On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 10:18  PM, Chris Kuehn wrote:

>  A quick jaunt
> up to Cookes sharpening in York Pa and a wonderful visit with Steve
> yielded knowledge that I own two fairly special saws from the late 
> 1800's
> and very early 1900's, unfortunatly they both have a wave in them that
> destins them to ornament status.
>

Chris:

A wavey saw can be straightened - it just takes light blows with a 
small hammer in the right place.   Todd might weigh in on this

Ed Minch