Hello,

I've bought these handsaws from a retired carpenter. They'll arrive next week. I don't know their makers' name, though I suspect the upper one is a Greaves and the middle one is a Goldenberg.

My worry, that I want to share with you and ask for your advice, is the condition of the middle handsaw, sharpened too much and almost without steel at the heel. I see the carpenter has stopped sharpening the heel section thus creating a slight blade curvature.

I think this will not be of good use the way it is, so I thought to replace the handle making an open one, to free space so I can make the blade straight again at the heel with a file, and reshape these teeth portion. Is that a good idea?

Thanks for your attention!

I'm having trouble seeing the picture...that is, I don't see a picture.

As to your question, why not remove the handle, reshape the saw plate, and do all the sharpening, then replace the handle?  That way you can either re-use the existing handle or make a new one, whichever works out better for you.

I would just remove the teeth from that portion of the blade, they're not useful there anyway.

Thanks, Bill Houghton. Very good idea. The handle is actually good.
Posting again the pic so you can see,

Quote from: kwoswalt99 on February 16, 2017, 09:24:08 PM
I would just remove the teeth from that portion of the blade, they're not useful there anyway.

Yes, I think I can save time by doing this and testing whether this will cause trouble or not. But I think that portion is not so much relevant anyway.