Kenyon backsaw

[Northwoods]

Got myself a 12" blade backsawaw with split nuts and a brass back marked KENYON over CAST dot STEEL with an inscribed date? 1809.
Don't get tooooo excited. It has only half a tote.
I haven't found one exactly like it on the net.
It appears that the company existed from roughly 1750 through 1900.
What should I do next?
Any thoughts?

[skipskip]

you should spend hours looking at this site:

http://www.backsaw.net/


I did ....last night....almost all night


Skip

[Jimmy Joiner]

That's an early saw, I'm going to look them up also.
J

[coolford]

If you can find a picture or figure out the tote from what you have you need to make a new one.  But, save the old one also.