UGLY LITTLE OLD CARPENTER'S DOVETAIL SAW - FOR CUTTING WOOD

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"some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them."
- D.H. Lawrence
*** EVERY ONE OF MY SAWS IS 100% GUARANTEED TO BE THE SHARPEST BEST PERFORMING SAW YOU WILL OWN - OR I WILL REFUND YOUR MONEY AND ALL SHIPPING CHARGES - PROMPTLY.
EVERY SAW ALSO INCLUDES A FREE RESHARPENING ......REGARDLESS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE - YOU'LL PAY THE POSTAGE ONLY.
IF YOU REALLY LIKE SAWS AND DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME AND MY SAWS - PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ ALL THE "BLAH BLAH BLAH" CRAP BELOW THE DESCRIPTION.
PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACK FOR AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE SAWS THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM ME. READ THE COMPLETE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY ISSUES THAT I HAVE NOTED. STUDY THE MANY PHOTOS I HAVE TAKEN FOR THIS PURPOSE AND REMEMBER THAT I WILL ALWAYS SHOW YOU AND DESCRIBE TO YOU EVERYTHING - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. I WILL NOT INTENTIONALLY OMIT A NEGATIVE IF THERE IS ONE THAT I AM AWARE OF ......... YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE ISSUE IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND BASE YOUR DECISIONS ON THIS. THIS IS HOW I WISH TO KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING ........ WHEN I AM A BUYER.
*** YOU CAN TRUST
THAT MY AUCTIONS ARE 100% HONEST -
MY FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES, FAMILY MEMBERS ...... OR EVEN ANY FLAKES
....
ARE FORBIDDEN FROM BIDDING IN MY AUCTIONS
- (FRUITS AND NUTS ARE O.K.)
THIS IS ACTIVELY MONITORED TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE BIDDING AGAINST ANYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A GENUINE INTEREST IN THE ITEM. IT IS A SAD REMINDER OF THE TIMES THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO MENTION THIS .... BUT IT HAS BECOME QUITE EVIDENT THAT SOME SAW SELLERS SEE AN HONEST SAWYER AS JUST ANOTHER SUCKER. HAVING INCORPORATED, FROM DAY ONE ..... A
BUSINESS PLAN THAT IS BASED ON DELIBERATE FRAUD
.... BY ACTIVELY COORDINATING WITH AN ACCOMPLICE TO PICK EVERY SINGLE BIDDER'S POCKET OF EVERY LAST CENT THROUGH ILLEGAL SHILL BIDDING.
JUST AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN HERE- NOT ON MY WATCH.
COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS
OK WELL ....
IT IS NO LONGER A SECRET THAT ....
I KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT SAWS.
AND ...
EVEN LESS ABOUT THE BRITISH ONES.
IT IS, HOWEVER , MY UNDERSTANDING ....
THAT LONDON ....
BEING FAR FROM THE CENTER OF THE STEEL AND CUTLERY TRADES.....
THE LONDON SAWS ARE QUITE A BIT LESS COMMONLY FOUND.
BUT AGAIN ....
I AM ALWAYS WRONG.
ALWAYS.
ANYWAY ...
THIS EXAMPLE WAS PRODUCED BY ONE OF THE FEW LONDON MAKERS.
THE C. NURSE & CO.
SOMETIME IN THE LAST CENTURY.
BUT I HAVEN'T A CLUE.
IN THE SMALL 8" 13 POINT FINE JOINERY "R&R" RIP CONFIGURATION.
IT HAS WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A "HEAVY BACK"
WITH 2" CLEAR BELOW.
A THIN GAUGE (.022") PLATE.
NOW FITTED WITH MY EXCLUSIVE RELIEVED AND REGULATED (R&R) RIP SYSTEM ....
EFFECTIVELY PRODUCING PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS ...
ONE WOULD EXPECT IN A MUCH THINNER GAUGE PLATE.
THE FEED HAS BEEN VERY SLIGHTLY MODERATED THROUGH THE FIRST 2" AT THE TOE, BECAUSE ....
I SAID SO.
CONDITION IS PRETTY MUCH AS SHOWN ...
NOTING ONLY THE I.D. OF ....
MISTER "V. HOLLAND"
NEATLY STAMPED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GRIP
AND FINALLY ....
