Hand Saw Restoration Old to new

Disston Hand Saw Restoration.

I went to a charity auction in late March of 2000 and I paid $18 for a plastic tub of various tools (I used the tub in this project) and it had about half a dozen saws in it. I sold a coping saw (doh!) and a tenon saw at the same auction.

I bought all this just for one poly tank fitting, but I'm also very pleased that there were two Disston handsaws in it.

In this series of videos, I'm having a crack at restoring the better of the two handsaws. I used a vinegar bath to remove the rust and, because this was the first time I'd tried vinegar, I was totally surprised by just how well it worked.

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[sandysue]

Very well done! Those old hand saws are beautiful!!❤

[swig]

Nice job on the restoration! I would like to have seen more video of the finished saw. Why would you test a rip saw by cutting a piece of plywood?

[davidhemsworth]

Before & after pic is not the same saw

[tynyyn]

You file and set the teeth to be a rip saw, yet you show a crosscut cut. Hmmm, would have been nice to see how it handled a rip cut.