✅ SOLVED help with saw

[jrwill56]

found this saw today on the old plantation where a barn was. I know its a saw, but this thing has a blade 7ft. long and a handle 3ft. long
can anybody tell anything about this and mabe how old it is.

 

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[aka da Prof]

could be a kind of hay saw -- hay saw in Antiques | eBay

 

[DCMatt]

Hit and miss engine drag saw blade.



DCMatt

 

[nsdq]

i was thinking ice saw ?

 

[lumbercamp]

Might be a pit saw.

 

[old digger]

i was thinking ice saw ?

Antique ice saw.

 

[taz42o]

I would say lumbercamp is correct Its a pit saw. Will's saw has small, hooked ,forward cutting teeth. witch rules out drag saw.. Ice saws have larger triangular teeth witch can cut on forward or back stroke. Also ice saws have teeth clear to the tip pit saws have no teeth at the end because they were made so you can attach a second handle to be used with two men . And the ice saws tend to have the handle attached closer to the top of the blade while pit saws are closer to the teeth.

 

[clovis97]

It is a pit saw.

From what I can tell from the photos, the teeth are too small to be an ice saw.

The forum at papawswrench.com is very good for identifying tools.

Nonetheless, it is a COOL find!!!!

 

[d2]

I am going with pit saw also...d2