YOU MAY FIND A FEW ERRANT OLD PAINT SPECKS.
BUT I PERSONALLY FIND BOTH ....
THE I.D. AND PAINT SPECKS ...
.... TO BE A NET POSITIVE ON AN OLD WORKING TOOL.
BUT THEN .... WHAT THE HELL DO I KNOW, EH?
PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS CLOSELY -
ALL PERTINENT SPECS ARE ON THE TOOTH GUARD
PLEASE STUDY THEM ALSO .....
BEFORE ASKING ANY STUPID QUESTIONS.
AND I GUESS THAT SHOULD JUST ABOUT COVER IT.
IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH THESE ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC "DEFECTS" ...
YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.
PROMISE.
A SOLID, PRECISE, HIGH PERFORMANCE .....
KNUCKLEHEAD "UGLY SAW" ...
THAT WOULD BE A SHAME NOT TO BE PUT BACK INTO SERVICE.
FOR THOSE ...
(LIKE MYSELF)
.... WHO UNDERSTAND THE INTRINSIC VALUE IN OWNING TOOLS ...
NOT SO PRISTINE, THAT THEY WOULD EVER GIVE ONE PAUSE IN USING AS INTENDED.
JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT ...
THIS TOOL HAS MORE PRACTICAL, REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE ...
THAN 99% OF THE FOLKS WHO WILL USE IT GOING FORWARD ...
S
IMPLY BEAUTIFUL TO MY (OLD) EYES ...
I FIND NOTHING ABOUT THIS TOOL THAT OFFENDS ME ...
IF YOU ARE THE TYPE THAT SEES A PROJECT HERE ...
THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE ON ...
WITH YOUR "CUSTOM RESTORATION" AND REFINISHING EXPERTISE .....
PLEASE FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER SAW.
MAYBE ONE THAT HAS BEEN "EXPERTLY"....
(AND "PROFESSIONALLY")
"CUSTOM RESTORED"
BUFFED, POLISHED AND PIMPED OUT ...
WITH PASTE WAX.
("PROFESSIONALLY")
BY HAND.
THIS ONE IS HAPPY JUST THE WAY IT IS.
AND SHALL REMAIN .....
FOR ETERNITY.
THAT IS ....
"THE RULE"
IT RUNS AS YOU'VE GROWN TO EXPECT FROM MY WORK ...
AND THAT IS ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW.
NOW ....
GO WASH YOUR HANDS.
DON'T TOUCH YOUR EYES.
AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ....
ARE YOU TO TOUCH YOUR FACE.
NOT EVER.
ALTHOUGH HAVING NO RELEVANCE TO THIS SAW ...
THE FOLLOWING LINK ...
THE DESCRIPTION FROM A SAW I LISTED NEARLY 4 YEARS AGO ....
WILL BE REQUIRED READING.
AS A PRE-REQUISITE TO THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ...
HISTORICALLY ACCURATE....
NEW SERIES ...
PREMIERING ..... ONCE I'VE HAD A SHOWER AND STUFFED SOME CHOW DOWN MY NECK.
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NOW, I WILL OCCASIONALLY MAKE SMALL, INADVERTENT OMISSIONS IN THE DESCRIPTION, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE A HABIT OF REFERENCING THE TOOTH GUARD IN THE PHOTOS AS IT CONTAINS MOST OF THE PARTICULARS.
REMEMBER THAT I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THIS SAW WILL OUTPERFORM ANY OTHER SIMILARLY CONFIGURED SAW, PREPARED BY ANYONE BUT MYSELF.....
IN EVERY SINGLE CRITERIA BY WHICH A SAW'S PERFORMANCE IS EVALUATED.
I ALSO PROMISE THAT YOU WILL BE DELIGHTED, OR ...... YOU CAN BE THE FIRST IN HISTORY TO RETURN THE SAW TO ME AND I WILL REFUND EVERY LAST CENT INCLUDING ALL SHIPPING CHARGES.
NOW ...THE ORIGINAL OLD SCHOOL DISCIPLINE OF FILING THAT I EMPLOY .... HAD BEEN, UNTIL I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE .... JUST A CURIOSITY WARRANTING ONLY BRIEF MENTION ON AN OBSCURE INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD.
