Today's great garage sale find! (and a CL one too!)

Could that old saw be a Disston?
Maybe.
http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/

How can you go wrong for 1$?
nice…

-- Eric

I have one with the same badge on the handle and it is an old Craftsman saw that I got from my dad.

-- TJ - Perryville, Missouri

blade shape is right but the handle is wrong for a disston I think.

thanks FSD for the ID. Any idea on age?

I have it hanging up above my pegboard right now. Just looks nice in the shop

-- Jimmy, Austin, TX - Software developer by day, woodworker by night

Sorry, no idea on how to find the age.

-- TJ - Perryville, Missouri

I think the warrented superior saws were manufactured after 1950 … its an old saw but not really old. Im itching to see the 7C though ….. Read up on that disstonian institute website itll have everythign you need.

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/faq.html
scroll about 2/3 down the page, about 1/2 page of explaination.
Look for a series of dots @ the 3 and 9 o’clock on the medallion.

-- Sawdust and shavings are therapeutic

we need to see the #7. I’d use it for sure. Using it won’t hurt it a bit, and its as nice of a jointer plane as they come.

For a buck, you got a good deal on the saw as well.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Here’s the 7C.

Dated around turn of the century I believe based on the lack of rear adjustment lever and the dates on the various parts. I tried to get as close as possible.

Not bad for $75!

http://imgur.com/a/W5PSo

-- Jimmy, Austin, TX - Software developer by day, woodworker by night

I think it’s a type 7, pretty clear markings on the iron and base indicating this.

-- Jimmy, Austin, TX - Software developer by day, woodworker by night