michigaloot@c... wrote on 02/20/2007 05:57:18 PM:

> My 346 has four patent dates, the last being 1-2-12. There was another 
> patent granted on 10/29/12 and the length stops, which mine lacks were 
> patented 1916. My saw, which I'll assume is the Simonds #96, is marked 
> Simonds Mfg Company (arched) and Fitchburg Mass on the spine. The etch 
says 
> 'made expressly for Stanley Rule & Level Co.'. The medallion is the 
common 
> one dated pre-1922 . So I'm dating mine between 1912 and 1916.
> 
> Not that it solves anything.   ;^)
> 
> Dennis

As mentioned before, my 358 with 4 patent dates and a Disston saw has a
different set of four patent dates on the base:
1-12-04  (749,242 --not in DATAMP)
3-15-04  (754,625)
8-2-04  (766,384)
9-27-04  (770,834 --not in DATAMP)

Since Walters says that Stanley started making these in 1905, it sounds 
like mine might be a type 1?  Dennis, how is that type study coming along? 
 
Can you confirm this yet?  ;-)

Brian Welch
Worcester, MA

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