| c. 1829 Geo. Tiemann. Note the
pistol trigger style, which is very European. This is one of
the earliest Tiemann style of saw. |
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| c. 1829 Rose. Note the hook on the
handle. Similar to English styles of the period. Knife
blade of top knife is curved and handles are large and heavy. |
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| c. 1840 Wocher. Note
the round handle. Similar to English and French styles of the
period. Knife blades are curved, handles are heavy and large. |
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| c. 1840 Gemrig. Note the split butt
of the saw handle. The knife blades are curved and very heavy
handled. Common into the 1850 time frame. |
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| c. 1846 Goulding. Note this saw has
a brass frame and handle, but is similar in design to the Rose
above. Transitional knives, some slightly curved, most are
straighter than earlier blades. |
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| c. 1850's Tiemann. Note the vertical
slots in the blade for bone dust relief. Knife blades are now
straight, no curves. |
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| c.1850's Parker 'D' style handles. The
upper saw is by Martin, Albany, N.Y., and the lower is by Tiemann,
New York City, N.Y. The upper is the later design, c. 1855-60,
without the vertical slots, the lower ivory handled saw is earlier,
c. 1845-55. |
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| c. 1864 Tiemann. Saw
handle is typical of military and civilian issue during the Civil
War. This form of handle and blade was common by various
makers into the 1880's. The knife blades are long and slim, no
longer thick, curved and heavy. |
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| c. 1860's Tuefel.
More of a early European style of handle with the pistol trigger
feature. Knives are long, slightly
wider, and straight. The bone forces are the earlier Satterlee
design. |
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| c. 1861- 4 Hernstein.
Typical Civil War military style set by a supplier to the Union
Hospital Department. |
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| c. 1861- 4 Hernstein.
Smaller Civil War military set made for the Union Hospital
Department. Note the open frame of the saw and removable
blade. Two blades are shown. Satterlee style bone
forceps. |
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| c. 1861- 4 Gemrig U. S.
Army Hosp. Dept. marked open bow saw |
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| c. 1861- 4 Kolbe.
Another style of open bow frame saw with removable blade.
Clearly a military issue set by a major Civil War maker. |
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| c. 1863 Tiemann Civil War issue Hosp.
Dept. set. Note the circle in front of the saw handle, which
shows up after the War into the 1880's. |
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| c. 1861 Wade & Ford.
Civilian issue set made during early days of the Civil War.
Handle is English style, similar to Hutchinson. The bone
forceps are the Liston type. Amputation knives are 'beefy' and
heavy size. |
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| c. 1876 Gemrig. Long
straight knifes. Hog leg handled saw. Liston bone
forceps. |
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| c. 1870's Shepard and
Smith, Liston bone forceops, hog-leg handled saw, large straight
amputation knives. |
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| c. 1880 Aloe and
Hernstein. Note the Civil War influence on the design of the
saw (circle in front of the handle), which can be deceiving. Metal is plated.
Liston bone forceps. |
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| c. 1883 Sharp and Smith.
Again that Civil War looking saw with the pistol grip and circle
forward of the handle was made into the late part of the
century. Deceptive if you are just looking at the saw and not
the label in the set which accurately dates the set. Sharp and
Smith were not makers during the Civil War. |
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| c. 1880's Helmold.
An earlier looking shape to the saw, but again the maker label and
the other instruments indicate a later date. Without the label
address for Helmold, this would be a difficult set to date because
of all the Civil War left-over designed instruments. |
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