Antique Hand Saw Restoration. Beautiful Italian hand tool restored with respect. We leave some old patina behind on this old tool.

This is a really old hand saw and a lot of people has most certainly used it cutting wood in the old Italian factory where it was found. Therefore, I didn’t want to use hard machinery to remove the rust/clean it up. I used and angel grinder with a very gentle flap disc and some Sterling metal polish. And to sand the handle I used 100/150/180+280 sandpaper. I also gave the saw blade a little edge with a file.

I had to drill the screws and nuts out of the handle. I replaced them with new screws and nuts and added some patina to it. I didn’t want to overdo the restoration of this tool.

We found this old wood saw literally in a ghost town in Italy near Lucca. On our vacation this summer, we climbed a fence (sorry), to get into some abandoned industrial buildings. In one of the buildings I found this beautiful antique tool from another time. A REAL hand tool rescue!

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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Video start dissembling the saw
2:23 Working on the blade
4:06 Working on the handle
5:39 Assembling the saw
6:28 before and after

This handsaw was my second restoration here on YouTube - If you want to see some of my newer work please see my Antique Butchers Axe Restoration: https://youtu.be/nWEHqlZbrBM

Warmest regards
Martin