G. Goffsehalk's Wonderful Handmade Stair / Kerfing Saw (with Excellent Corrected E) mare to find that they are

to find that they are quite early ones--the other two cut from the Pennsylvania "Dollar Weekly" and this one

left top corner is lost

In their original box bottom

1860s beer bottle stamped RK & Co Knickerbocker

G. Goffsehalk's Wonderful Handmade Stair / Kerfing Saw (with Excellent Corrected E) mare to find that they areAmong my very favorite recent finds, especially for the pin prick style lettering spelling out the maker owner of this antique saw's name, and most especially for them having taking the care to correct a not quite right first attempt at the "e" in Goffsehalk, carving the wood a bit deeper there to allow for a second try. I have found other early examples of saws of this shape called both kerfing and stair (dado) saws, the earliest examples seeming to