SPECTACULAR DISSTON 20 – No. 12 PANEL CC SAW Freshly Hand Sharpened. This is an exceptional vintage Disston No 12 – 20 handsaw in fine ready to use condition. It is considered one of the highest quality saws Disston ever made the No. 12 saw with EXTRA REFINED – LONDON SPRING STEEL. It is a fine 10ppi crosscut and freshly hand sharpened by me. A very fine tooth per inch for kiln dried cabinet grade wood having a thin kerf and smooth finish on cut. It is a clean saw with the original mirror quality polish and a full nib up front. Thus telling me this saw is pre – 1927 as nibs were discontinued after that on Disston saws. It is a good size saw plate with 6 at the heel. It is perfectly straight saw with sticky sharp teeth. Sharpened with a 15 degree rake and a 20 degree fleam, it is a smooth straight cutter. It has been tested and saws smoothly in mahogany and white oak here at the shop. It cuts fast and straight. You can close your eyes and still cut on the line if you start it correctly. The handle on a No. 12 saw is usually made of apple wood. On this and a very few other saws, Disston used mahogany wood during the 1920s. As mentioned on The Disstonian Institute , a well-respected reference website on Disston saws, discussing another saw shown, – – – The blade is without a nib and the handle is mahogany. It dates from the 1920’s and is a full 26 inches in length. A few of these have turned up, but not many. 12 model not only for the size but also the handle material. The handle is small but very comfortable with a 3 finger grip with the pointer finger along-side pointing forward, as in any handsaw grip. It has a fine balanced hang and is comfortable when using. It has good horns and deep vine carvings with no repairs. There are a lot of good saws but this Disston No. 12 saw is one of the best user quality saws. What made the No. 12 saw more expensive and higher in quality was the work that went into it. The blade was subjected to more hammer work than lesser-quality saws to give tension to the steel. The controlled introduction of internal stresses into the cold steel through hammering and subsequent tempering, resulting in a “tensioned” saw blade, creating a blade that is less likely to wander or vibrate unnecessarily in use. An added result of this tensioning is a blade that has a characteristic ringing or “singing” sound when tapped. This saw rings like a bell. Another feature of the No. 12 handsaw is the extra taper in the blade. In order to reduce the amount of set required on the teeth, the No. 12 was ground thinner at the back than other models. Disston claimed the steel was harder in the No. 12 saw, which would enable the saw plate to be ground thinner while still remaining stiff enough stand up to mild abuse. After grinding and hammering, the blade was polished to almost a mirror finish. A saw you will look to in your shop for the finest work. In fact you will go to this saw because of its small size offers control and gives a very smooth finish to the cut. I have recently been listing many of the great hand saws from my personal collection, and will continue to do so. I have collected handsaws for over 30 years and have enjoyed learning the history of this industry. I have always worked with hand tools and was fortunate to teach woodworking for 30 years after my six years in the military. It was during this time that I realized the best way to get quality tools for my students was to recondition vintage tools. Those kids knew how to dull a saw and often I had to keep them after school for an hour when I saw them abusing a saw. That way they came to realize what I went thru to get a saw in perfect working order. This consists of jointing the saw to get the tooth line even, shaping and sharpening, re-jointing and re-sharpening, gently setting the teeth to get a smooth sawing action in the kerf, then final sharpening. Finally I lightly hone the edge with a fine stone and hand polish the blade with butchers wax before testing the smoothness of the cut. I hope you enjoy the hard work I put into each one of my saws for your woodworking pleasure. AFTER THE SALE PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS AS I WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO KEEP MY CUSTOMERS FULLY SATISFIED. I use many pictures as they are worth a thousand words and count on them as part of my description. So look them over for all the little details they reveal. The item “SPECTACULAR DISSTON 20 No. 12 PANEL CC SAW Freshly Hand Sharpened” is in sale since Tuesday, March 27, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Tools, Hardware & Locks\Tools\Carpentry, Woodworking\Saws”. The seller is “takeadip” and is located in Hopatcong, New Jersey. This item can be shipped worldwide.