Crosscut Saw Thread

E.C Atkins is the most common by far of the companies listed. The odds would be there but I don't know for sure.
 
Yeah, I was leaning toward E.C. Atkins. Since there's a word on the right that starts with a "w" possibly "Warranted" like they have in their logos.
 
Here is a Warrented Superior medallion from one of my crosscut saws
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Here is one from an Atkins hand saw I have


Here is a link to some atkins catalogs
http://www.crosscutsawyer.com/viewforum.php?f=18
 
My mom just brought this home from cleaning out my grandmother's house. The saw is an Atkins No. 28 according to the handles, there is an etching on the blade, but I can't really make it out. I'd appreciate any and all that y'all can teach me about these saws. I believe it is a crosscut saw, it is about 5ft long, and seems to me to be in great condition. I'd love to know how old this saw is and any other information that you all can give me

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Looks like a Simonds #13. Saw is crescent ground and made for hard or frozen wood. Top quality saw. Handles are never an indication of the saw manufacturer, as they are interchangeable.
 
Well the saw was in Michigan, so that would explain the frozen wood thing. It's got an oil film on it which I suspect has protected it over the years (I'm not cleaning it off lol)

I'll try to make out some of the etching when I get home.
 
crazyengineer said:
Well the saw was in Michigan, so that would explain the frozen wood thing. It's got an oil film on it which I suspect has protected it over the years (I'm not cleaning it off lol)

I'll try to make out some of the etching when I get home.
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You won't clean it? I can say that in my opinion, those Simonds tuttle tooth saws are probably the best firewood saws around. It'd be a shame to hang that thing up on a wall when there are plenty of abused and generally lesser saws out there. Unless it has some kind of sentimental significance, and of course that's just my opinion. But it's a beautiful saw at any rate.
 
I mean the oily film on it

As of right now, that is the only thing keeping it from rusting. I wouldn't hesitate to put it to use if I found a use for it lol

Haven't had to cut firewood in a long time, been working off 2 trees for years because the only thing we use it for is bonfires and what not. Next tree to come down this will see some use.

Oh, and the pictures look worse than it actually is, the only rust on it is near the handles and that is surface rust, the main blade is just discoloration


And near as I can tell my grandfather picked it up at sometime, we have no clue when, so it does have some sentimental value, but that doesn't keep me from using it, I shoot a 100 year old family heirloom winchester '94 regularly.
 
That's a nice old saw. If it was mine, I would remove the oil, put it on a clean flat surface, and rub it down with 0000 steel wool. Then I would add new oil. Same with the handles but using blo there.
 
crazyengineer said:
What is my best bet for oil for the saw?
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Probably any oil would work. I think if I was just going to hang it in the garage indefinitely I would put a light coating of auto grease on it, something that would stick and not run off. There was a thread on metal oil coating but I can't find it now.
 
Boeshield is a good coating for storage. I also use a paste made from beeswax, BLO and turpentine.
 
Finally finished up my crosscut saw i got a while back. Stripped a oiled the handles, polished the hardware and sanded from 200 down to 600. I think it is sharpened properly but i'll have to try it to know for sure.

 
I generally choose my saw based on the piece to be cut. If I can rotate the piece and the radius of the log is less than the distance between my blade and bow, I will use a bow saw. For a piece that I can't rotate or reach the center with a bow saw, I will use a Lance Tooth crosscut saw. They are easy to sharpen and cut wonderfully. I like to use mutton tallow in the winter and bees wax in the summer to lubricate my cut.
 
It's interesting to think about, but there is only one reason to keep making / maintaining misery whips. The US Forest Service and maybe the National Park Service continue to use them to maintain wilderness trails. No motorized tools are allowed in areas designated as "wilderness". As congress cuts funding and there is limited need for these type of tools, they will disappear as well as our access to Americas wilderness areas. There is no other reasonable way to clear trails without some kind of non-motorized saw. Axes are great for some things, but you can't clear a trail covered,with blow down lodgepole pine without a saw
 
The other use for crosscut saws is for volunteer trail worker associations. Often their insurance won't cover volunteers to use a chainsaw. But a crosscut saw isn't a problem. It's much harder to kill yourself with a crosscut than with a chainsaw. ;)
 
Square_peg said:
Great looking perf-lance. What is the raker depth and how much set is in the cutters?
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Hey Peg, not sure of the measurements at this time. Raker depth I could do easy enough but I don't have a fixture to measure tooth set. I'm hoping it will cut for now until I can put some tools together, also prob buy a donor saw for learning curve. I'm gonna pick up a bunch of cedar logs I took down at a friends place in the next couple weeks. I'll give it a try then and post pics.
 
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