In a message dated 99-01-02 00:25:53 EST, tonyb@h... (Tony Blanks)
writes, in commenting on Spear & Jackson saws from early in the century:

<< Should be
 English beech handled (the English is underlined : so whats the matter with
 US beech?),  >>
     I'm not sure what the distinctions are, but the S & J folks make a very
big thing of the superiority of English beech in that 1915 catalog.  Looks
much like American to me, but may be tougher and less likely to split, or is
that hype out of Sheffield?

                                                  Lloyd Henley