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Disston saw knife
« on: July 03, 2017, 08:47:12 AM »
Came home with one of these this Friday (it was a slow weekend.)  It seems that Henry and brother Charles had a side deal on household tools.
H & C DISSTON  /  PHILAD'A

http://www.ebay.com/itm/L826-Antique-H-C-Disston-Tendon-Saw-Surgical-Knife-Civil-War-Era-/382114220539?hash=item58f7c849fb:g:1BgAAOSwIaFZMx7I

Rest assured that it is not a Civil War medical tool, but rather a big a$$ kitchen knife/saw made between 1865 and 1895.  Some e-bay sellers get a little creative with their descriptions.  ;-)

But it might not be too much of a stretch to posit that it was modeled in part after the 1832 artillery sword.

http://c1v1lw4r.weebly.com/uploads/5/2/1/2/52123801/5130745_orig.jpg

And it also might not be too much of a stretch to guess that the artillery sword was modeled after the Roman gladius.

https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-746b1f4b8baccabe2d808718a4efa15c-c

Or perhaps I just have too much time on my hands....

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