JUST AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN HERE- NOT ON MY WATCH.
COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
FOLLOWS:
OK WELL ...
SECOND OF AN ORIGINAL 2 SAW NEST - LEFT TO US BY THE SAME GENTLEMAN .... DR. J.G.MOIR ...
A PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON IN DEMING, NEW MEXICO ...
WHO HAS LONG SINCE LEFT THIS EARTH.
THE OTHER ... (THIS SAW'S NEST MATE) IS AN ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL IN PERIOD ... LIGHTLY USED EXAMPLE OF THE 24" 10 POINT PANEL CROSSCUT
FITTED FOR YOUR FINEST WORK IN SEASONED STUFF....
AND WILL END 5 MINUTES PRIOR TO ...
THIS ONE:
THE 26" 5 1/2 POINT R&R RIP ...
WITH NO EVIDENCE OF HAVING EVER BEEN USED ....
NOW FITTED WITH MY EXCLUSIVE RELIEVED AND REGULATED (R&R) RIP SYSTEM ....
IT IS AT MINIMUM .... TWICE AS EFFICIENT AS IF FILED CONVENTIONALLY ....
BY ANYONE ...
EVEN MYSELF.
I HAVE ADDED SOME VERSATILITY TO THE WAY IT HAS BEEN SET UP...
TO RUN SMOOTH, QUICK AND CAREFREE IN ...
VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING.
THE "GO-TO" RIP SAW IN YOUR NEST.
IT'S GRACEFULLY CONTOURED "COVER TOP" APPLE HANDLE COUPLED WITH ONE OF THE EARLIER ERA "PHILA" KEYSTONE MEDALLIONS, INDICATES THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST D-23'S
THAT DATE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE NEW ERA - MY GUESS IS IT LEFT
THE SAW WORKS IN PHILADELPHIA WITH ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING OLD STOCK MEDALLIONS
THIS WAS JUST BEFORE THE CRASH OF '29
A FULL WIDE SAW WITH THAT DEEP COLOR AND BEAUTIFULLY CRAZED VARNISH
FINISH THAT ONLY COMES WITH AGE .... IT GETS IT'S "UGLY" FROM SOME HORRIFIC FINGERPRINT SMUDGES ON THE NATURALLY BRIGHT SURFACE OF THE PLATE
PLEASE STUDY THE UNFORGIVING MACRO PHOTOS CLOSELY.
IF THOSE EVEN MATTER TO YOU.
IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH THESE HORRIFIC BLEMISHES I WILL PROMISE THAT YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.
IN
MY PRAGMATIC OPINION, THE D-23'S ARE ONE OF THE MOST WELL
THOUGHT OUT DESIGNS IN A HANDSAW - AND THE MOST PRACTICAL SAW IN USE.
THEY ARE "LIGHTWEIGHT" OR "SHIP POINT" SAWS THAT WERE MADE THINNER AT
THE TOE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE SHIP BUILDERS WHO OFTEN NEEDED TO CUT
CONTOURS AND
CURVES - THE THINNER TOE ALLOWS THE SAWYER TO CLEANLY FOLLOW A CURVE
WITHOUT
BINDING IN THE KERF BY USING JUST THE FRONT HALF OF THE BLADE WITH
SHORTER
STROKES - IN THE STRAIGHT CUTS A FULL STROKE IS USED AND THE PERFORMANCE
IS
IDENTICAL TO THE FULL WIDTH SAWS .... MAKING THIS A VERY VERSATILE
CONFIGURATION..... SO MUCH SO, THAT DISSTON'S TOP OF THE LINE .... D-95
"MASTERPIECE" AND D-15 "VICTORY" SAWS, WERE CONFIGURED
..... IDENTICALLY.
CONSIDER THE FACT THAT ..... AT THE TIME OF
IT'S INTRODUCTION, THE D-23 WAS ONE OF DISSTON'S 3 VERY TOP OF THE LINE
MODELS - EXCEEDED IN PRICE SLIGHTLY BY ONLY THE No. 12 LONDON SPRING AND
THE No. 120 ACME.
