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A $2 rusty saw.... Seems to have a bit of Family History to it... 26", 8ppi, 4 steel bolts, Warranted Superior medallion....skew back. Hmmm.... Ok, the back story...it seems my late FIL ran a Hardware Store in DeGraff, OH. late 40s, to the early 70s....Kinnan's Hardware. A few doors to the south on that same block, was Hoke's Variety Store. One fine day, Mr. Hoke decided he needed to buy a handsaw. He walked in to the hardware store...paid $1.50 for a Disston saw, Not wanting to splurge on the top of the line saws, he bought a Keystone Brand, K-2 Speedster saw. Fast forward a couple decades....I stop at a garage sale, being run by Mr. Hoke's Daughter....and buy that very saw for $2......inflation, right? Gave the saw a good cleaning.. Even clocked the steel bolts... Was just barely making out an etch...Found the "Keystone" and what looked like a race car....hard to tell, with the block lettering across it....More research.. I knew it wasn't the K-3 Pacemaker.. Different handle, Etch of 2 fellows jogging in a race ( Pacesetter), different wood.. Both have a skew back blade, both are 8ppi cross cut. Looked it up at the Disstonian Institute...Saw came out about 1935...was made up to 1951 or so...etch showed a racecar...with those block letters "SPEEDSTER" . Sold for $1.50 retail. Decided to give the worn teeth a refresh...got out Mr. Wentworth's No. 1 Saw Vise.. And a saw file or 2... Red handled one seemed to fit the teeth better..took a while, had to move the saw twice... Just following the pattern of the cross cut teeth...Points were merely worn down a touch. Saw plate, on the other hand....needed to be straightened out...seems Mr. Hoke hit a sidewalk a couple times...and added a couple bends out near the toe of the saw... Top of the bench's leg, and a 24 oz Ball Pean hammer.....about 10 minutes of banging out the kinks...plate is now straight. Ready for the test drive.. All that splintered stuff on the end? was from the K-3...cuts a bit too rough, and fast....as for this "new" saw's cut.. Cuts as straight as the operator will allow...but, no drifting in the cut...had to slow down a bit. ...to avoid that vise handle...but.. Ever see a hand saw leave burn marks? Back side of the cut looks a lot better than the one by the K-3. Saw should be ready for the next 70+ years....
