S*J Lloyd Davies hand saw

[michigancraig]

last weekend I bought a early hand saw, has split nuts real coarse 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 teeth per inch

the only mark is a stamped into the blade S * J and below that LLOYD DAVIES

I under stand speary jackson is what the S*J stands for very early saw maker
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Craig Phillips
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[Branson]

Spear and Jackson is both an early and late maker of excellent saws.  The split nuts, of course, make your saw an earlier example.  I have at least one old S&J back saw, but I also bought a used S&J panel saw in Australia in 2006 that was of recent (er) manufacture.  I'm not sure of the date for the switch from split nuts in England, but in the US it's something around 1870.