Old saw!!

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A quick search reveals:

 

Nettlefold Engineering Distributors was created when Nettlefold & Moser Ltd merged with the Willen Kay & Hardware Co Ltd to form Nettlefold-Willen Ltd in 1972. Nettlefold & Moser Ltd was created in 1950 when Nettlefolds Ltd and Mosers amalgamated. Mosers, an ironmongery business, was incorpoated in 1899 and flourished as a material supplier. Nettlefolds Ltd amalgamated with Guest, Keen & Co. Ltd in 1902. The Nettlefold Engineering Distributors was thus a wholly owned subsidiary of GKN and member of the Fasteners & Hardware Division of GKN Distributors Ltd. Its function was as a supplier to industry of such items as fasteners, cutting tools, hand tools and tube fittings.

 

They had a branch in Southwark, and there's a copy of their 1951 catalogue for sale on Amazon, which indicates that they sold machine tools.

[Gerbutt]

Good work!! I found a pic that looks similar.....

 

[s.varty]

He's not tried to get it going so far, think he's just going to clean it up and have it as an ornament. Must have been hard work using them in the past, it weighs loads!!

 

Yeah agreed,but the alternative was a crosscut or axe

[Magnus]

This is a Teles OM.

They do look kind of funny and were perhaps a bit conservative in design at the time but functional saw. Brittich saws were not on cutting edge when it came to design, but wonderful saws!

The aim at the time was not on design it was functionality and cost efficient.

 

Here is a couple more.

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