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Historians of the various tools trades have long wanted a work
specifically on saws and this, the first, is an attempt to match
the detail and scholarship of the best that cover planes, cutlery,
spanners and measuring tools. The author is a frequent writer and
lecturer on saws and the history of their manufacture, and is able
to base his work on 15 years of original research and the building
of a personal collection of saws - probably the largest in the
world - which is housed with the renowned Ken Hawley Collection in
Sheffield's Kelham Island Industrial Museum. Together, these
collections form a unique research base and visitor attraction.
This scholarly book is illustrated with almost 2000 photographs,
the majority by the author, and with its listings of saw makers and
dealers forms the most comprehensive directory to date of British
names in the tool trades.
Along with knives, hammers and axes, the saw is a tool that has
been used by humans for thousands of years. A toothed piece of
metal fitted with a handle has been applied to cutting almost every
material ever invented, from the softest wood to the hardest
metals. In Britain, an industry to supply the nation's saw users
began to grow rapidly in the eighteenth century, and marched with
the Industrial Revolution to become the largest in the world.
Millions of saws were made, and like most other tools, they were
exported worldwide, but they don't survive very well, because their
blades are thin, can break, are used up by sharpening and rust
away. The nineteenth century was the peak of British output, when
saws made chiefly in Sheffield, from that city's unique crucible
steel, poured out of dozens of works, all employing specially
skilled men to make beautiful tools of steel, brass and wood. These
attractive objects are highly collectable, and an enlarging
international community of tool enthusiasts is becoming avidly
knowledgeable about the huge range of saws that are still to be had
from car boot sales, specialist auction houses and online. Using a
wide range of photographs, Simon Barley provides a collector's
guide to British saws.
Historians of the various tools trades have long wanted a work
specifically on saws and this, the first, is an attempt to match
the detail and scholarship of the best that cover planes, cutlery,
spanners and measuring tools. The author is a frequent writer and
lecturer on saws and the history of their manufacture, and is able
to base his work on 15 years of original research and the building
of a personal collection of saws - probably the largest in the
world - which is housed with the renowned Ken Hawley Collection in
Sheffield's Kelham Island Industrial Museum. Together, these
collections form a unique research base and visitor attraction.
This scholarly book is illustrated with almost 2000 photographs,
the majority by the author, and with its listings of saw makers and
dealers forms the most comprehensive directory to date of British
names in the tool trades.
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