Bell System Hacksaw

[Dave F]

Here is a nice old Bell System hacksaw.  Like all Bell System tools it is very high quality but, aside from that, it is completely unremarkable.  The only thing noteworthy is the manner by which I acquired it.  In the mid 1960s I recovered a huge pile of stuff from a C.O. dumpster, and this is one of the tools from that score.  While many of the other items have disappeared with the passage of time, this saw has remained with my tools for nearly 60 years.  Whenever I am called upon to use it I am reminded of the day it came to me.  Today was one of those infrequent occasions.

The details are pretty entertaining and are contained within a more extensive story which I posted some years ago on this Forum.  If you have never read about it and you are interested, you can see it here:

https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3264.msg43400#msg43400

DF