Reviewed By: I.Ball
Category: Old Tenon Saws
Manufacturer: William Marples
Tool Type: Tenon Saw
Model No:
This Wm. Marples & Sons tenon saw is steel backed tenon saw.
The steel back spine gives the blade strength and the saw additional
weight.
This William Marples saw is fitted with a decoratively shaped Beech
handle. The handle is secured to the blade with the use of three brass
split-nut screws.
The split-nut screws are set flush with the handle with the front face
being plain and the rear face having an old specialist screw which
looks like a flat head screw which has been interrupted half way through.
These split-nut screws require a special split-nut screw driver.
The steel back is marked with the markings 'warranted, cast steel'
and 'Wm. Marples & Sons, Hibernia, Sheffield' surrounding the William
Marples Shamrock symbol.
This particular saw is 12 inches in length and has 11 1/2 teeth per
inch (tpi). There were different lengthed and tpi versions of this
saw produced.
The saw shown is 14 inches in length and has 13 teeth per inch (tpi).
There were different sized versions of this saw produced.
Handle: Beech
Number Of Buttons: 3
Type Of Buttons: Brass, Split-nut
Steel Back Markings:
'Wm Marples & Sons, Hibernia, Sheffield, Warranted, Cast Steel'
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