEES A PROJECT HERE ...

THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE ON ...

WITH YOUR "CUSTOM RESTORATION" AND REFINISHING EXPERTISE .....

PLEASE FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER SAW.

MAYBE ONE THAT HAS BEEN "EXPERTLY"....

(AND "PROFESSIONALLY")

"CUSTOM RESTORED"

BUFFED, POLISHED AND PIMPED OUT ...

WITH PASTE WAX.

("PROFESSIONALLY")

BY HAND.

THIS ONE IS HAPPY JUST THE WAY IT IS.

AND SHALL REMAIN .....

FOR ETERNITY.

AND THAT IS ....

"THE RULE"

IT RUNS AS YOU'VE GROWN TO EXPECT FROM MY WORK ...

AND I GUESS THAT IS EVERYTHING YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW.

NOW ....

YOU CAN GO LOOK AT THE PICTURES ...

THEN ...

GO WASH YOUR FILTHY HANDS.

DO NOT TOUCH YOUR LYING EYES.

AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ....

ARE YOU TO TOUCH YOUR GORGEOUS FACE.

NOT EVER.

ALTHOUGH HAVING NO RELEVANCE TO THIS SAW ...
THE FOLLOWING LINK ...
THE DESCRIPTION FROM A SAW I LISTED NEARLY 4 YEARS AGO ....
WILL BE REQUIRED READING.
AS A PRE-REQUISITE TO THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ...
HISTORICALLY ACCURATE....
NEW SERIES ...
PREMIERING ..... ONCE I'VE HAD A SHOWER AND STUFFED SOME CHOW DOWN MY NECK.

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NOW, I WILL OCCASIONALLY MAKE SMALL, INADVERTENT OMISSIONS IN THE DESCRIPTION, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE A HABIT OF REFERENCING THE TOOTH GUARD IN THE PHOTOS AS IT CONTAINS MOST OF THE PARTICULARS.

REMEMBER THAT I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THIS SAW WILL OUTPERFORM ANY OTHER SIMILARLY CONFIGURED SAW, PREPARED BY ANYONE BUT MYSELF..... IN EVERY SINGLE CRITERIA BY WHICH A SAW'S PERFORMANCE IS EVALUATED.  I ALSO PROMISE THAT YOU WILL BE DELIGHTED, OR ...... YOU CAN BE THE FIRST IN HISTORY TO RETURN THE SAW TO ME AND I WILL REFUND EVERY LAST CENT INCLUDING ALL SHIPPING CHARGES.

NOW ...THE ORIGINAL OLD SCHOOL DISCIPLINE OF FILING THAT I EMPLOY .... HAD BEEN, UNTIL I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE .... JUST A CURIOSITY WARRANTING ONLY BRIEF MENTION ON AN OBSCURE INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD.

AND MY LATE ARRIVAL TO THE INTERNET WAS GREETED WITH SKEPTICISM AND RIDICULE OF MY METHODS BY THOSE "ESTABLISHED" MESSAGE BOARD SAW GURUS .... WHO REMAINED CONVINCED THAT THE WORLD WAS FLAT ....

AND THE HOLY BIBLE OF SAW "SHARPENING" WAS CONTAINED IN THE ONLINE RECIPE BOOK

"SAW FILING - A BEGINNER'S PRIMER"

FIRST BLOOD.

BUT, I NOW SEE THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE CLIMBING OVER EACH OTHER .... LECTURING US ON .... AND TOUTING ..."SLOPED GULLETS" ... ACTUALLY ADDING THIS FEATURE AFTER FILING THE SAW - WITH THEIR ASSORTMENT OF MECHANICAL DEVICES EMPLOYED TO ACHIEVE THEIR RESULT ....

SERIOUSLY.

HMMM ...

IT SEEMS THAT THE SAME FOLKS WHO HAVE SPENT THE LAST 10 YEARS OBSESSIVELY STALKING ME ....... CRITICIZING MY METHODS AS "GIMMICKRY" AND SUCH .....

