Getting sentimental over an antique Disston

This well-worn Disston crosscut saw hails from a house called Pecan Place in Trenton, Tennessee, where my great-grandfather's landscaper used it to cut wood from the pecan trees throughout the property.

The homeowner, Harry Houston Elder, had a pretty good name, but the man who used it to cut firewood for the first half of the 20th century had an even better one: Mitt Pigg.

Among other things, Mitt Pigg used the saw to maintain the fences and sheds involved in an extensive chicken-keeping operation going on behind Pecan Place.

Mitt Pigg's long gone, but his saw stays in my toolbox (and still makes a pretty smooth cut).

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