German bow saw?

[Larry McGarrah]

I got this bow saw today and the story is an old German gentleman brought it over to USA on a ship when he immigrated. I see no manufacturer mark and the stretcher looks to be a replacement. Anyone have any ideas about who would have made it and when?

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o...ent=bowsaw.jpg

[John Coloccia]

My guess would be the old German made it when he was a young German

[Larry McGarrah]

I found what may be a logo on the blade after wiping the rust off. Any idea who made it?

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o...nt=bowsaw2.jpg

[Aaron Rappaport]

I found what may be a logo on the blade after wiping the rust off. Any idea who made it?

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o...nt=bowsaw2.jpg

Well, the blade may or may not be from the original manufacturer of the saw. The saw body looks amazingly like my Ulmia bow saw, before I replaced the wire and eye bolt tensioning mechanism with a Spanish windlass. How is the stretcher joined to the end pieces? On my Ulmia, both parts of the joint have a narrow slot machined into them, and a metal "biscuit" about the thickness of a washer fits into the slots.

[Wolfgang Jordan]

This mark (a hat with a tuftofchamoishair) was registered in 1921 by Gebr. [Bros.] Tesche in Wuppertal-Cronenberg:
http://www.tmdb.de/de/marke/Gamsbarthut,DE261340.html

I don't know much about this firm, but they seem to be still in business.

My guess on the saw would also be Ulmia.

Wolfgang