Hand Saw recycling

When my grandfather passed away his vast tool collection was left to my father. Dad already has a pretty formidable tool collection. No doubt he learned to love working with his hands from my grandfather. Still, the tools, many of them now too old to be of much use, hold sentimental value.

Rather than have the tools accumulate more dust in a dark corner of my dad’s workshop, I decided to investigate ways to recycle or repurpose the tools, especially the antique handsaws. It turns out that hand saw art is incredibly popular. Essentially, there are artists who take old saws, clean them, and then paint gorgeous scenes on them with oil based paints. I had several of my dad’s hand saws painted in this fashion so they can be hung around his house and workshop.