I Want to Infect You

The saws in the Seaton Chest have always had a special place in my heart. Go as Freudian as you like on me, but there is something about the curves and the – ahem – giant cheeks on these saws that has driven me mad for decades.

When Mike Wenzloff started making saws and writing about them, I approached him about making a copy of the Seaton sash saw for me (it’s basically a small tenon saw). Mike obliged. It was the second saw he made for sale, and I use it every day.

Mike (lord, I miss the man) then made all the John Kenyon saws from the Seaton chest and offered them for sale. I bought all of them, of course. I sold most of them after I left my corporate job (saws do not have many calories). But I gave the tenon saw (a personal favorite) to a close friend. And I kept the sash saw.

Why am I telling you this?