Still Ray wrote:
>... I picked up a saw That I am having trouble ID'ing.
> It was made by A.H. + I Co. of Albany, New York. The etching Says
> "Carpenters Choice"
> # 39, Spring Steel
> Patent Temper Patent Ground
Based on information from Erv Schaffer's _Hand-Saw Makers of North
America_, I'd guess that the saw was purchased from the Albany
Hardware & Iron Co. A circa 1904 catalogue indicated that they
carried saws made for them by Disston, including the "Carpenter's
Choice" model.
Don McConnell
Knox County, Ohio
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