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254517 John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> 2015‑04‑25 Bushman Handsaw - Edsbyns Industri AB, Edsbyn Sweden
Casual visit to a local flea turned up a straight and merely discolored hand
pruning saw with what appears to be a European beech handle and a medallion
which reads:
BUSHMAN 
Edsbyn Industri AB
Edsbyn Sweden
 
It's hard to describe why, but somehow I knew it was a good saw even before I
picked it up. It has a horn-less tote designed for a gloved hand. The extra-
thick saw plate is sway-backed.
 
The teeth are a design I've never seen before. The pattern has round-bottom
gullets with four teeth between. The teeth are canted away from the center of
each group - the filing is uber-complex, with various fleam angles on various
faces, but the pattern repeats between these groups of four teeth.
 
Looking closely, it appears that it needs to be sharpened, as the points are a
bit dull. _And yet it cuts aggressively into a growing Mulberry, biting deeply
with each stroke._  Mulberry is sort of "sticky" when you try to cut a living
tree.
 
My question for the Porch is: Can anyone suggest when this might have been made?
 
John Ruth
Whose friend immediately suggested that the Swedes would be prime candidates to
make a GREAT firewood saw.
254520 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2015‑04‑25 Re: Bushman Handsaw - Edsbyns Industri AB, Edsbyn Sweden
On Saturday, April 25, 2015, John Ruth  wrote:

> Casual visit to a local flea turned up a straight and merely discolored
> hand pruning saw with what appears to be a European beech handle and a
> medallion which reads:
> BUSHMAN
> Edsbyn Industri AB
> Edsbyn Sweden
>
>
> My question for the Porch is: Can anyone suggest when this might have been
> made?
>
>
>
If I read this correctly, post 1980s

 http://www.g-mantools
.se/en/about-g-man/history

Kirk in HMB, Ca, who used a tree trimming saw a few hours ago to drop a
broken cedar branch.


-- 
Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors.
Kirk

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