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Older saw, and related, documentation

Updated: 11:44 AM 10/18/2025
There are many available PDF documents about older crosscut saws. This is a listing of the ones that I have found and copied over the years to my drive. There are probably many more. Some of these titles are identical to other titles that have different or similar names. I found these on the internet after a significant amount of searching and I will add to this list whenever I find more PDFs.

I believe that these all are no longer covered by copyright and that there are no problems with distributing them. Many were scanned by Google, none were scanned by me. By far Disston had the most surviving documents that were scanned and turned into PDF files. I have not ``cleaned up'' the file names as this is the way that the files are named when I found them. Much of the data in these documents is about circular saws, band saws and carpenter's saws.

I never trust files that are found on other's computers, I recommend that anyone that wants to rely on the contents of any of these PDFs that you do an internet search after cutting the name from the following lists and then putting the name into the search bar of your favourite browser. I originally copied these from many sources and have since forgotten where I found many of them. I have had several of them for over ten (10) years now and some of the source repositories have "disappeared". On the other hand some of the places that you end up with when looking for these PDFs are quite unexpected and interesting.

When in doubt always try the "Internet Archive". They have an incredible number of PDF file of just about anything. Sometimes they have multiple copies of the same document and one may be "better" than the others.

Several times when I found a copy on the first search page, there were additional copies on following items and pages, there as well as brand new and different related PDFs.

Most of these will appear on the first page of a Google search. Some are behind "pay walls" and I consider these to be "not found".

Atkins

  1. 1895-Saws And Saw Tools Atkins-ne, 9 MB
  2. 1900-Atkins-Catalog, 12 MB
  3. Atkins 1906,120 MB
  4. Atkins 1919 B, 34 MB
  5. Atkins 1923 B, 38 MB
  6. Atkins 1941, 20 MB
  7. Atkins Catalog No 18 1919 All 172 MB, 201 MB
  8. Atkins Catalog No 19 1923 All 188 MB, 197 MB
  9. Atkins Crosscut Saws 1950, 29 MB
  10. Atkins Crosscut Saws Eastern Pattern 1936, 9 MB
  11. Atkins Crosscut Saws Eastern Pattern 1940, 8 MB
  12. Atkins Crosscut Saws Eastern Patterns B, 12 MB
  13. Atkins Crosscut Saws Pacific Coast Patterns 1936, 6 MB
  14. Atkins Hand Saws, 24 MB
  15. Atkins Saw Book for the Farm Workshop and Woodlands 1932, 23 MB
  16. Atkins Saws and Saw Tools 1895, 9 MB
  17. Atkins Saw Sense 1926 Or Earlier Gray Cover, 7 MB
  18. EC Atkins 1894 Catalog, 11 MB
  19. EC Atkins 1906 Catalog 114 MB, 120 MB
  20. EC Atkins Catalog 1914, 34 MB
  21. EC Atkins Hardware Edition 1911, 184 MB
  22. Saws and Tools 00 atki, 9 MB

Disston

  1. 1874-Henry Disston & Sons' Hand-book For Lumbermen, 4 MB
  2. 1875-The Hand Saw-ne, 1 MB
  3. 1902-Handbook For Lumbermen-S, 15 MB
  4. 1916-The Saw In History-S, 9 MB
  5. 1917-Disston Handbook On Saws-ne, 39 MB
  6. 1921-The Disston Lumberman's Handbook-S-ne, 13 MB
  7. Disston 1939 Saw Tool and File Manual, 6 MB
  8. Disston ca 1919 Cross Cut Saws, 4 MB
  9. Disston 1918 Catalog, 7 MB
  10. Disston 1932 Catalog, 99 MB
  11. Disston 1932 Catalog, 41 MB
  12. Disston Catalog No 100-R9 , 53 MB
  13. Disston Handbook on Saws 1912, 36 MB
  14. Disston Handbook on Saws 1917, 23 MB
  15. Disston Saw Catalog date unknown, 4 MB
  16. Disston Saw Catalog, date unknown, 4 MB
  17. Disston Saw in History 1916, 9 MB
  18. Disston Saw Tool and File Manual 1939, 4 MB
  19. Disston Saw Tool File Book 1921, 18 MB
  20. Disston Saw Tool File Manual 1952, 28 MB
  21. Disston The Hand Saw 1876, 1 MB
  22. Disston The Saw in History 1915, 9 MB
  23. The Saw in History 1916, 9 MB
  24. Disston Catalog sm, 6 MB
  25. Disston 1918 Catalog Revised Edition, 35 MB
  26. Disston Lumber Man 00 henr, 13 MB
  27. Disston Lumber Man 00 henrrich, 21 MB
  28. Disston Saws Booklet, 8 MB
  29. Disston Saw Tool File,470 MB
  30. Handbook for Lumbe 01 diss, 8 MB
  31. Henry Disston and Sons 1891 Catalog, 15 MB
  32. Henry Disston and Sons 1891, 2 MB
  33. Henry Disston and Sons 1923 Catalog, 14 MB
  34. Henry Disston and Sons abt 1879, .7 MB
  35. Henry Disston and Sons Saws and Tools 1899, 33 MB
  36. Saw in History 00 diss, 5 MB
  37. Saw in History 00 henrrich, 9 MB

