> On Jan 20, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Kirk Eppler  wrote:
> 
> So you saw handle could have been from any time 1895 to 1948, but guessing
closer to your 1919 is probably correct.  The more comfortable the handle, the
earlier it usually is, up to a point.
> 
> (Don't really know, since you didn't show us the keeper handle, only the three
you were going to pitch.)

Here are four Atkins handles —

https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../31614797483/in/dateposted-public/

Upper left is a “Rex" (No.67). However, the wheat carving is similar to that
shown in the 1935 catalog. The upper right is a No.69, also a “Rex”, w/ the
style of carving shown in the 1919 catalog. "Hand-Saw Makers of North America”
says the “Rex” was made 1904 to 1919 including four models (66 thru 69), but
that the 67 and the 69 were discontinued in 1914. By the 1919 catalog the nibs
were gone from the Atkins line. Based on the finer shape of the handle and the
presence of the nib and notwithstanding the wheat carving, I believe the top
left (No.67) saw is the earliest. At the bottom right is another early Atkins
handle an bottom left is the Sheffield Saw Works model that I first asked about.
Again, the more refined handle shape suggests earlier than 1919.

Bill