Millers Falls made hacksaws?

[bonneyman]

Found this old hacksaw today, and, when I saw it was a Millers Falls, I definitely had to have it. The handle is just so comfy!



Is this thing a collectable,or just a good quality user? I'm thinking of taking it apart and cleaning/polishing. But if it's a rare bird, maybe I should leave it as is and sell it.

[rusty]

I would be nice to it, I have not seen such a pretty bakelite handle in a while, Very nice find :)

[kxxr]

Hey, that's that "Tenite" we were talking about in another thread.
From the Oldtoolheaven.com Millers Falls history page (http://oldtoolheaven.com/history/history11.htm), talking about the year 1948:

"At the time that the new designs were being developed, the company also began to use red tenite for some of its more traditional tools. A ratchet brace of intermediate quality, the No. 1950, was brought to market with opaque red tenite handles. The 8504 screwdriver set introduced transparent red tenite to the line. The company also began replacing permaloid components with transparent tenite when it changed the handle of the No. 84 hacksaw frame to the new plastic. While tools such as these took advantage of the new plastic that had become available, they remained products of an earlier paradigm."

They have some more history and some nice pictures there too. Good Millers Falls site.

[Aunt Phil]

Don't bother putting a good blade in it, I guarantee it will cut crookid.

[bonneyman]

From the sound of the replies, I'd better just leave it as it and put it on the selling pile. Thanks!

[rusty]

The sad thing is, I have a MF catalog...I forgot....

[lzenglish]

This is one of the "Purdyest" hacksaws I have ever seen! The handle reminds me of the big old bolder puree marbles we used to shoot, as kids! I have one too, but it has not been cleaned, so yours makes it look bad. Also, mine has the blade in it, as you can see, and it is as straight as an arrow, and as tight as a tool talk members wallet! I always buy these, along with wood hand saws, as they seem to never be out of the 2 to 5 dollar range. I have about 20 different makes, and I set my other favorite Crescent NO. 1044-12 below it for the picture. Nice Find George, Keep it!

Wayne

[keykeeper]

That saw is beautiful. I bet I could cut straight with it. I've cut straight with a lot worse looking designed hacksaw.

Let me know if you want to trade it. Have a few Bonneys I'd through in a box for it.

[J.A.F.E.]

That is one beautiful frame. Very nice.

... I bet I could cut straight with it. I've cut straight with a lot worse looking designed hacksaw. ...

As long as I could get decent tension on the blade I could cut straight with it too. The adjustable frames can cut just as good as a rigid one. I too have used worse.

[bonneyman]

The sad thing is, I have a MF catalog...I forgot....

There it is, bright as day. Does your catalog list the price way back then?

[lzenglish]

When I re-searched mine, the name of the red plastic was called "Permaoid", same as they used on some of their planes. Like this one:

Wayne

[rusty]

>There it is, bright as day. Does your catalog list the price way back then?

In 1961, that purty lil thing would have cost ya $ 5.95
The included Blu Mol blade saves you 88c

This seems to be the most expensive general hack saw in the catalog, tho some of the specialty ones cost more...(What the heck is a "Rail Saw" for?)

[wrenchcollector]

...(What the heck is a "Rail Saw" for?)

Railroad rails Rusty

[rusty]

>Railroad rails Rusty

hmm, gawd, I wouldn't want to cut through a railroad track with this thing...
It would take a month...

[ray]

When I was in the army in 1962, there was an abandoned army tank dig in on the hill next to our work site, the Koreans had cut the barrel off with a hacksaw. You could see by the different shades of rust that it took several days to do this.

Ray