It followed me home (Part 2)

Hickory n steel said:

Unmarked pruning saw my brother found in the trash.
I took some rust off the blade, sanded and oiled the very whether and checked handle, then straightened the blade a little bit.
Don't know how old it is or where it was made...ect but it cuts well enough and is another tool I didn't yet have.
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I like you have a new found tool to use that someone else discarded.
I like those hand saws/pruners, very handy and useful when sharp.
Yours has a wood handle, very nice, have two with plastic handles and have never seen one with a wood handle.

Very cool other man's trash
 
Miller '72 said:
I like you have a new found tool to use that someone else discarded.
I like those hand saws/pruners, very handy and useful when sharp.
Yours has a wood handle, very nice, have two with plastic handles and have never seen one with a wood handle.

Very cool other man's trash
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You've never seen one with a wood handle ?
https://www.fannosaw.com/ these are made about an hour from me in Chico California.
I hope the link doesn't violate any rules as they're a saw manufacturer not a knife dealer...ect.
 
This followed me home from Oshkosh. B'Gosh!
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LEACH CO.
OSHKOSH WIS.





Handle is 46 1/2" long x 2 1/4 " with approx. 12" long hooks. Widest opening (between points) is 20 1/4". So far I have seen these called timber carriers, log carriers, and lug hooks.

I am certain that this type tool is a joy to use:




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Oshkosh Logging Tool Co.
Oshkosh, WI, U.S.A.
"The A. Sanford Logging Tool Co. was established in Oshkosh in 1853. Oshkosh became known as a center for logging tools. In 1895 the Oshkosh Logging Tool Co. was established by a former Sanford employee, Elmer Leach, and sometime around 1906 Leach's firm took over the operations of A. Sanford. In 1911 they also absorbed the Oshkosh Tool Manufacturing Co. and changed the merged company's name to the Oshkosh Manufacturing Co. By 1924 the name had changed again, to the Leach Co. . . "
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1170​

The above states that "the Oshkosh Logging Tool Co" was established in 1895. However the Oshkosh Public Museum states "In the year 1889 Elmer Leach's firm took the name The Oshkosh Logging Tool Co.". There may be some nuance that I am missing between "established" and "took the name". However both sources seem consistent that Elmer Leach established the company and that the the company name became the Leach CO in 1923 ("by 1924" vs "in 1923").

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Oshkosh Logging Tool Company:
http://oshkosh.pastperfectonline.com/photo/6DF909FA-336E-469B-BA18-473203077551

There is currently operating the Oshkosh Tools Company Inc in Omro, WI (11 miles west of Oshkosh). Their history page says that "Originally, the Oshkosh Logging Tool Company was founded in 1887 to serve the bustling logging and sawmill operations of the time". http://oshkoshtools.com/history/
The Oshkosh Public Museum states "On March 1, 1887, Elmer Leach asked permission of the city to build a building at the corner of Bond (Brown St.) and Pearl Ave. The factory was actually built West of the corner at 62 Pearl Ave. The firm went under the name of the Oshkosh Logging and Tool Company... ". Oshkosh Tools Company Inc makes "hand tools for the utility, pole-line, logging, landscaping and construction industries" including lug hooks:
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http://oshkoshtools.com/products/lug-hooks/



Bob
 
Hickory n steel said:

Unmarked pruning saw my brother found in the trash.
I took some rust off the blade, sanded and oiled the very whether and checked handle, then straightened the blade a little bit.
Don't know how old it is or where it was made...ect but it cuts well enough and is another tool I didn't yet have.
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Now that I think about it, looking on their website I believe this folding pruner was made by fanno saw works.
This also would make perfect sense because they're the only brand of wood handled pruning saws some in hardware stores around me.
Any marks that would've been on the handle are gone now, but it does look identical to their #0.
 
rjdankert said:
This followed me home from Oshkosh. B'Gosh!
18
LEACH CO.
OSHKOSH WIS.





Handle is 46 1/2" long x 2 1/4 " with approx. 12" long hooks. Widest opening (between points) is 20 1/4". So far I have seen these called timber carriers, log carriers, and lug hooks.

I am certain that this type tool is a joy to use:




vm_masthead.jpg

Oshkosh Logging Tool Co.
Oshkosh, WI, U.S.A.
"The A. Sanford Logging Tool Co. was established in Oshkosh in 1853. Oshkosh became known as a center for logging tools. In 1895 the Oshkosh Logging Tool Co. was established by a former Sanford employee, Elmer Leach, and sometime around 1906 Leach's firm took over the operations of A. Sanford. In 1911 they also absorbed the Oshkosh Tool Manufacturing Co. and changed the merged company's name to the Oshkosh Manufacturing Co. By 1924 the name had changed again, to the Leach Co. . . "
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1170​

The above states that "the Oshkosh Logging Tool Co" was established in 1895. However the Oshkosh Public Museum states "In the year 1889 Elmer Leach's firm took the name The Oshkosh Logging Tool Co.". There may be some nuance that I am missing between "established" and "took the name". However both sources seem consistent that Elmer Leach established the company and that the the company name became the Leach CO in 1923 ("by 1924" vs "in 1923").

pagebanner.jpg

Oshkosh Logging Tool Company:
http://oshkosh.pastperfectonline.com/photo/6DF909FA-336E-469B-BA18-473203077551

There is currently operating the Oshkosh Tools Company Inc in Omro, WI (11 miles west of Oshkosh). Their history page says that "Originally, the Oshkosh Logging Tool Company was founded in 1887 to serve the bustling logging and sawmill operations of the time". http://oshkoshtools.com/history/
The Oshkosh Public Museum states "On March 1, 1887, Elmer Leach asked permission of the city to build a building at the corner of Bond (Brown St.) and Pearl Ave. The factory was actually built West of the corner at 62 Pearl Ave. The firm went under the name of the Oshkosh Logging and Tool Company... ". Oshkosh Tools Company Inc makes "hand tools for the utility, pole-line, logging, landscaping and construction industries" including lug hooks:
lughooks.gif
http://oshkoshtools.com/products/lug-hooks/



Bob
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That's a great piece of history...now you just need the right partner to help test that guy out!

Hickory n steel said:
Now that I think about it, looking on their website I believe this folding pruner was made by fanno saw works.
This also would make perfect sense because they're the only brand of wood handled pruning saws some in hardware stores around me.
Any marks that would've been on the handle are gone now, but it does look identical to their #0.
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I will be taking a closer look the next time I am in one of my local hardware stores, to see if they carry Fannosaw, and if they carry a wood handled pruner similar. I think one of the two plastic handled pruners I have is a Caughlin (sp).
 
Miller '72 said:
That's a great piece of history...now you just need the right partner to help test that guy out!



I will be taking a closer look the next time I am in one of my local hardware stores, to see if they carry Fannosaw, and if they carry a wood handled pruner similar. I think one of the two plastic handled pruners I have is a Caughlin (sp).
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Where do you live ?
 
Square_peg said:
Looks like a Corona saw clone.
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Does look similar, but the Coronas didn't have that extra hole in the tang and came with a lanyard hole.
This very well could have been made in China or something, but it does look just like the fanno folding pruning saws.
This could be a cheapo made in China, but it was free and cuts well enough for me.
 
Miller '72 said:
CT
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Well obviously I see their No8 in every hardware store around me because they're fairly local and always have a booth set up at the county fairs and farm shows, but up there in CT you may need to find a hardware store that deals in their products or something.
It's just like how I've never seen a council tools axe in person, but people in CT's home state find them in every hardware store.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Does look similar, but the Coronas didn't have that extra hole in the tang and came with a lanyard hole.
This very well could have been made in China or something, but it does look just like the fanno folding pruning saws.
This could be a cheapo made in China, but it was free and cuts well enough for me.
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Also that one has a stop pin next to the thumbscrew. I had to add one to my Corona.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Well obviously I see their No8 in every hardware store around me because they're fairly local and always have a booth set up at the county fairs and farm shows, but up there in CT you may need to find a hardware store that deals in their products or something.
It's just like how I've never seen a council tools axe in person, but people in CT's home state find them in every hardware store.
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That sounds about right.
I have been hoping the same theory applies to finding CT patterns, and CT made Rogers and (pre '66) Collins .
 
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Lots of cool stuff going on in this picture - nice log carrier too! I see these from time to time around here but it's harder to find an intact handle.

Bob, you have a Peavey Tool, do you see any design differences in the hooks between them? (The Peavey and the Carriers that is)

 
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