IF YOU ARE WORKING IN PRIMARILY SEASONED STUFF IN THE 1/4" - 2" SIZE
... AND NOT FRAMING HOUSES OR BUILDING BRIDGES .... THIS SAW MAY BE THE
ONLY CROSSCUT YOU WILL EVER NEED - FILLING THE ROLES OF BOTH
DIMENSIONING AND ..... YOUR FINEST FINISH WORK.
THIS ONE IS SET UP WITH A PLEASANT DISPOSITION ... DERIVING A MEASURE
OF IT'S VERSATILITY FROM IT'S TAPER
(.042-.032) ... RATHER THAN ADDITIONAL SET AND WILL RUN CLEAN IN ANYTHING ... NOW JUST THINK ABOUT THIS: A .010 TOTAL TAPER IS A VERY
RESPECTABLE TAPER IN A WIDE SAW .... BUT, IN THE THINNER SHIP PATTERN
SAWS .... IT IS EXTRAORDINARY - ALLOWING ENOUGH CLEARANCE IN THE KERF,
WITH EVEN JUST A WHISPER OF SET ... TO ALLOW YOU TO CUT THE CURVES AND
CONTOURS FOR WHICH IT WAS DESIGNED ... SO, WITH
IT'S PRECISE ALIGNMENT AND REGULATED FEED, THIS NICELY BALANCED SAW
WOULD PRETTY MUCH COVER VIRTUALLY EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIPPING NEEDS IN STUFF UP TO 3" .... AT LEAST.
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.
I
GUESS I OFTEN NEGLECT MENTIONING IT HERE, WRONGLY ASSUMING THAT MOST
KNOW THIS ..... BUT ALL OF MY SAWS .... USUALLY 10 POINT AND LESS AND
SOME OF THE JOINERY SAWS .... FEATURE A REGULATED LESS AGGRESSIVE TOOTH
NEAR THE TOE - THIS IS AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF MINE THAT I DEVELOPED WHEN
I WAS ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD ... MAINLY TO HELP PROTECT THE SAW FROM THE
PERIL OF KINKING .... BUT THEY ARE ALSO EASIER TO START - (WHICH IS
CRITICAL IN DETERMINING THE REMAINDER OF YOUR CUT) .... AND BY USING THE
TOE WHEN FINISHING YOUR CUT, WILL ALSO GREATLY REDUCE TEAR OUT.
SINCE
PRESENTING IT TO THE WORLD, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO THROUGH THE INTERNET,
THE CONCEPT HAS NOW BECOME WIDELY ACCEPTED AND COPIED BY OTHERS ...
INCLUDING MANY OF THOSE WHO MAKE THE CUSTOM SAWS AND HAVE PRODUCED SAW
SHARPENING VIDEOS. SO IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE THE TERM "RELAXED RAKE"
CAME FROM - IT IS THE TERM I ORIGINALLY USED IN DESCRIBING IT AS IT WAS
EASIER FOR OTHERS TO GRASP ... BUT SINCE MY DISCIPLINES FOR PREPARING A
SAW ALLOW A VARIETY OF OPTIONS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ... IT HAS NOW BECOME
REFERRED TO AS SIMPLY "PROGRESSIVE AGGRESSIVE"
IT RUNS AS YOU'VE GROWN TO EXPECT IN MY WORK ....
AND THAT ...
IS ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW.
SPECIFICALLY
FITTED FOR THE TYPE OF WORK AND MATERIALS MOST OF US WORK IN THESE DAYS
... IT WILL SERVE BEST IN YOUR FINEST WORK WHEN IN SEASONED
CABINET GRADE STUFF ...
ONLY.
THIS ONE IS "UGLY" FOR THE REASONS LISTED ABOVE
STUDY THE PHOTOS ... AND IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH THESE HORRIFIC DEFECTS - I PROMISE THAT ..
YOU'LL BE GOOD TO GO.