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94662 | "Palazzolo, Joe" <Joe.Palazzolo@i...> | 2001‑06‑29 | Help identify an old saw (NOT: Soaking Planes in Oil) |
GG's, Last weekend at the antique show I found a good project saw: http://www.geocities.com/jmpalazz/2001_June/Dsc00152.jpg Nice handle, nib, filed crosscut, four split nuts, medallion from Warren and Ted's Superior Tool works, a good project saw. The guy I bought it from said he found it in Durango, CO, and offered to throw in a "newer" saw for only a couple of dollars more. No thanks. When I subjected it (the saw) to the old sanding block test I saw this interesting stamp mark: http://www.geocities.com/jmpalazz/2001_June/Dsc00157.jpg As near as I can make out, it says: BROWNE (upside down) WARRANTED No.3 CAST STEEL I could be wrong about the "CAST" part, because it also looks like "??CT" if you hold it just right. Anyway, I thought that it was interesting that the word BROWNE was upside down. Any thoughts from the assembled Galooterati on who this BROWNE guy was, when he was, etc.? BTW - I don't want to know value - for those interested it cost me $4. Joe Palazzolo Fort Wayne, Indiana Where the corn is already more than knee high. |
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94674 | "Peter Taran" <hd1840@d...> | 2001‑06‑29 | RE: Help identify an old saw (NOT: Soaking Planes in Oil) |
Joe writes (in part): >GG's, > >Last weekend at the antique show I found a good project saw: > http://www.geocities.com/jmpalazz/2001_June/Dsc00152.jpg >Nice handle, nib, filed crosscut, four split nuts, medallion from This would not be my first choice for a project saw. This saw dates from the 1860 time frame, as the hand stamped blade would indicate. Brown's was an outfit that Disston acquired, sometime around that time, and he carried the Brown's line into the early 1900s. The history of the very early acquisitions and other mergers is pretty hazy....I'm not sure if anyone really knows the story of the Brown inclusion into the Disston empire. I'm inclined to think that you have a pre-Disston Brown, a saw which is pretty scarce. Unless the handle is loose, I would not take the nuts off or do major surgery with it. From the looks of it, it appears to be in good shape. A question....what does the main medallion say? Warranted Superior, or something else? Nice find. Hope this helps, Pete Taran New! Vintage Saws on the Web http://www.vintagesaws.com |
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