Some details about Simonds Saws

10:30 AM 10/6/2022

Full Catalogs as PDFs

I have placed the full PDFs of the catalogs that I extracted pages from. I obtained these catalogs from the Internet Archive. many times there many false leads, (Chet Atkins works come to mind).

The pages are JPGs which are single pages and load quickly. The PDFs have to be fully loaded before a program that can process a PDF files can render them. However in the PDF files there is more data that the small amount that I decided would be useful here. Many times the full significance of what each individual page displays is best understood my reading the full catalog.

Items in this section are arraigned by approximate date of publication. Some of the documents are quite long so I indicated their length. Longer files may take too long to load and thus I have made an attempt to provide shorter versions.

  1. 1904 Catalog, 88 pages, PDF
  2. 1916 Catalog, 188 pages, PDF
  3. Catalog 38, 154 pages, PDF

Special Information

  1. 1904 Catalog
    1. Saw Gauges
    2. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws.

  2. 1916 Catalog
    1. Simonds Crescent Ground Saws
    2. Simonds Crescent Ground Saws (continued)
    3. Simonds Crescent Ground Saws (prices)

  3. Catalog 38
    1. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws.
    2. Cross-cut Saw Specifications Catalog 38
    3. Cross-cut Saw Specifications Catalog 38, continued
    4. Points or Teeth? Catalog 38

Handle Data

  1. 1904 Catalog
    1. Handles, Types 2, 22, 88, 100 and 111

  2. 1916 Catalog
    1. Cross-Cut Saw Handles, Types 2, 22 and 100
    2. Cross-Cut Saw Handles, Types 6, 88 and 111

  3. Catalog 38
    1. Cross-Cut Saw Handles, Types 6, 66, 111, and 111B
    2. Cross-Cut Saw Handles, Types 22, 88, 100 391, 392 and 393

Tool Data

  1. 1904 Catalog
    1. Crescent Saw Tools
    2. Crescent Saw Tools -- Continued
    3. Patented Improved Saw Tool
    4. Swage Bar and Hammer, Saw Sets
    5. 1, 2, Swages or Upsets

  2. 1916 Catalog
    1. Swages or Upsets, 1, 2, 3
    2. Anvils Hammers and Straight Edges,Saw Maker's Tools
    3. Swage Bar, Hammer and Circular Saw Clamp, 1, 2, 3, 4, 621
    4. Adjustable Saw Set, 301, 302, 303, 304
    5. Saw Tool, No. B2
    6. Advantages of the Simmonds Crescent Saw Tools and Instruction for use
    7. Crescent Saw Tools, 340
    8. Hand Saw Jointer, Hand Saw Set, 197, 198, 339
    9. 31, 332, Reversed Lever Saw Sets, 197, 198, 339
    10. 35, 336, Lever Saw Sets, 197, 198, 339

  3. Catalog 38
    1. Adjustable Saw Sets, 301, 302, 303, 304
    2. Swages or Upsets, 1, 2, 3, 4
    3. Saw Maker's Tools
    4. Precision Saw Tools and description, 342
    5. Precision Saw Tools and usage, 333, 342, 344

Saw Data

In many of the saw pictures there is a statement that says "We furnish any standard tooth". I could not find a description of their "standard tooth's" shape in their catalogs.

In the various pages of saw pictures, if there is no statement that the saw is "Crescent Ground", then it is "Straight Ground".

"Bay State" appear to be a lower cost version of their top of the line saws.

  1. Saw and Handle Data From the "Simonds Saws and Knives 1904 Catalog"
    1. These Cross-Cut Saws are all Crescent Ground, 11, 12, 13,
    2. These Cross-Cut Saws are all Crescent Ground, 22, 33, 44,
    3. These Cross-Cut Saws are all Crescent Ground, 55, 66, 77,
    4. One Man Cross-Cut Saws, 111, 222,
    5. Bay State Cross-Cut Saws -- Thin Back, 14 x 18 Gauge, 203, 204,
    6. Bay State Cross-Cut Saws -- Thin Back, 14 x 18 Gauge, 205, 206, 207,
    7. Bay State Cross-Cut Saws Hollow Back, 210, 211,
    8. Bay State Cross-Cut Saws Hollow Back, 212, 214,
    9. One Man Cross-Cut Saws, 223, 444,
    10. Crescent Ground Felling Saws, 315, 325,
    11. These Cross-Cut Saws are all Crescent Ground Made especially for the Australian Trade, 377, 376

  2. Saw and Handle Data From the "Simonds Saws Knives Files Steel 1916 Catalog"
    1. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws, 12, 13, 22,
    2. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws, 33, 44, 55,
    3. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws, 66, 77, 133,
    4. Crescent Ground Felling Saws, 115, 315, 325,
    5. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws, 316, 324, 326,
    6. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws, 375, 376,
    7. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws, 377, 378, 381,
    8. Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws, 383, 384,
    9. Bay State Cross-Cut Saws, 203, 204, 205,
    10. Bay State Cross-Cut Saws, 206, 207, 208,
    11. Bay State Cross-Cut Saws -- Hollow Back, 210, 211, 212,
    12. Bay State Cross-Cut Saws -- Hollow Back, 213, 214, 216,
    13. One Man Cross-Cut Saws, 223,
    14. One Man Cross-Cut Saws, 111, 222,
    15. One Man Cross-Cut Saws, 112, 224,
    16. One Man Cross-Cut Saws, 237, 238,
    17. One Man Cross-Cut Saws, 444, 777, Bay State One Man Cross-Cut Saws, 231, 233,

  3. Saw and Handle Data From the "Simonds Catalog 38"
    1. Crescent Ground Cross-cut Saws, 12, 13, 22,
    2. One Man Cross-cut Saws, 111, 222,
    3. One Man Cross-cut Saws, 112, 224,
    4. Crescent Ground Cross-cut Saws, 113, 133,
    5. Cross-cut Saws, 200, 202, 205, 205A,
    6. Cross-Cut Saws, 206, 207, 207A, 214, 0214,
    7. Bay State Cross-cut Saws -- Hollow Back and One Man Cross-cut Saws, 210, 213, 231,
    8. Crescent Ground One Man Cross-cut Saws, 223, 221,
    9. Crescent Ground Felling Saws, 315, 325,
    10. Crescent Ground Cross-cut Saws, 316, 324,
    11. Crescent Ground Cross-cut Saws, 376, 378, 248,