Simonds

  1. 1918-Circular Saw Guide Simonds-v.2-ne, 10 MB
  2. 1921-Bandsaw Guide Book Simonds Mfg-ne, 5 MB
  3. 1923-Simonds Catalog-Hand Saws-ne, 9 MB
  4. Keen Kutter Catalog No 776, 101 MB
  5. Simmons Keen Kutter Catalog 1939 Part, 100 MB
  6. Simonds 1909 catalog, 24 MB
  7. Simonds 1953, 3 MB
  8. Simonds Catalog 38, 91 MB
  9. Simonds Catalogue No 23 1923, 88 MB
  10. Simonds Crescent Saw Tools Form 708, 5 MB
  11. Simonds Guide for Carpenters 1911, 20 MB
  12. Simonds Guide for Carpenters 1914, 11 MB
  13. Simonds Guide for Carpenters 1924, 11 MB
  14. Simonds How to File a Hand Saw, 2 MB
  15. Simonds Saws and Knives 1904 Catalog, 18 MB
  16. Simonds Saws Knives Files Steel 1916 Catalog, 49 MB
  17. Simonds.1904, 18 MB
  18. Simonds.1912, 79 MB
  19. Simonds.1916, 49 MB
  20. Simonds File Facts 1946, 2 MB

Learning and how to

  1. Text Book of Atkins Saws, 10 MB
  2. FS Filing Course CCC, 5 MB
  3. Pike How to Sharpen 1928, 4 MB
  4. Sharpening Crosscut Saws 1922, 2 MB
  5. Spear & Jackson Story of the Saw, 60 MB
  6. USFS Sharpening Crosscut Saws, 5 MB
  7. Disston Tool Steel Catalog 4-S 1923, 13 MB
  8. How a Disston Hand Saw Is Made, 2 MB
  9. Disston Ltd How to Set and File Your Saw, 2 MB
  10. Disston D3 Filing Guide, .5 MB

Miscellaneous Publications

  1. American Axe Tool, 9 MB
  2. American Logging Tool Co Catalogue C, 32 MB
  3. Barnsley and Sons Shoe Tools Catalogue 1927, 19 MB
  4. Bernard Tools Catalog 29, 3 MB
  5. Boynton 1872 CAT, 5 MB
  6. Carborundum Advice on How to Sharpen Wood-Working Tools, 12 MB
  7. Carolan Cory Illus Catalogue of Hardware, 24 MB
  8. Curtis Saws 1946, 5 MB
  9. Douglas Axe Mfg Co Catalogue 1877, 24 MB
  10. Emerson Smith and Co 1896, 8 MB
  11. Frank Mittermeier Catalog 1952, 31 MB
  12. Goodell-Pratt Catalog 15, 93 MB
  13. HSB and Co_OVB catalog, 18 MB
  14. Hubbard and Co 1911, 5 MB
  15. Klein-Logan Catalog 27 1944, 30 MB
  16. Logan-Gregg Hardware Cat No 30, 201 MB
  17. Ohlen-Bishop Catalog No 11, 62 MB
  18. One Hundred Years The Collins Co, 10 MB
  19. RE Dietz 1894, 2 MB
  20. SD Kimbarks Illustrated Catalogue 1876, 79 MB
  21. Spear and Jackson 1923 Catalogue T2, 41 MB
  22. Stanley Tools Catalogue No 34 1914, 9 MB
  23. The Whitworth Measuring Machine 1877, 4 MB
  24. True Temper Tools Catalog 1-R 1938, 278 MB
  25. W Tyzack Sons and Turner Catalogue 1965, 26 MB
  26. Warren Axes and Logging Tools 1937, 88 MB
  27. William Hunt and Sons Export Catalogue 1934, 29 MB
  28. Woodrough and McParlin Price List 1874, 10 MB

Tool Usage

  1. Anderson Guage Manual, 17 MB
  2. Disston Improved Saw Clamp and Filing Guide 1894, .3 MB
  3. Simonds-342, 2 MB
  4. Simonds Cross-cut Saw Tools No 342 Instructions, .9 MB
  5. Stanley 42 Saw Sets Instructions , 2 MB
  6. Stanley Pistol Grip Saw Sets No 42SS No 43, 2 MB
  7. Stanley Saw Set No 42 Directions, 2 MB

Grimshaw

  1. Saw Filing Grimshaw 1906, 4 MB
  2. Saw Filing Managem 00 grim, 4 MB
  3. Saw Filing Mmanage m00 grimrich, 9 MB
  4. Saws History Deve l00 grim, 13 MB
  5. Saws History Deve l00 grimrich, 33 MB