Crosscut Saw Thread

garry3 · Feb 27, 2023

A little three foot saw, pretty sure it is a Curtis.

Hardware store etch, Idaho Hardware and Plumbing. The company started in 1902 and dissolved in 1965. The building is still there in downtown Boise.

It's too cold to work on it now but I think it will get filed and find a home in my trucks tool box.

trailtime · Feb 27, 2023

garry3 said:
A little three foot saw, pretty sure it is a Curtis.

Hardware store etch, Idaho Hardware and Plumbing. The company started in 1902 and dissolved in 1965. The building is still there in downtown Boise.

It's too cold to work on it now but I think it will get filed and find a home in my trucks tool box.

Lightly sand the heel of the blade and look for a "Boxed C" like this : [C] That's the Curtis stamping.

RLB0414 · Feb 27, 2023

rjdankert said:
Feb 24, 2023
"Trail crew using axes and crosscut saws to clear storm damage. Traditional tool use in Wilderness."

Bob

Interesting video. Hard but rewarding work

Square_peg · Feb 27, 2023

garry3 said:
A little three foot saw, pretty sure it is a Curtis.

Hardware store etch, Idaho Hardware and Plumbing. The company started in 1902 and dissolved in 1965. The building is still there in downtown Boise.

It's too cold to work on it now but I think it will get filed and find a home in my trucks tool box.

A short light saw like that will cut much better if you add a supplementary handle which you can lever to push the nose of the saw down. Also try attaching a weight on the front handle hole. It cuts much easier with some added weight.

garry3 · Feb 28, 2023

trailtime said:
Lightly sand the heel of the blade and look for a "Boxed C" like this : [C] That's the Curtis stamping.

It's there, opposite side from the etch. I have another little Curtis but with champion teeth, so when I seen "oil temper", "hand filed" in the etch I suspect so.
Thank you!

trailtime · Feb 28, 2023

garry3 said:
It's there, opposite side from the etch. I have another little Curtis but with champion teeth, so when I seen "oil temper", "hand filed" in the etch I suspect so.
Thank you!

Curtis saws weren't as highly tempered as Simonds and Atkins blades. Hammer setting and raker swaging is a bit more forgiving.

phantomknives · Mar 31, 2023

One of these days, cracker barrel will start selling off some of their decorations and we wont have to just sit and stare at things like an NOS split nut handsaw just hanging there

trailtime · Mar 31, 2023

Eating breakfast in a UP Michigan restaurant near Newberry I noticed the walls covered in 2-man crosscut saws, all painted with farm scenes. These were not toothless beaters, but near NOS blades with little to no wear, probably Simonds 13s. No interest in selling them..........

garry3 · Jul 18, 2025

Anyone recognize this saw? 5 1/5', 6 1/4" center and I think a couple of gauges taper @ .065 to .075.

I took a chance on a painted saw for cheap and not surprisingly found heavy rust.

Square_peg · Jul 23, 2025

No little bit of a stamp on it?

garry3 · Jul 23, 2025

Square_peg said:
No little bit of a stamp on it?

Can't make anything out other than a shadow.

I'm guessing kind of a budget saw with the teeth not extending to the ends?