Cocobolo handeled Carcass Saw

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Hi Creekers,

after making saws together with Pedder for about 2 years now, we realized that we´ve made quite a number of customized saws - but not for ourselves. Our own saw tills look poor when looking for a TLT saw So we decided to make some saws for ourseleves in 2011, too.

The first was a 14" Carcass Saw with Cocobolo handle. Pedder shows his one on our blog

I want to show mine here.

It´s Carcass Saw in the sash saw size. Blade length 14"; depth at the heel 3", at the toe 2-3/4"; thickness 0.020" (I like fine bladed saws). It´s toothed cross cut to 11 TPI. The closed handle of mine got a slightly different design compared to Pedders. The top horn is a little thinner, the hook has curved chamfers to make it look some lighter and the dolphin cut is slightly deeper. Some pics:







The lambs tongue is relatively deep cut, 2 close-ups to show it:





The saw cuts quick and true but ... it´s a bear to start It requests a start on the pull stroke, what I´m not a real fan of.

Klaus

[Matthew Dunne]

Beautiful!

[Tony Zaffuto]

One of the nicest saws I've ever seen! Can you explain the details of making the handle? The lamb's tongue looks so crisp and the overall shaping is just perfect! Maybe let us in to secret of what tools you use?

[Jeff Wittrock]

That saw is just beautiful!

[george wilson]

As usual,beautiful and immaculate work!!!!!!

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

Wow. Just gorgeous!

[Terry Beadle]

That's not a saw....it's a work of art.

However, USE IT !

What a beauty ! Great job. Some where there's a "You Suck" just waiting to be awarded....and a big drop from the Gloat Bird too.

Thanks for posting such a piece. Man, envy grows too quickly.

[Dave Beauchesne]

Klaus:

That is a truly exquisite piece - well done!

Dave Beauchesne

[Bruce Page]

Extremely well done!

[Klaus Kretschmar]

The lamb's tongue looks so crisp and the overall shaping is just perfect! Maybe let us in to secret of what tools you use?

Hi Tony,

the making of such a deep cut lambs tongue is a little bit time consuming. When sawing out the blank, there�s to consider that you need some space for the chamfers on the Top of the lambs tongue and on the bottom of the cheeks. Here a pic of the handle blank from the above shown saw.

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As you can see, there�s a cut between lambs tongue and cheeks. It�s made with a back saw in the needed depth. This cut enables you to work from both sides against it, at first with a (sharp!) chisel, then with a carving knife. The most shaping is done by using the carving knife, I use a some little Two Cherries carving knives. The fine Gramercy saw handle makers rasp is very helpful, too.

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For the smoothing of the surfaces between lambs tongue and cheeks I use a Japanese saw file. This hint came from a SMC member, I think it was George but I�m not sure. It works absolutely fine. I use one that is toothed only on one side.

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After that is done the areas have to be sanded. I use a thin and flexible nail file which will be wrapped with sanding paper in different grits.

Regards
Klaus

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Many thanks to all posters, your comments make me feel fine!

Klaus

[Jim Koepke]

Very nice work.

Thanks for sharing.

jtk

[gary Zimmel]

Real nice eye candy Klaus.. Thanks for the look see.

[george wilson]

Those Japanese saw files are about the sharpest edged files out there!! I have both double and single side ones also.

[Tony Zaffuto]

Klaus,

Your workmanship gives us all something to aspire to! I've seen a lot of saws posted here and on other forums, but this one tops them all! It hits the perfect balance in all senses!

T.Z.