The Larry Harris Collection

In Memory of Don "Doc" Clare Jastad

1932-2019

from THE AXE HOLE

Updated: 2:08 PM 2/16/2023
I sent a message to Larry Harris asking if it would be OK for me to post his saw related files on my, this, web site. This was his reply

I appreciate what you are doing Eric. Over the years I have picked up materials but mainly just sitting on them which is why I decided to share them and am happy that you took it to another level with your website My mentor, my best friend, my father in law was Don Jastad. He first came up with the name The Axe Hole. Don is well known in the older circle age wise of just about anyone associated with USFS et. He was always the first to want to impart and share his wealth of knowledge. Among other things, he was a retired logger, retired dentist, competed in logging sports and knew more about saws and related tools than anyone. With that in mind, it would be great if you could drop this in. That would be most appreciated.

These are catalogs, etc. from Larry Harris. I downloaded these from his posts from the "PNW Crosscut Saw" group on FaceBook. I have added in some of my own scans, these are marked with an asterisk (*).

In general his scans are better than the ones that I have found elsewhere on the Internet.

Approximate size of each file is included. It is rounded to the nearest MB.

  1. Band Saw Guide Book 00 simo, 3 MB
  2. Band Saw Guide Book 00 simorich, 6 MB
  3. Circular Saw Guide 00 simorich, 10 MB
  4. Descriptions of Jobs in Old Logging Camps, 1 MB
  5. Henry Disston Sons 00 diss, 5 MB
  6. Disston The Saw in History 1915, 9 MB
  7. How-To Do-It Book for Home Workshops 1932, 26 MB
  8. How a Disston Hand Saw Is Made, 2 MB *
  9. Saw Dictionary, 5 MB
  10. Text Book of Atkins Saws, 9 MB
  11. The Professor and the Saw, 36 MB
  12. You and Your Job With Simonds, 10 MB
  1. Atkins Borg Warner Hardware Catalog 25, 17 MB
  2. Atkins Catalog No 23 Dealers Cost, 7 MB
  3. Atkins Catalog No 18 1919 All, 43 MB
  4. Atkins Catalog No 19 1923 All, 44 MB
  5. Atkins Corn Cane Knives, 10 MB
  6. Atkins Crosscut Saws 1950, 28 MB
  7. Atkins Crosscut Saws Eastern Patterns A, 12 MB
  8. Atkins Inserted Tooth Circular Saws, 24 MB
  9. Atkins Narrow Band Saws, 6 MB
  10. Atkins Saws in the Shop Metal Cutting, 12 MB
  11. Atkins Saws on the Farm, 15 MB
  12. Atkins Wood Cuttin 00 unse, .4 MB
  13. EC Atkins Catalog 21 1937, 3 MB
  14. EC Atkins 1906 Catalog, 27 MB
  15. EC Atkins Hardware Edition 1911, 31 MB
  16. EC Atkins Hardware Edition 1911, 180 MB
  17. EC Atkins Trade Price Sheet 1948, 2 MB
  1. Disston 1918 Catalog, 7 MB
  2. Disston 1918 Catalog Revised Edition, 34 MB
  3. Disston 1932 Catalog All, 25 MB
  4. Disston Better Sawing, 12 MB *
  5. Disston Bite-Rite Brochure, 7 MB
  6. Disston Canada Hardware Catalog H-65, 14 MB
  7. Disston Catalog No 100-R9, 53 MB
  8. Disston Chisel Tooth Saws, 3 MB *
  9. Disston Crosscut Saw Tool Instructions, .2 MB
  10. Disston Crosscut Saws, 4 mb
