Hello all,
i Have a question that hopefully someone on this web site can answer.
i have a panel saw sitting in my workshop that has come from one of my granddads. after having it sit there for a few years not knowing much about it i decided to find out what brand it was. Now heres the problem stamped onto one of the screws (like Disston saws) was what i assumed was the brand “GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA” and the head of some old dude. i have searched the internet and all that comes up is information on coins. the coin that comes up is what is stamped on the screw.
so if there is any information on the saw brand or if it was a bodge job to fix it any info would be really helpful.
cheers
Aidan
heres a link the the coin picture
http://users.pullman.com/fjstevens/tokens/tokens/4146.html
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No idea of the significance on a saw medallion, but the inscription means "George III, by the Grace of God." The "old dude" is that very same George. He was, in brief, a king in the Hanovarian line that came to England after a 17th century period of revolution, regicide and religious war. On this side of the pond, George III is best known as the King of England at the time of the American Revolution, and therefore, was the monarch against whom many of our ancestors rebelled.
Joe
We need Richard Jones to see this thread, seems a good chance he'll have some info for you. Unfortunately, he doesn't get email via Knots, IIRC. Oh well, wait awhile, see if he shows up.
Hi Aidan
Could you post a picture(s) of the saw and zoom in on the screws.
It may be that someone simply used a couple of coins to make the screw heads - apparently the coins were used to make various ornaments.
(I have done the same in the past when making/faking lever cap screws).
Regards from Perth
Derek
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