The hook found above the chamfer stop at the shoulder was a design straight from Sheffield. There are thirty makers in the collection that used the hook.

H. Disston from 1842 to circa 1847 used it. Other well-known makers - Wheeler, Madden & Bakewell, Harvey Peace, Richardson Brothers, and Flint-used the design.
K. H. Smith has an 1887 Glover patent date on a saw with the hook and split nuts.

Nineteen percent of the saws used in the study have the hook.

The triple cove ornate handle design beautiful H. Disston may have been the first to use it. Other makers that I know of that used this design are Mondon Nind of Port Jervis, New York; W Cresson; and William McNiece of Philadelphia. A McNiece saw is the latest in the collection, dating from circa 1867.

The latest H. Disston in the collection is a circa 1855. Disston made this type handle for hardware dealers, and in one case, for Pruyn & Vosburg, who are identified as saw manufacturers.

Two makers - I. Atkins of Bristol, Connecticut, and J. G. Underwood of New York, (both active c. 1848)- seem to be the first to use the nose.

Later, E. M. Boynton of New York (circa 1867) and The Pennsylvania Saw Manufacturing Company (circa 1890) used this design. For a short period of time at the start of its production (circa 1863), the nose usually associated with Peace was not used. Richardson Brothers used it when it began production 1866.

From the beginning, nibs were usually used in handle design, and in fact, seemed to be the embellishment of choice.

The earlier ones were found on the top of the handle in front of the horn and were rounded in shape.