  11. Disston Crucible Vol 3-4, 48 MB *
  12. Disston Crucible Vol 5, 32 MB *
  13. Disston Crucible Vol 6, 32 MB *
  14. Disston Ccrucible 7121 henr, 5 MB *
  15. Disston Crucible Vol 7, 39 MB *
  16. Disston Crucible Vol 8, 36 MB *
  17. Disston Crucible Vol 9, 42 MB
  18. Disston Crucible Vol 10, 23 MB
  19. Disston Crucible Vol 11, 19 MB
  20. Disston Crucible Vol 12, 21 MB *
  21. Disston Crucible Vol 13, 25 MB *
  22. Disston Crucible Vol 14, 26 MB *
  23. Disston File Price List 1897, 1 MB
  24. Disston Handbook on Saws 1917, 23 MB
  25. Disston Handbook on Saws 1919, 10 MB
  26. Disston Handbook On Saws, 14 MB
  27. Disston Hardware Catalog, 30 MB *
  28. Disston Illustrated Trade Price Sheet 1954, 4 MB *
  29. Disston Lumbermans Pocket Notebook, 2 MB *
  30. Disston Lumberman 00 henr, 15 MB
  31. Disston Monarch Saw Set Instructions 1949, .1 MB
  32. Disston Porter Saw Tool File Manual, 27 MB
  33. Disston Pruning Book 1921, 22 MB
  34. Disston Saw Tool File Book 1923, 28 MB
  35. Disston Saw Tool and File Book 1926, 25 MB
  36. Disston Saw Tool File 1929, 2 MB
  37. Disston Saw Tool File Manual 1942, 26 MB
  38. Disston Saw Tool File Manual 1953, 14 MB
  39. Disston Saws Booklet, 8 MB
  40. Disston Tool Manual for School Shops, 8 MB
  41. Disston Triumph Saw Set 1912, .4 MB
  42. Handbook for Lumbe 01 diss 1888, 9 MB
  43. Handbook for Lumbe 00 diss 1902, 14 MB
  44. Henry Disston and Sons abt 1879, .6 MB
  45. Henry Disston and Sons 1891 Catalog, 15 MB
  46. Henry Disston and Sons 1891, 2 MB
  47. Henry Disston and Sons 1920 Export, 4 MB *
  48. Henry Disston and Sons 1923 Catalog, 14 MB
  49. Henry Disston and Sons 1920 Export, 4 MB *
  50. New Disston Hand Saws 1928, 4 MB
  51. The File in History by Disston, 12 MB
  1. Simonds 1953, 3 MB
  2. Simonds Canada Saw Company Limited, .5 MB
  3. Simonds Catalogue No 23 1923, 21 MB
  4. Simonds Catalog 38, 21 MB
  5. Simonds Crescent Saw Tools Form 708, 5 MB
  6. Simonds Facts for Mechanics, 10 MB
  7. Simonds File Facts 1946, 2 MB
  8. Simonds Files 1976 Catalog, 26 MB
  9. Simonds Files Catalog F-100, 9 MB
  10. Simonds Guide May-June 1943, .7 MB
  11. Simonds Guide Aug 1943, .7 MB
  12. Simonds Guide for Carpenters 1911, 20 MB
  13. Simonds Guide for Carpenters 1914, 10 MB
  14. Simonds Guide for Carpenters 1924, 10 MB
  15. Simonds Guide for Millmen Mar-Apr 1922, 10 MB
  16. Simonds Guide for Millmen Vol 12, 6 MB
  17. Simonds History, .3 MB
  18. Simonds How to File a Hand Saw, 2 MB
  19. Simmons Keen Kutter Catalog 1939, 98 MB
  20. Simonds Metal Cutting Tools, 14 MB
  21. Simonds Metal Cutting Tools Catalog M-100, 18 MB
  22. Simonds No. 342 Raker Gauge Instructions, .4 MB
  23. Simonds Red Tang Files Catalog I 1955, 14 MB
  24. Simonds Saws and Knives 1904 Catalog, 14 MB
  25. Simonds Saws and Knives 1912 Catalog, 16 MB
  26. Simonds Saws Knives Files Steel 1916 Catalog, 48 MB
  27. Simonds Si-Clone Saws 1952, 16 MB
  28. Simonds The Circular Saw, 5 MB