Yesterday's Haul

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My cousin told me about an old antiques place near where I live so I went to check it out yesterday. It;s on an old farm outside Mt Pleasant, NC. The guy has 3 old chicken houses and 10-15 old tractor-trailers full of antique furniture and junk. The only things that are kept covered is the furniture; tools and what-not are just outside on racks out in the weather. So I walked around for about 2 hours in 95 degree, 80% humidity until I couldn't stand it anymore. Here's what I left with:

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Disston 1-man crosscut, Sager Chemical Double bit 1930, and unnamed 2-man crosscut saw, no handles and it is cracked about 12 inches from one end.
$15 for the Disston, $6 for the Sager and $6 for the 2-man saw, grand total $32. I think I did okay. :)

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Sager Chemical after initial cleanup; new handle and wedge are soaking in BLO right now, will hang it later today or tomorrow morning.

On the 2-man saw, I bought it mainly for the steel, plan on making knives out of it. The side in teh pic is the good side; apparently it was painted and hanging on a wall somewhere but they only painted one side; the other side is pitted but not too bad.

I plan on keeping the Disston for a user. Should i try to sharpen it myself or find someone who knows what they are doing to do it?

randy
 
Nice haul. That double bit looks like it took a nice edge. I'd sharpen that Disston if it were mine.
 
the one man is a real nice saw. kinda tricky to sharpen. take a look at "Saws That Sing" for help with tools and technique of sharpening
youtube also has several good videos, a simple saw vise can be made from two 2X4's clamped in a vise or bolted together
. definitely
takes some patience and practice to do a good job, worth learning in my opinion.

of course you gotta start somewhere.

i like one and two man crosscuts saws. i do use the steel from some of the really rough two man saws for knives. good stuff

all good

buzz
 
What a find! Can't wait to see a pic of that double bit splitting something after all those years
 
You done real good. That Disston champion tooth is worth $32 all by itself. I think a 48" one-man is the best saw a man can own. The Sager is a bonus and the perf-lance is best suited for knife stock now, as you've planned. It's too far gone for re-hab.

Great haul. Thanks for sharing.
 
thanks for the comments guys.
ZCD, got it hung yesterday evening and did some chopping with it. Seems to do pretty good. I still need to finish sanding the handle and put some BLO on it. This one is probably going to a camping buddy of mine who used my other Sager last weekend and couldn't put it down.

Peg, thanks. I kinda thought that Disston was worth more than $15.00. I read over "Saws that Sing" and i might try to touch up the edge tomorrow.

I went to the Metrolina Antique show today, which is way more hoity-toity than the place I got the saws and Sager. not a lot going on but i did pick up 2 hatchets for $5.00 each.
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the broad hatchet has been repaired on the back side' it looks like they did a good job and for $5.00, i figured it was okay.
I reset the handle on the little hatchet and need to finish the edge.

randy
 
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