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I have had this old Disston backsaw around my shop for quite a while.

Although functional it was less than pleasing to the eye.

One evening while looking at it I decided to dress it up a bit and scheduled it for surgery.

I removed the handle and started working with my rasps on the old ugly handle.

After a bit of work this is what I came up with.
I believe the handle is beech.

Patterned off of one of my old saws it not only looks better but feels so much better as well.

I use this saw much more frequently than in it's prior life.

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Very nice job!
 

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Well done.
 

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Very nice face lift to your back saw. I am trying to do the same or make a new handle. I will post it when ready. I am searching for the fixing nut bolt
Sharad
 

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Very nice job. I like the newer handle style you made better than the post WWII Disston handles anyways. Very nice job.
 

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Nice work, always like to see old tools looking good again like they deserve.
 

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KEWL! A backsaw with a flame job! Looks good!
 

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Looking good, nice work. mike
 

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Greg, I like what you did to the saw. I have a couple of Disston had saws that I have been meaning to knock the rust off of but I wouldn't have considered reforming the handle. I like what you did with this backsaw.

Thanks for the inspiration.
 

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Thats amazing what you have done to reshape that handle! It looks SO cool now. Great job on the restoration, it's got an entire new life.
 

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Very cool - what kinds of files and rasps did you use?
 

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After shaping on the bandsaw, I used a small set of riffler rasps for the details.
 

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Greg - what's the blade length and ppi on this saw? Also, rip or cc?
 

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Wow! Better than the original.
 

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sweet make over !!!
 

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Thats a great conversion on the saw handle.
 
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