HullGuitars
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I have been obsessed with vintage and historic hand tools for many years. I got my first hand plane when I was about 13 years old. Since then I have scoured the south almost daily for historically interesting tools. My interest are hand planes, handsaw's, spokeshaves, chisels, drawknives, and other things along those lines. I own almost 100 handplanes, and that collection is growing by the dozens every month.
I love old handsaw's, and have restored them regularly… But I don't know a whole lot about them. Just enough to get me in trouble. I don't actually own very many at all, but became interested in the past few months.
Me and my wife went to a few local antique shops this past Saturday, just like most Saturdays. I saw a beautiful backsaw and we were both very excited to find it. I had no idea what it was worth or even what it was, but I purchased it for the meager $10 asking price.
When I returned home I started doing a little research and within about 30 minutes I realized I had one of the rarest saws money can buy. I was very familiar with the brand, but had no idea that this medallion dated back to the 1840s when the company first started. I estimated the value at around $1200, but decided to go ahead and have it appraised. The appraiser only wanted $10 and a few dozen digital photographs.
Once I emailed him the photos and measurements he quickly typed up the appraisal and let me know that I was right on my assumption. His exact words were "you have one of the rarest and most valuable saws that disston made".
I could easily sell it today for $500-600, but if I held out for premium price it would bring around $1200. Five years ago it was only worth a few hundred dollars, so if the value has gotten that much higher in that short amount of time, I can only imagine what it will be worth five or 10 years from now.
I love finding antiques like this and rescuing them from a rusty death. I will hold onto the saw for a while… Maybe forever.....
I could care less about what it is worth, but the fact that my wife and I got to find something historically extraordinary together, and bring it where it is truly appreciated for what it is… That feeling and experience is priceless.
We are traveling to Atlanta for the next few weekends to hit some of the worlds biggest antique shows, and I'm sure I will get to experience this feeling many times in the next few weeks.
I love old handsaw's, and have restored them regularly… But I don't know a whole lot about them. Just enough to get me in trouble. I don't actually own very many at all, but became interested in the past few months.
Me and my wife went to a few local antique shops this past Saturday, just like most Saturdays. I saw a beautiful backsaw and we were both very excited to find it. I had no idea what it was worth or even what it was, but I purchased it for the meager $10 asking price.
When I returned home I started doing a little research and within about 30 minutes I realized I had one of the rarest saws money can buy. I was very familiar with the brand, but had no idea that this medallion dated back to the 1840s when the company first started. I estimated the value at around $1200, but decided to go ahead and have it appraised. The appraiser only wanted $10 and a few dozen digital photographs.
Once I emailed him the photos and measurements he quickly typed up the appraisal and let me know that I was right on my assumption. His exact words were "you have one of the rarest and most valuable saws that disston made".
I could easily sell it today for $500-600, but if I held out for premium price it would bring around $1200. Five years ago it was only worth a few hundred dollars, so if the value has gotten that much higher in that short amount of time, I can only imagine what it will be worth five or 10 years from now.
I love finding antiques like this and rescuing them from a rusty death. I will hold onto the saw for a while… Maybe forever.....
I could care less about what it is worth, but the fact that my wife and I got to find something historically extraordinary together, and bring it where it is truly appreciated for what it is… That feeling and experience is priceless.
We are traveling to Atlanta for the next few weekends to hit some of the worlds biggest antique shows, and I'm sure I will get to experience this feeling many times in the next few weeks.
