Antique chainsaws

[mopar_man]

I'm helping my sister-in-law's boyfriend clean up his property today and he pulled out a couple saws his grandpa and dad used. This is one of them. We couldn't identify the maker. Anybody have any ideas on manufacturer and year? There's a plate on it but only includes serial numbers with no names.
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Other saw picture coming in about 15 minutes after I eventually get a reply done on my iPod Touch.....

[mopar_man]

This is a Homelite model 17A from 1954. It turns over but needs a lot of love. The other one turns over and would probably run and cut with some fresh gas.trailpro
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[jensenracing77]

the first one looks a little like an early 50s maybe late 40s Mall. i'm not sure though.

[Dirtcrasher]

Those were made when people and life were GOOD!!!!!!!!

Nice saws, I'm lovin it; NO PLASTIC!!

[mopar_man]

NO PLASTIC!!

You're not kidding. They probably weigh 25 lbs or so. The first one would be an absolute bear. There's no muffler (straight out of the chamber through a 2" long pipe) and the rear handle is awkward in that you can only use two fingers.

I'll have to look into the Mall models and see if I can find something similar.

[jensenracing77]

i know that Mall made some 4 stroke chainsaws. the bar would turn 90 degrees because you could not turn the engine sideways. my grandpa has an old 4 stroke Mall.

[jensenracing77]

the more i look at it, i am not sure if it is a mall or not. i think it may be a little newer than i first thought.

[jeffatc250r]

My first thought was a david bradley, poked around on ebay and found a cpl that look similar, but not quite. Looks like it had a wooden inlay for the handlebar that has rotted away,...cool piece.

There were literally hundreds of different saw companies from that era that tried to get a piece of the pie, most of them failed, or were bought out by the bigger companies. I love this old stuff...

[mopar_man]

The guy that owns them thought the unknown one might be a David Bradley too. I should see if I can convince him to maybe try and fire up that one tomorrow when I go back out there. A 4-stroke saw would be interesting to hear.

[Rm250RF900R]

Loving the old saws. Ive always liked chain saws for some reason and hopefully someday ill have a collection. I used to have a couple of old homelite super 2s. I think someone threw them away, kinda makes my blood boil just thinking about it. They ran perfectly.

[mopar_man]

Big thanks to MonroeMike for posting about this on a chainsaw collectors forum: http://www.chainsawcollectors.se/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=137&t=11116 Looks like it's a Strunk 3-19 but the more I look on that site linked on that forum, it could also be a PD-3 or a Busy Beaver.

[MonroeMike]

If you joined over there, go ahead and hijack the thread, if you wish.

If you post the serial numbers off of the saw, it might help. Those guys seem quite knowledgeable.

[ProCarbine2k1]

You guys know better than to talk saws without me around.. Before I read your post, I thought your first was a Strunk- but I havent seen a rear handle quite like that. I saw one at an auction a couple years back, real monsters they are! Don't forget to add your pictures to my chainsaw thread- you should be able to find it in here somewhere in the Open Forum.
If you havent joined ArboristSite.com, do it. If you have, then send me rep haha.
Mike Acres Collector's Corner and stats page is my go to for most of my info. Some models are less documented than others, but tons of information none the less.

[mopar_man]

This is kind of along the same line. The guy that owns the chainsaws is looking to get rid of his dad's planer and sawmill. The planer dates back to the 1870's: http://up.craigslist.org/tls/1557723089.html and the sawmill is something him and his dad built probably 30 years ago or better: http://up.craigslist.org/tls/1557721260.html