WOULD NOW LIKE YOU TO "PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN" AND HOPEFULLY ...

FORGET WHAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TELLING YOU.

BECAUSE NOW ... IN THEIR "PAINT BY NUMBERS" PROTOCOL ....

WITH THE YOU TUBE CHANNEL AND BETTY CROCKER RECIPE BOOK OPEN IN FRONT OF THEM ...
 
THEIR FLAKE & REAM DEVICE ATTACHED TO THE END OF THEIR FILE ....

MARKING FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE TOOTHLINE ...

AND A VISE THAT TILTS ....

THEY ARE NOW INSTRUCTING US THAT THERE IS NO "BLACK MAGIC" INVOLVED ..

 PROCLAIMING THAT THEY TOO CAN NOW FILE "SLOPED GULLETS" ......

HAVING BEEN ADDED ... LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT .....

FOLLOWING THEIR MACHINE REPLICATED "CUSTOM" FILING .....

WITH THE IMPLICATION THAT THEY CAN NOW ALSO DELIVER PERFORMANCE COMPARABLE TO THE KNUCKLEHEAD .....

SOME EVEN FILE THE TRADITIONAL "SLOPPED GULLETS".

ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE FOR MOST OF THE WORK WE'VE SEEN

AND ONE INTERNET SENSATION, WHO ......

RECOGNIZED AS THE PIONEER IN HIS FIELD ....

BY THE INTERNET "MUTUAL ADORATION SOCIETY"

HAS BROKEN FROM THE PACK ... TO INTRODUCE US TO HIS EXCLUSIVE (CUSTOM) INNOVATION:

THE "UPCHUCK" METHOD

(OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT)
 
TO STAND BACK, WATCHING IT UNFOLD FROM ABOVE, THE WHOLE STORY IS JUST TOO COMICAL, AS I CANNOT HELP BUT TO BE REMINDED OF ....

"SELF DISCOVERY" IN ADOLESCENCE ...

WHICH WAS, BY THE WAY .....

SOMETIME AFTER I LEARNED MY METHODS FOR FILING SAWS ......

AND OF MY PET CROW, "DEMETRIUS" .... WHO HAD LEARNED TO "TALK"

BUT HE WAS JUST REPEATING WHAT HE HEARD

SO ....

EVEN AFTER YEARS OF PRACTICE ....

HE REMAINED A LOUSY CONVERSATIONALIST. 
 
WELL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION - WILL KNOW THAT ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME BENEFIT OF THE DEEPER GULLET  .... THE BEAUTY IS NOT IN THE GULLET ITSELF ... BUT RATHER, IN THE FREEDOM THIS DISCIPLINE GIVES THE SKILLED, EXPERIENCED IN THE ART FILER TO ALTER CRITICAL ELEMENTS IN THE TOOTH GEOMETRY ..... CONFIGURING THE SAW PRECISELY FOR THE TASK IT IS ASKED TO DO.
 
THE PART THAT TELLS YOU HOW THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED .... JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MENTIONED IN THE BETTY CROCKER RECIPE BOOK.
IT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED AS A RESULT OF EXPERIENCE AND A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTIMATE INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STEEL AND WOOD.
SORTA LIKE SEX.
 
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I USE THE TERM "SLOPED GULLETS" I AM REFERRING MAINLY TO A DISCIPLINE OF FILING A SAW THAT ONLY INCIDENTALLY PRODUCES THIS GULLET SHAPE .... AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS A BENEFIT IN THE ADDED CAPACITY FOR CARRYING WASTE .... THE GULLET SHAPE ITSELF IS NOT THE GOAL OR, IN ITSELF ... RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERFORMANCE BENEFITS ...

