I just picked up this miter (mitre?) box from my father-in-law. It belonged to his grandfather and probably hasn't been used for 40 years. It has no label and at least one item has been broken and repaired (the angle adjustment lever). From what I have gathered online this is likely a 358 miter box. The saw it came with is a 26" Disston that is 5" deep. Or would that make it a 356? Nomenclature probably doesn't matter but I am wondering about the age of this thing.
It has 4 patent dates, all from 1904. It lacks the holes in the side to set up length stops. Generally it appears to have the same mechanism as newer boxes but lacks a feature or two. As you can see in the picture, my wife's great-grandfather put his name and year into the saw handle. We don't know who J.H. Grant was.
Any help would be appreciated.
Clark
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