AND MY LATE ARRIVAL TO THE INTERNET WAS GREETED WITH SKEPTICISM AND RIDICULE OF MY METHODS BY THOSE "ESTABLISHED" MESSAGE BOARD SAW GURUS .... WHO REMAINED CONVINCED THAT THE WORLD WAS FLAT ....
AND THE HOLY BIBLE OF SAW "SHARPENING" WAS CONTAINED IN THE ONLINE RECIPE BOOK
"SAW FILING - A BEGINNER'S PRIMER"
FIRST BLOOD.
BUT, I NOW SEE THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE CLIMBING OVER EACH OTHER .... LECTURING US ON .... AND TOUTING ..."SLOPED GULLETS" ... ACTUALLY ADDING THIS FEATURE AFTER FILING THE SAW - WITH THEIR ASSORTMENT OF MECHANICAL DEVICES EMPLOYED TO ACHIEVE THEIR RESULT ....
SERIOUSLY.
HMMM ...
IT SEEMS THAT THE SAME FOLKS WHO HAVE SPENT THE LAST 10 YEARS OBSESSIVELY STALKING ME ....... CRITICIZING MY METHODS AS "GIMMICKRY" AND SUCH .....
WOULD NOW LIKE YOU TO "PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN" AND HOPEFULLY ...
FORGET WHAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TELLING YOU.
BECAUSE NOW ... IN THEIR "PAINT BY NUMBERS" PROTOCOL ....
WITH THE YOU TUBE CHANNEL AND BETTY CROCKER RECIPE BOOK OPEN IN FRONT OF THEM ...
THEIR FLAKE & REAM DEVICE ATTACHED TO THE END OF THEIR FILE ....
MARKING FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE TOOTHLINE ...
AND A VISE THAT TILTS ....
THEY ARE NOW INSTRUCTING US THAT THERE IS NO "BLACK MAGIC" INVOLVED ..
PROCLAIMING THAT THEY TOO CAN NOW FILE "SLOPED GULLETS" ......
HAVING BEEN ADDED ... LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT .....
FOLLOWING THEIR MACHINE REPLICATED "CUSTOM" FILING
.....
WITH THE IMPLICATION THAT THEY CAN NOW ALSO DELIVER PERFORMANCE COMPARABLE TO THE KNUCKLEHEAD .....
SOME EVEN FILE THE TRADITIONAL "SLOPPED GULLETS".
ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE FOR MOST OF THE WORK WE'VE SEEN
AND ONE INTERNET SENSATION, WHO ......
RECOGNIZED AS THE PIONEER IN HIS FIELD ....
BY THE INTERNET "MUTUAL ADORATION SOCIETY"
HAS BROKEN FROM THE PACK ... TO INTRODUCE US TO HIS EXCLUSIVE (CUSTOM) INNOVATION:
THE "UPCHUCK" METHOD
(OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT)
TO STAND BACK, WATCHING IT UNFOLD FROM ABOVE, THE WHOLE STORY IS JUST TOO COMICAL, AS I CANNOT HELP BUT TO BE REMINDED OF ....
"SELF DISCOVERY" IN ADOLESCENCE ...
WHICH WAS, BY THE WAY .....
SOMETIME
AFTER
I LEARNED MY METHODS FOR FILING SAWS ......
AND OF MY PET CROW, "DEMETRIUS" .... WHO HAD LEARNED TO "TALK"
BUT HE WAS JUST REPEATING WHAT HE HEARD
SO ....
EVEN AFTER YEARS OF PRACTICE ....
HE REMAINED A LOUSY CONVERSATIONALIST.
WELL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION - WILL KNOW THAT ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME BENEFIT OF THE DEEPER GULLET  .... THE BEAUTY IS NOT IN THE GULLET ITSELF ... BUT RATHER, IN THE FREEDOM THIS DISCIPLINE GIVES THE SKILLED, EXPERIENCED IN THE ART FILER TO ALTER CRITICAL ELEMENTS IN THE TOOTH GEOMETRY ..... CONFIGURING THE SAW PRECISELY FOR THE TASK IT IS ASKED TO DO.
THE PART THAT TELLS YOU HOW THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED .... JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MENTIONED IN THE BETTY CROCKER RECIPE BOOK.
IT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED AS A RESULT OF EXPERIENCE AND A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTIMATE INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STEEL AND WOOD.