THESE LIE IN THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE FILER WHO UNDERSTANDS AND IS CAPABLE OF UTILIZING THIS METHOD WITHIN THE ENTIRE PROTOCOL IN THE PREPARATION OF THE SAW. THIS OLD SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ALLOWS THE ACCOMPLISHED FILER THE FULL 3 DIMENSIONAL FREEDOM TO CONFIGURE THE TEETH FOR OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY IN ANY TYPE OF WOOD. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL BEAUTY LIES .... AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE ...... IN THE RESTRICTIVE 2 DIMENSIONAL WORLD .... THE "NEW FANGLED" WAY OF FILING A SAW IS LIMITED TO. THE NEW STYLE WAS ADAPTED TO REPLICATE THE FILING OF SAWS BY A MACHINE .... EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DESIGN A MACHINE THAT COULD REPLICATE THE TRADITIONAL HAND FILING. ALTHOUGH PRODUCTION INCREASED AND IT BECAME EASIER TO MAINTAIN BY THE UNINITIATED JOE CARPENTER ..... THESE WERE THE ONLY ADVANTAGES, AS THE RESULTS LIMIT THE SAW ....

TO THE GENERIC CONFIGURATIONS.
 
YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THAT THE TEETH ON MY SAWS ARE "STICKY SHARP" ..... BY THE WAY, MY MENTOR, A BIG FINN LOGGER FROM THE U.P. NAMED ANDY LYSTILA, COINED THAT PHRASE .... BUT PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE PHOTOS OF THE TOOTH LINE - NOTE THE SLIGHTLY STAGGERED GULLET LINE THAT IS A RESULT OF MY MODIFIED SLOPED GULLETS ..... ALSO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TEETH - AND NOTICE THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE JOINTED TOOTH HEIGHT THAT IS ALIGNED .... IT IS CRITICAL THAT EVERY DIMENSION OF EVERY COMPONENT OF THE PLATE BE ALIGNED AND TUNED ...... LIKE AN ORCHESTRA PLAYING IN PERFECT HARMONY.
IF YOU'RE A "GEARHEAD" .... YOU WILL BE FULLY AWARE OF THE NET HORSEPOWER THAT CAN BE EXTRACTED BY SIMPLY BALANCING AND BLUEPRINTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ..WITHOUT FURTHER MODIFICATION.
IN THIS REGARD, THE PERFORMANCE OF A SAW IS IDENTICALLY AFFECTED BY THE CAREFUL ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING OF ALL COMPONENTS ON THE BUSINESS END.
  THAT SHOULD JUST ABOUT DO IT FOR THIS SAW .... IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING DON'T BE AFRAID TO YELL AT ME .... OR JUST ASK ME A QUESTION.

I'M A KNUCKLEHEAD ....... BUT I'M A FRIENDLY ONE.

THE ISSUES ARE CLEARLY SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS - THESE ARE NOTED HERE AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

1) AS DESCRIBED ABOVE: ONLY THE TINY SLIVER OFF THE EDGE OF UPPER HORN AND ... A TIGHT BENIGN CRACK AT THE #1 SCREW EDGE.
THAT'S ALL.
TRUST THAT ...
THERE IS NOT ONE THING ABOUT THIS 72 YEAR OLD SAW THAT OFFENDS ME ... OR I WISH WERE DIFFERENT.

2) NOT "CUSTOM RESTORED" .... AND BUFFED OUT WITH PASTE WAX (!!!!!!!!!)

(BY HAND!!!!!!!!!)

3) THE SAW IS NOT SUPER DUPER "CUSTOM" FILED OR "TUNED UP!!!!!!!" ....

JUST MY NORMAL EVERYDAY WORK

4) THE GLITCH IN THE LISTING IS NEVER GONNA BE RESOLVED ... THE BENCH IS A MESS - I PREFER IT THAT WAY - THOSE WHO LOVE SAWS WILL UNDERSTAND ... AND WE REALLY DO NOT CARE MUCH ABOUT THE REST.