The Online Auction Seller's Guide
to Full-Sized Disston Saw Medallions


This guide is intended for the individual who is trying to estimate the age of a Disston handsaw without reading an entire article that is meant for saw collectors. Find a medallion below that matches yours to a reasonable degree, and you will have an accurate manufacturing date.


Mid-1840's
eagle-in-flight 		earliest medallion earliest medallion
Late 1840's - early 1850's
federal-style eagle 		medallion
Late 1850's - 1865
aztec-style eagle 		1860
1865-71
one-son medallion 		1865-71
1871-1875
two-sons medallion. has split nut screw on the back 		Early 1870's medallion
1876-1887
Disston and Sons medallion. has modern domed screw on the back 		1880 medallion
1887-1896
Glover's 1887 patent date 		1887 patent date medallion
1896-1917 1896-1917 medallion
1917-40 1917-1940
1940-47
radius of 1942 medallions
profile of medallion's perimeter 		1940's medallion
1947-53
radius of late 1940's medallions
profile of medallion's perimeter 		late 1940's medallion
1953-55
radius of 1953 medallions
profile of medallion's perimeter 		late 1940's medallion
  ©2009 Erik von Sneidern

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