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Bunchberry, You'll get lots of help from the folks on this site. This will be a little different than some of the suggestions so here are my thoughts: First - That saw is not a good saw for you. It may be a good saw but it will need to be filed and it should have a helper handle and it should have a...

That makes sense! It explains also why the loop handles are the best for bucking in a farmyard or woodlot, lots of downward force from the hands above the back of the saw.

I've never seen a handle like the one you posted - very nice.

I have and use eastern style saws, the type that come with loop handles. For trail work, we replace the loop handle with a western-style handle that has pins and can be rotated 90 degrees when the saw is close to the ground. There are two holes at the end of the saw. Which one should we use, the one...

I was expecting a response to your noodles - they are really long and uniform in length! Nice job! I was also wondering how wide they were. for a Simonds 324 (,090" + .012" set on each side = .0114" wide). Yours look wider. I also noticed whiskers on one side of each noodle which I interpret to mean...

I have a two-foot long, 3/4 inch galvanized pipe mounted about six inches away from and parallel to the wall. I cut pieces of metal coat hangers about six inches long and bend them to hang over the pipe and through a hole on the end of the saw. Teeth are toward the wall. I can also hang sheaths next...

This is great, first time I've seen a Curtis catalog! I didn't see a mention of the diamond around a circle stamp. I don't normally see an etch but I do see the diamond/circle on D-handles.

Absolutely. I see this on lance-tooth saws. With the dial gauge, I can see where the set starts. For those teeth that have a set a half inch or more away from the tip, I will try to "straighten" it out. I can do that with the hard blows on the flat when the tooth is convex or turn the saw over and u...

Here's how I try to set teeth: I have the tooth extend 5 to 7mm from edge of anvil (I'm using mm here because I don't like to think in 1/32ths). My "anvil" is a 1 1/2 inch steel plate about 18 X 12 inches with about three mm of the working edge filed at 30 degrees. With a dial gauge, I can effective...

I have been filing two similar saws. Both are two-person tuttle tooth saws, 5 ½ feet long. One is rustier than the other but both are good saws and both have been used to clear trails in the Houston area. One is a Simonds No. 13. The other has no visible etch. The Simonds is .090” thick at the teeth...

Thanks for sharing the info on the hardness of the steels for different manufacturers. Very useful!