Tool Talk
Woodworking Forum => Woodworking Forum => Topic started by: Northwoods on April 08, 2017, 01:44:09 PM
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Picked up a nice little D-100 yesterday.
The Institute identified the button as 1896-1917 and the tote as 1903-1921?.
So that puts the panel saw at 1903-1917.
It has a nice apple tote and a ragged tooth little 16" blade with no surviving etching.
It has a full 1" medallion and a 5-nut tote as per a full-sized saw would have--rather than the 13/16" found on backsaws and panel saws as well as No. 16, D-20, D-21, D-22, and D-23 full-sized saws. (It has the distinctive D-100 tote and is clearly not one of these?
Is that unusual?
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Wait… D-100??? With an applewood tote? And a medallion? Doesn't sound like a D-100 to me. Exactly why do you think it's a D-100?
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The Institute shows all D-100's having an apple handle. And the chip carving is distinctive.
http://disstonianinstitute.com/D100page.html
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The Institute shows all D-100's having an apple handle. And the chip carving is distinctive.
http://disstonianinstitute.com/D100page.html
Ah, I have seen the models you're talking about. For some reason I was stuck on the later models with metal handles. Good job identifying the handle.
I'm not as expert as some others here, but I'd say your saw highly probably came from the factory as a full size saw and somewhere along the way the blade was either cut down or replaced. Not uncommon at all. Still could be a nice user. I have a nice Frankenripsaw in my working collection.
I don't know of panel saws coming from the factory with full size handle's and nut patterns. (But I also have a couple head scratchers in my small Disston collection, so I'd never say never.)
Btw, photos can say a thousand words. ;)