Rare 1860s Disston eagle medallion hand saw | Restoration 

Awesome! Thank you!

Thanks Thom! I love how old tools connect us with past generations.

Many thanks Roy, you're kind feedback means a lot!

Thank you @2ndChance56, Cheers!

Thank you Josef! Glad you found it helpful.

Thanks Will, great information! I wonder how many saws with that combination could have possibly survived intact to the present day.

Thank you! I need to expand it to add more tools!

Thanks! It's such a pleasure to work with a saw that follows the line practically on its own.

Thanks JR! It's super rewarding to carry on the traditional methods your father's generation grew up with. Welcome to the channel!

Awesome! Thank you!

Thanks!

Thank you very much and welcome to the channel!

Thank you. Much appreciated!

Good question @larryohara6513! There are a few reasons I didn't remove the handle: -With saws this old, its common for the wood of the handle to have swollen a bit over the decades/centuries so that the brass nuts are slightly embedded in the wood and can't be removed without tearing out the wood around the perimeter of the hole that the nut sits in. This was the case with several of the saw nuts. -The steel underneath the handle is well protected and therefore usually clean and free of rust unless the saw is in bad shape. -Saw nuts of this period were designed to be more or less permanent and I'm happy to leave them alone and not risk damaging them unless it's really needed, especially with a super rare saw like this.

OK, I noticed that you had to tighten the handle and that would indicate to me that there maybe some intrusion under the handle. I myself remove the handle (very carefully same concern as you have) and most of the time if the handle was lose I will find rust. Nice job of flattening the blade.