Hello everybody,
This being my first post I believe I owe you all a short introduction. The name's Kim. Being Finnish this also makes me a male, just so no one needs to ask. I share this very interest with all of you since about a year ago, and like most, I'm very badly bitten by the bug. Being a journalist I am used to research, but still I have come up very short with finding information about Atkins saws. Yes, I do know the company story and I am able to identify certain models, but I also happen to own a saw that I have never seen anywhere before.
The saw was found in a shed and could possibly have belonged to my wife's great grand father. It also so happens that this saw was the first vintage saw I have put my hands on. The saw is not in a very good shape, the handle is cracked at three places, the etch is long gone and the tooth line was awful and still needs to be corrected.
But main point is, this saw has a smaller Atkins medallion, with the patent date and with the nickeled steel nuts. I own five Atkins saws including a no. 2 back saw, and all the others have larger medallions than this one. This saw is 28 inches long with a high saw plate, straight back and plain handle made of what I believe to be beech. The handle is surprisingly uninteresting and plain and unlike others I have seen. The medallion is positioned as the last of the four nuts, which I haven't seen on any other Atkins saw. The saw is currently filed 6 TPI crosscut, as marked on the saw plate, so at least it has been sold with 6 TPI, although I cannot say if it originally was RIP or Xcut. But the whole experience of this saw is that might have been made as a economy model for people in need of a sturdy all-round saw.
The saw plate and handle are clearly a couple as the plate fits the handle very well and there are no extra handle holes in the plate.
Any information would be highly appreciated.
Kim