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2 May 2020 at 7:57 pm
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The Disstonian institute site has a whole page on the nib up on the site as an April Fool’s spoof.
http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/nibpage.html
My favorite is the 1959 ‘cadillac’ nib.
As to what Disston says in their catalog, they have often said diametrically opposit things. When the swept back D8 came out in 1874, it was supposed to make the saw stiffer. In the 1918 catalogue, it made the saw more flexible.
I suspect the copy is from marketing, not the engineering department.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Larry Geib.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Larry Geib.