Ryoba Noko Japanese Both Sided Hand Saw - 210mm

Smith name: Unknown (A sawsmith in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture)

Steel: Carbon Steel

Cutting edge length: 210mm

Total length: 540mm 

Blade thickness: about 0.4mm

Blade width: 58~69mm

Weight: 132g

Blade sharpening and adjusting: Unknown

Manufacture Era: Before 1990s（according to collector’s memory)

Accessories: -

Additional Information: Used, in good condition. The front end of the blade is damaged, but it does not affect the use. 

This saw comes from a retired Carpenter in Saitama Prefecture. The carpenter retired around 2000. This saw was purchased when he was young and is one of the saws he uses most frequently.

He told me that the saws were sent for setting and sharpening and were never used again, but were carefully wrapped in newspaper and stored in a warehouse. The wrapped newspapers have two dates, one from 1996 and the other from 1989.