Atkins Cross-Cut Saw Descriptions

Compiled by: Eric Hamilton

Updated: 6:41 PM 7/15/2026
Notes:
  1. The Atkins Saw Company has had several catalogs. In the Catalog from 1923 there is a table of their saw offerings. The original table is here and forms the basis of the 1923 saw data. Unfortunately some of the individual saw definitions in this table do not exactly match the saw's data sheets. I have not made an attempt to decide which is "most correct" and have only used this table's data.
  2. In the full table, Click on either the saw name or its number to link to the saw's relevant page.
  3. Some of the saws listed on the table, have no corresponding page in the catalog body.
  4. Some of the saws have no name associated with the saw. In these cases I have marked where the name should be with a bunch of dots (----).
  5. The original order of saws was in "groups". I have changed this to have the saws in numerical order.
  6. The symbol "#" is from the original document and there is not much of an explanation for its meaning, but it only applies to the "Russian" Saws
  7. Note that in the 1914 copy of the catalogs that many of the saws have the same number, even though they are different. The 1914 catalog has the most individual saw types.
  8. Note that in the 1950 copy of the catalogs that many items have been deleted compared to the 1923 copy.
Sources:
  1. EC Atkins Catalog 1914, 34 MB All entries from this catalog are marked "1914".
  2. Atkins Catalog No 19 1923, 197 MB All entries from this catalog are marked "1923".
  3. Atkins Crosscut Saws 1950, 29 MB All entries from this catalog are marked "1950".
Additional sources not included in this list, as of 4:02 PM 7/14/2026:
  1. Atkins Crosscut Saws Eastern Patterns A, 12 MB
  2. Atkins Crosscut Saws Eastern Patterns B, 12 MB

  3. Atkins Saws and Saw Tools 1895, 9 MB
  4. 1900-Atkins-Catalog, 12 MB
  5. EC Atkins 1906 Catalog, 120 MB
  6. EC Atkins Hardware Edition 1911, 184 MB
  7. Atkins Crosscut Saws Pacific Coast Patterns 1936, 7 MB
This is a collection of information about Atkins Cross-Cut saws. The basics of the information probably came from the Internet Archive over several years of my collecting what seemed to be useful information in my attempts to understand Cross Cut saws as used in various Trail Crew workings. Most of the Trail Crew work that I have done consists of maintaining trails int the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. The actual work was usually done in Primitive or Wilderness ares that did not allow the use of power toots. (Except in unusual situations, and then only with specific permission of the Forest Supervisor.)

The specific saw data is in several sections:

  1. Atkins Saws in one file.
  2. Atkins saws from the 1914 Catalog. All entries form the catalog are marked "1914".
  3. Atkins saws from the 1923 Catalog. All entries form the catalog are marked "1923".
  4. Atkins saws from the 1950 Catalog. All entries form the catalog are marked "1950".
  5. Atkins Teeth
Stubs' gauge used by Atkins: