Hey gang

A few weeks back at the big estate sale a few BAGs attended, I picked up
this cute little advertising saw.  Didn't realize exactly what I had until
a few days later, when I couldn't find much googling this saw name.

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/BAGaThons-and-Gatherings/170422
-Estate-Sale-Menlo/i-csTVh4n">https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/BAGaThons-
and-Gatherings/170422-Estate-Sale-Menlo/i-csTVh4n

Turns out Tuck's Triple Packing was a type of gasket used on Triple
Expansion Steam engines (whatever those are), typically for boats based on
the advertising I found in vintage literature.  Based in Britain, Tuck & Co
appeared (from my searches) about 1852,  disappeared  before 1908.  Was
this an advertising saw, or a tool used to cut the packing?  Dunno.

https://books.google.com/books?id=CA0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=%2
2tuck%27s+triple+packing%22&source=bl&ots=3E-Cxxiv5t&sig=sWaErKP6AheJxgxT9EGODkV
apxM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjopOed4ovUAhVKwlQKHdPxDJIQ6AEIJjAA">https://books.goo
gle.com/books?id=CA0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=%22tuck%27s+triple+packing%2
2&source=bl&ots=3E-Cxxiv5t&sig=sWaErKP6AheJxgxT9EGODkVapxM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKE
wjopOed4ovUAhVKwlQKHdPxDJIQ6AEIJjAA

So I have this cute little advertising saw from pre 1900, based on the
advertising and the saw nuts, with a HUGE crack in the blade.  There is
Zero value in this thing as a user, so I was thinking of getting a piece of
spring shim stock, and recreating a blade without a crack, and hopefully
sharp fine teeth.

Having never done this type of saw restoration before, I will be coming
back to the archives for help.  Unless someone tells me I am destroying a
valued piece of history.  Open to suggestions and opinions.

Thanks
-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, catching up after weeks of sloth and travel