Allway Saw Handle

[Neanderthal P.]

I found this saw handle at a garage sale. I think I payed a quarter for it. Lo and behold, they still make blades that fit it. I guess the design was a success. The blade seems fairly secure, but there is a little bit of play.

ALLWAY SAW
ULTRA MFG. NYC
PAT. No. 2017895

I looked around, and it doesn't look like it's worth much... I'm guessing that it is from the 30s from what I can tell, unless of course they made them exactly the same way with the same lettering for decades, and if that is the case, it could be newer. Any ideas?

[Papaw]

Pictures?

[Neanderthal P.]

Sorry. I scanned it first, but it said the file was too big.

[rusty]

They have, in fact, made them that way for decades ;P
The newest ones have more ergonomic handles tho, if you use one of those for about 20 minutes sawing something , you will readily understand why ....

(The patent is from 1935, but I think they were still making them like that up till the early 70's) - In theory, they shouldn't have a patent number stamped on them after the patent expired (50's) , but companies were lazy about that, there was no penalty....

>design was a success
Yup, they are still around (more or less), I have one in my tool bucket, very handyfor certain things...


http://allwaytools.com/

[oldtools]

Cool, looks like a pistol w/o padding..