Wenzloff & Sons Hand Saws
About a decade ago, Pete Tarran started a renaissance in hand saw making with his Independence Saw Works. Pete only made a few models of back saws, but they were the first saws in a long time which could be reasonably compared 19th Century saws. Later Eddie Sirotich started making Adria saws, and raised the bar even higher. Making saws to this standard is technically challenging and labor intensive. Pete Tarran sold out his business to Lie-Nielsen and returned to his engineering career. Eddie Sirotich is still making Adria saws, but in much smaller quantities as he once again pursues his engineering career full time. Thankfully, a new player has emerged to carry the torch. That player is Wenzloff and Sons, and the bar has been raised once again. As our customers know, we do not make wild claims about our products. We say with carefully measured words, that Wenzloff and Sons saws are the finest saws that have been manufactured in about 100 years. Wenzloff & Sons saws are truly the connoisseur’s saws. Not only are Wenzloff & Sons making far and away the best saws available today, they also have a much broader range of sizes and styles than was ever offered by the other firms of the sawmaking renaissance. Wenzloff & Sons are the first of the new sawmaking firms to make panel and rip saws, and through a proprietary process, Wenzloff & Sons are able to taper grind their blades the way that fine 19th Century blades were ground.
Due to the extremely high demand and limited production for these saws there are severe delivery delays, right now approx. 6-9 months. Orders may still be placed below, backordered items are indicated with B/O.
Click on Image to Expand Wenzloff & Sons Back Saws These Wenzloff and Sons brass-backed saws are modelled on the saws in the legendary "Seaton" chest, the only known intact 18th Century cabinetmaker's chest, now residing in a museum in Rochester, England. The original saws in Benjamin Seaton's chest were made by the long gone firm of Kenyon, but the Wenzloff & Sons saws are so good that it would be easy to forget that fact. Wenzloff & Sons brass-backed saws use only genuine tensioned brass backs, not the machined and glued on backs found on similar saws of lesser quality. |
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| Stock # | Description | Size | Picture | Price | Qty | Buy |
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| KS_9_16_WF | Wenzloff & Sons Dovetail Saw | 9 X 1 5/8" inch blade
16 TPI Rip |
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$135.95 | ||
| KS_11_14_WF | Wenzloff & Sons Carcass Saw | 11 X 2 1/4 inch blade
14 TPI Rip |
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$149.95 | ||
| KS_14_13_WF | Wenzloff & Sons Sash Saw | 14 X 2 3/4 inch blade
13 TPI Rip |
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$189.95 | ||
| KS_19_10_WF | Wenzloff & Sons Tenon Saw | 19 X 4 5/8 inch blade
10 TPI Rip |
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$219.95 | ||
Click on Image to Expand Wenzloff & Sons Panel & Rip Saws Like the Wenzloff brass-backed saws above, these Wenzloff & Sons saws are modelled on the saws in the legendary "Seaton" chest. Like the original Kenyon saws in the Seaton chest, which were the best quality available at that time, the Wenzloff & Sons panel (cross-cut) and rip saws, are the finest saws of this type made today. Using their proprietary process, Wenzloff & Sons are the only modern sawmakers that we have seen who do a good job of tapering grinding their blades like period saws. Hollow grinding is critical to good balance, and even more importantly, to offering enough clearance to allow the saw to be used with minimal set. Benjamin Seaton's saws were in the 26" size, but we find that smaller panel and rip saws are so handy that we have chosen to also offer these saws in a 20" size. |
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| Stock # | Description | Size | Picture | Price | Qty | Buy |
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| KS_26_8_WF | Wenzloff & Sons Panel (cross-cut) Saw | 26 inch blade
8 TPI |
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$284.95 | ||
| KS_26_5_WF | Wenzloff & Sons Rip Saw | 26 inch blade
5 1/2 TPI |
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$284.95 | ||
| KS_20_10_WF | Wenzloff & Sons Panel (cross-cut) Saw | 20 inch blade
10 TPI |
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$264.95 | ||
| KS_20_7_WF | Wenzloff & Sons Rip Saw | 20 inch blade
7 TPI |
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$264.95 | ||
