| US Patent: 158,921 
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| Improvement in Handsaws | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Henry Disston (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 14, 1874 |  
| Granted: | Jan. 19, 1875 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | Moves the grip nearer to the blade and recesses the blade to allow the hand opening front to conincide with the back of the blade. Eliminated the previous style of a flat, straight end on saw blades where they joined to the handle. |  |