Tool Steel Alloy | Spring Temper | Location |
Backsaw | 10700T1 | bio | photo | MH |
Spring steel, brass, and wood, 15 3/4" long with 12" blade, signed "NOOLE STANIFORTH & CO. SHEFFIELD" and "DOUBLE REFINED |
SPRING WARRANTED" with the brass signed "H. DISSTON & SONS PHILADA". |
English-made spring steel has been processed by Henry Disston & Co. into a saw. The marks on this saw are a puzzle because H. Disston |
& Sons is a later signature and by this time Disston was producing his own cast and spring steel. |
Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution | Woodworking: Saws |
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