I picked up a few planes a while back and have just now gotten around to working on them. The #4 1/2 and #5c are pretty rough and will both need new blades and a chip breaker for the #4 1/2 maybe. The #6 I got along with a iron? butcher cleaver and a small Back-saw from the basement of a 1790's/1870's house that has been an antique/carpenters shop for the past 25 years or so. The saw was in a trash can, the plate is chipped and broken but the handle was nice and I liked the look of it so I got it as well. It has 2 owners stamps that I can't make out and the Back has "Moses Eaton Sheffield" in an oval on it. I'd like to put a new saw plate in it at some point I think and maybe use the one out of it if it doesn't have a makers mark for something as well. I'll post pics of what they look like clean soon as well.
P.S. Any tips about what to do with the saw? it has one split nut? on it and the other is solid how would I take that out?
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