new to this great site* while digging through one or two of my junk piles, found this ATKINS saw isssued by the US quartermaster corp- under the bed^


thanks for looking!

Guess someone was "Sawing Logs"!!!

YEP! PAWPA* either that or they were SCREW+++



I mean drilling!--never mind me --I am just an old dirt farmer-who doesn't know much about TOOLS!

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of 1to10. The BED is about a 2&a 1/2****

That is a bone saw. For butchering duty.
Nice small portable size, and I like that handle!

They get bigger from here. Some of them have 30" blades!
  yours Scott

Ah yes, a butchers saw, good name on it too.   Delighted to see someone recognizes those initials, there is an old steel bench at work with the same ones, the young guys had made up all kinds of weird names from them, yes I straightened them out. 

Thanks!-Scott for your ID. insight-I had no clue. This was my uncles. I have had it since the early 60's. I used it a time or 2 back then for a HACK-saw(LOL). John you are the man*
keep the guys straight. Thanks for looking!

brass, copper ? it was my dads.

Quote from: a-fordable on January 09, 2013, 07:49:37 PM
new to this great site* while digging through one or two of my junk piles, found this ATKINS saw isssued by the US quartermaster corp- under the bed^

thanks for looking!

Thanks for showing!  Great saw, and with the Quarter Master marking... Well, that's the finishing touch for sure.

info on the scale   please   bob w.

Mr. BRANSON----U-R- Toooooo  kind. Glad to be on here with GENTS like you. THANKS-

BOB-my good man--I will look for the info on the scale.. It was used by my family many years ago to weigh cotton. I will look under the BED for more info!

That scale looks like a Hanson Cotton scale. I have one somewhere around here, but no picture. Looks like this one-

PAW!-you are the cats ME-OW!--you are dead right. It is a hanson texas cotton scale with 160lbs. weight.

 The scoop is a coal shovel.
Could have been used to shovel out the ashes of a fireplace or woodstove as well.
But coal is what they had in mind when they made them.
    Check it with a magnet. Most were brass plated iron or steel.

Hanson scale huh? I would have bet Chatillion.
   Shows to go ya. heh
  yours Scott

Scott my good fellow* the shovel is brass plate on iron. Never thought to check it. My grands used it to shovel ash from the fire place. made by my grand father. Most of the old iron from under the bed are just pieces that I have had passed down. Rarely have I scowered for pieces to collect. Most of them have a connection from the past. My family has been a hands on lot for many generations. My father and I turned wrenches at our garage starting in the 50's.

Hmm....