> On Jan 20, 2017, at 12:27 PM, Kirk Eppler  wrote:
> 
> Crud, forgot to reply all.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:43 AM, William Ghio  wrote:
> 
>> I was given a saw several months ago that needs a bit of rehab. Heavy
>> patina on the blade but no rust, i.e., very, very dark.  I started to work
>> on it and quickly saw there is an etched logo, but I can’t bring it up.
>> Here is the best pic I could get of the logo —
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../32423489575/in/da
>> teposted-public/
>> All I can read is “saw works”.
>> 
>> Here is the medallion —
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../32423489575/in/da
>> teposted-public/
>> “Sheffield Warranted” w/ an “A” enclosed in a shield and “Trade Mark”.
>> 
>> Can anyone provide info on this maker?
>> 
> 
> I have a 1935 Atkins catalog, and it has a page (118) of saws bearing the
> Sheffield brand,
> Numbers 55 - Straight Back
> 56 - Skew Back
> 57 - Straight Back
> 58 - Reliable Straight Back
> 59 - Skew Back
> 9 - Home Builder Skew Back
> 

Hmmm. I have the 1935 catalog and the handles are not a match. I also have the
reprint of the 1919 Atkins catalog and the handles are much more similar, but
still not an exact match. The nut orientation does appear correct and there are
two handles in the 1919 catalog that if you combined features would be right, so
the handle shapes are in the Atkins repertoire. All the logos and medallions I
can read in the catalogs are the triple A mark or, if a single A, the cross bar
is in a v shape. Also, what appears to me to say “saw works” in the pic I posted
looks to be the very bottom line of the logo and in the 1919 catalog, the bottom
line reads “Sheffield Saw Works, Indianapolis, IND”. So I think you nailed it as
to brand, but of an earlier era. According to “Hand-Saw Makers of North America”
the Atkins, Sheffield works started up in 1904. The nut is an anomaly though.

Bill