Another vintage blade for my collection. This is a drag saw blade. Not so greatly desired as whip saws with handles but still a nice gift. Got so many blades now that I have to start displaying more or turning more into art pieces for sale. Drag saws are their own little niche at local logging shows. Most with little single lung, make or break, gravity feed engines. Doesn't really matter which way the engine turns for the sawing work. Several of these saws could be set up at once to buck a long tree. Only took 2 men to mind and move 3 or 4 drags. Big savings in manpower and sore backs!
Your artwork always impresses me Russ. I'm a little envious that you live in an area with a sprawling timber industry, and as such have access to so many logging implements of days gone by.
Hey Eric Wanderweg , Thanks for the comment on the art work. Once elk hunting I was deep into timber on now National Forest and stumbled on what was once a staging yard for loading timber onto narrow gauge rail road. There were built up ares as loading docks and depressed areas where the flatbed RR cars were backed in to be loaded. All with timber growing through it. There was also the remains of a large donkey steam engine and hoist drum that probably operated a derrick. Lots of rusted out speckle ware scattered about and old bottles, glass ware and such. I found two whip saws, a twisted up one and a good one, both without handles. Also found a large ceramic Syrup jug intact. Lugged the jug and good saw home. Have always wanted to go back but never made it. That was 30 years ago and good sized second growth on it then! Probably abandoned around 1900.
That is really cool. I have always been fascinated by trains and history like that. We have an old abandoned "Hump Yard" here in town that is cool to walk around and try to figure out years gone by. Haven't really found much but I did find one of the old logbooks and a bunch of green glass insulators.
Hey buzz-saw , I used to collect insulators in a halfhearted way. Not worth a lot but interesting. The old Logbook sounds cool!
Thanks , there is a lot of history there but more development over the years than I would have ever imagined. When I was a kid my father had a thing for insulators so there is still some kind of s fascination with them. No value but just reminds me of the simpler times growing up.
Quite the hoard of old saws. Are those to be made into art or displayed as is on a wall (provided you have the space)?
I will throw some of them on the shop wall, as is, along with the old froe. Some day this Jan/Feb/Mar during the doldrums I will get creative out of boredom and do something artistic with a few of them and maybe come up with a new design for a carpenter saw or two. Or maybe just have a toot and take a nap by the fire instead!
