Took a total of 4 saws down to Piqua, OH.    There is a sharpening service down there....does good work, too.....usually about $10 per saw.  Last trip there, I noticed his ceiling fan...was still running, but..was missing 2 blades.....something about sharpening a garden hoe....handle happened to be in the wrong spot.....

 

Just so happened...I had a ceiling fan still in my van..never even been out of the box.....even had the Light Kit.....I didn't need it....Chuck looked like he could.....we did a bit of "horse-trading"....Sharpen my 4 saws, and you can have the ceiling fan.  

 

Had to wait a few weeks....as everyone with a mower ( and no grinder) suddenly needed their mower blades sharpened up....and their hedge trimmers....and....you get the idea..

 

Finally gave him a call..."Yep, saws are done!"   Which meant a 40 mile trip down to pick them up, and 40miles to get back home....charge?    Nada....still hadn't managed to hang the new fan...although he has opened the box to see how it will get hung...

These were the 2 I wanted the most, as I might have a job for them shortly....I said 4 saws?

Well, there was this 18" frame saw.....I never could get the 9ppi sharpened just right....then there was this 100 yr old saw..

The only difference between this and a Disston D-8...is the fancy carved handle....Disston stopped making these before 1932, about the same time as they stopped making another saw I have..

The Disston D100 ( no hypen, the 100 was inside of the BIG capitol D)   Ever pick up a saw and the handle fits your hand like it was made just for your hand?  That is the way with both of these 2 saws.  Both are now as sharp as they were when new.   And other than the carved handles..

They are the same as a Top of the line D-8.   Might get a bit of use out of these.

 

So....next time one of the saws gets a wee bit dull.....it will get taken to Chuck's Sharpening Service, on South Street, in Piqua, OH.    

 

When things cool off in my shop..I'll put these back to work...

A little horse trading is always a good thing!

Yea that's definitely one thing I need to buy again, is a nice new sharp sharp handsaw.  My old saw is getting quite dull and the handle feels like its starting to fall off.  So what a perfect excuse to just get a new one LOL.

Great story, Steve. Sure hope he gets that fan hung and running soon. Sounds like he may need it. 

Horse trading is how alot of stuff comes my way.

 

Nice!!!

I grew up using handsaws.  You can't go wrong with out having one or more on hand.  Useful for so many things.  Not to mention THEY DONT REQUIRE USE OF POWER.  Which is a double bonus.  Just good old fashioned muscle work.

Really nice job on those hand saws, Steven.  I have 2 that I purchased last fall.  One is a rip saw and the other is a crosscut saw.  They are rusty and I need to know how to clean off the rust and hope to leave stamping in place.  Any ideas?  

Simple Green, and scotch-brite pads.