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Henry Disston & Sons
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Feb 26 2020 7:27PM by Mark Stansbury
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Henry Disston was an important maker of handsaws; his firm also made sawblades for circular sawmills and reciprocating sawmills. They are listed here, on this site for makers of woodworking machinery, because they also had a minor sideline in drag saws, which are essentially big handsaws fitted with motors. They also made saw filing machinery.

Disston became a division of H. K. Porter Co. in 1955.

Note that this website is focused on woodworking machinery and not hand tools. We cannot respond to inquiries related to Disston's hand tools.

Information Sources

1893 Digest of Trademarks lists 14 trademarks registered to Disston between 1873 and 1892.
Ca. 1925 catalogue of drag saws.
This company has been extensively researched and documented, including the variations in their name. One of these days I will dig out that information (e.g., from an article in a 2005 issue of the EAIA Chronicle) and list the highlights here.