I am betting that sharpening this is a real skill- how about it Momaw- you ever sharpened one ?

Those pants look like a sheathmakers nightmare!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

You'd need a whole cow!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I was thinking about you when I saw those pants Jeff ( lol) . Hey- maybe Dan will start making these ? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Actually, sharpening this baby would be easy compared to sharpening a 12 point saw. I just never happen to have done it.

Once you have a sharpening frame, a saw set, and files for sharpening and jointing, the work would go fast. Think about it. How long does it take to sharpen or set two teeth per inch compared to twelve teeth per inch?

Yes, sharpening these saws is much easier than a handsaw. You have all the space in the world that you need to work, and all the angles are easily visible. You can do the job with an off-the-shelf flat file.

Ordawg, I've sharpened ours. I don't think I did a great job of it, but it cut, so there was some degree of success. Like everything, I'm sure I'd get better with practice.

As far as the sheath, that's a really fancy and nice one. It might almost be worth a whole cow. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> On ours, we took a four foot section of castoff fire hose (the fire department replaces hoses on a regular basis; ask your local station if they will give you some!), and slit it down the length. It's rubber inside with a canvas jacket permanently glued on. We hook a bungie into the hole where the front handle bolts on, wrap it around the whole affair a few times, and hook it onto the handle. Not pretty, but real cheap, and it protects us from the saw so...

I have wondered before what a sawblade made of INFI would be like. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Whoa...........INFI- I was thinking 77 or 101-but INFI.It would be cool- maybe Jerry will kick off the Rat board with a release of it in 101 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />(lol) Would be fun to sharpen one though- I might search around just to get one to play with-Thanks <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

What a Monster!
Is that a "newer" saw?
Still being made maybe?

That looks like one of those saws a magician cuts hot chicks in half with. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I think they use something different on hot chicks. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

The one I used to use, my Dad bought new. That was sometime back in the fifties.

Lots of good things they made back then, you can’t get any more. Good quality American axes, for example. I still have a few I bought back in the sixties. One is a little double bit hatchet I got, to make up a Nessmuck trio.

To match that quality of axe today, I’d have to buy from Scandinavia.

Y. This saw is in current production (and is now $50 more than it was a month ago!). As I mentioned, I got a great deal (a fraction of the 'new' price) from a great guy on an auction site.

Here is a link to the manufacturer site.

Nope. In these parts, there is plenty of downed timber around. Most of it happens to be on undeveloped 'suburban forest' land where a chainsaw would draw attention whereas an axe, knife, and saw would go unnoticed. I have miles of trails out the front door that require significant clearing after every good bit of wind. On the other hand, I did recently dispatch a 30' big-leaf maple out back with an axe - wife determined that it was a year away from blocking too much sun from the yard (and I can't say I'll miss the leaf cleanup next year!). Daughter and i stripped the bark last week and will try our hand at weaving with it in the near future.