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Published Occasionally HENRY DISSTON & SONS, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. March, 1922 



Disston Saw-Makers for 256 Years 



YJJ/HEN one considers there is no 



trade which requires more skill and 



personal judgment than saw-mak- 



and they always strive with jealous 

 care, as do also the younger saw-mak- 

 ers, to maintain the quality and work- 



Three Brother* John, George and James Arnold and Their Sons Have Been 

 Disston Saw-Makers for an Aggregate of 256 Years 



ing, the old saying, "that it takes seven 

 years to make a saw-maker," seems well 

 founded. Even after seven years of 

 careful training and practical experi- 

 ence, there frequently arise problems 

 and conditions which only skill and ma- 

 ture judgment can master. 

 In the Arnold families we have nine 

 men who have plied the saw-making 

 trade for the House of Disston more 

 than twice the stipulated seven years, 

 with the exception of the youngest Ar- 

 nold, and he has passed his eleventh 

 year at the trade. (One of the Arnold 

 men was not present when above pic- 

 ture was made.) 



The length of service oi these men 

 ranges from 11 years to 53 years an 

 average of 28^4 years. 

 The Arnold family is only one of the 

 many Disston families, and only a few 

 of the hundreds of Disston mechanics 

 who have from ten to sixty years to 

 their credit at the saw-making trade. 

 Visitors who have been through the 

 plant were impressed with the many 

 grey-haired men in every department, 

 and also with the intense interest these 

 men take in their work. 

 These men started in youth to make 

 saws and have worked at their trade, 

 honestly and intelligently ever since, 



manship which has made Disston Saws 

 the standard of the industry for the past 

 81 years. 



They Say 



T N our office there is a correspondence 

 file which we call our "inspiration 

 file." Here we keep letters that are 

 written to us bv users ot Disston S iws, 

 Tools and Files. The following sen- 

 tences are from a few of the letters 

 taken at random from this collection : 

 "I use a Disston Saw that my 

 father bought in 1887 and used to 

 build the fir.U house in White- 

 wood, S. D." "I have two of your 

 saws that I have used approxi- 

 mately 4500 working days. I have 

 filed them down to less than 1-4 

 inch at the point, but the temper 

 _ ,_.is the same as when new." "I 

 sent to Europe for the best saw 

 they could get, and when it came 

 back it had 'Henry Disston & 

 Sons' on the blade. Then I 

 laughed." "I have one of your 

 cross-cut saws which has been in 

 almost constant service since 1860, 

 and it is today a perfect tool." "I 

 have one of your saws that is 

 older than I am 46 years. My 

 father had it before me. It is a 

 good tool yet." "The saws you 

 made for us are giving great sat- 

 isfaction, cutting more and bet- 

 ter lumber than any other saws 

 we have used." 

 It is indeed an inspiration to us, who 

 are working to maintain and increase 

 the reputation of the House of Disston 

 for superior quality and workmanship, 

 to know that our products are givitig 

 this unusual satisfaction to users in 

 everv part of the world. 



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