Kitchen Saw

[HeelSpur]

Got this in a dollar box at an auction earlier this year,
any guess of when it was made?
It has 59 cents on it.

[john k]

Judging by the graphics,  I'd date it from 1947-1952.   Seen the saw, never saw a box tho.  Interesting.

[HeelSpur]

Cool, thats about what I would have guessed seeing the box,
I'm not sure if it was ever used.

[OilyRascal]

OH I really like that.  I have a few larger versions coming from the "meat house" of my grandparents.

[Bus]

From a listing of Useful Objects Exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art (1946).

HAN-DEE kitchen saw. $ .98
Mfr. Bual Mfg. Co.
Ret. R. H. Macy & Son, etc.

http://www.moma.org/docs/press_archives/1076/releases/MOMA_1946-1947_0059_1946-11-25_461125-57.pdf?2010

[Neals]

I've seen the saw before so they must have been popular but the box has got to be rare.

[1930]

Wanna double your money?

[dimwittedmoose51]

My wife found a Weed crimping tool of some sort and despite being patented in 1913, they thought it appropriate to stamp in the selling price too.....60 cents.  Ah those old days with no inflation.... I think I have one of those saws too.

DM&FS

[john k]

Weed crimpers used to be in every shop/gas station/and truckers tool box.   Weed was one of the major makers of mud chains, which don't seem to be as common as they once were.  The crimper was necessary when putting in a new crosslink, without resorting to a vise and hammer.