SORTA LIKE SEX.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I USE THE TERM "SLOPED GULLETS" I AM REFERRING MAINLY TO A DISCIPLINE OF FILING A SAW THAT ONLY
INCIDENTALLY
PRODUCES THIS GULLET SHAPE .... AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS A BENEFIT IN THE ADDED CAPACITY FOR CARRYING WASTE .... THE GULLET SHAPE ITSELF IS NOT THE GOAL OR, IN ITSELF ... RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERFORMANCE BENEFITS ...
THESE LIE IN THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE FILER WHO UNDERSTANDS AND IS CAPABLE OF UTILIZING THIS METHOD WITHIN THE ENTIRE PROTOCOL IN THE PREPARATION OF THE SAW. THIS OLD SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ALLOWS THE ACCOMPLISHED FILER THE FULL 3 DIMENSIONAL FREEDOM TO CONFIGURE THE TEETH FOR OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY IN ANY TYPE OF WOOD. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL BEAUTY LIES .... AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE ...... IN THE RESTRICTIVE 2 DIMENSIONAL WORLD .... THE "NEW FANGLED" WAY OF FILING A SAW IS LIMITED TO. THE NEW STYLE WAS ADAPTED TO REPLICATE THE FILING OF SAWS BY A MACHINE .... EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DESIGN A MACHINE THAT COULD REPLICATE THE TRADITIONAL HAND FILING. ALTHOUGH PRODUCTION INCREASED AND IT BECAME EASIER TO MAINTAIN BY THE UNINITIATED JOE CARPENTER ..... THESE WERE THE ONLY ADVANTAGES, AS THE RESULTS LIMIT THE SAW ....
TO THE
GENERIC
CONFIGURATIONS.
YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THAT THE TEETH ON MY SAWS ARE "STICKY SHARP" ..... BY THE WAY, MY MENTOR, A BIG FINN LOGGER FROM THE U.P. NAMED ANDY LYSTILA, COINED THAT PHRASE .... BUT PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE PHOTOS OF THE TOOTH LINE - NOTE THE SLIGHTLY STAGGERED GULLET LINE THAT IS A RESULT OF MY MODIFIED SLOPED GULLETS ..... ALSO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TEETH - AND NOTICE THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE JOINTED TOOTH HEIGHT THAT IS ALIGNED ....
IT IS CRITICAL THAT EVERY DIMENSION OF EVERY COMPONENT OF THE PLATE BE ALIGNED AND TUNED
...... LIKE AN ORCHESTRA PLAYING IN PERFECT HARMONY.
IF YOU'RE A "GEARHEAD" .... YOU WILL BE FULLY AWARE OF THE NET HORSEPOWER THAT CAN BE EXTRACTED BY SIMPLY BALANCING AND BLUEPRINTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ..WITHOUT FURTHER MODIFICATION.
IN THIS REGARD, THE PERFORMANCE OF A SAW IS IDENTICALLY AFFECTED BY THE CAREFUL ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING OF ALL COMPONENTS ON THE BUSINESS END.
THAT SHOULD JUST ABOUT DO IT FOR THIS SAW .... IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING DON'T BE AFRAID TO YELL AT ME .... OR JUST ASK ME A QUESTION.
I'M A KNUCKLEHEAD ....... BUT I'M A FRIENDLY ONE.
THE ISSUES ARE CLEARLY SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS - THESE ARE NOTED HERE AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
1)
AS NOTED ABOVE ... THE I.D. ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GRIP AND POSSIBLY A FEW ERRANT
SPECKS OF OLD PAINT.
BUT REALLY ..... ASIDE FROM THAT THERE IS NOT ONE THING ABOUT THIS 100 YEAR OLD SAW THAT OFFENDS ME ... OR I WISH WERE DIFFERENT.
2)
NOT BUFFED OUT WITH PASTE WAX (!!!!!!!!!)
(BY HAND!!!!!!!!!)
3) THE SAW IS NOT SUPER DUPER "CUSTOM" FILED OR "TUNED UP!!!!!!!" ....
JUST MY NORMAL EVERYDAY WORK
4) THE GLITCH IN THE LISTING IS NEVER GONNA BE RESOLVED ... THE BENCH IS A MESS - I PREFER IT THAT WAY - THOSE WHO LOVE SAWS WILL UNDERSTAND ... AND WE REALLY DO NOT CARE MUCH ABOUT THE REST.