Walnut Handle for a Fretsaw
A very long time ago, when I first started making musical instruments, I bought a Deer brand, made in Germany fretsaw from the now defunct Luthiers Mercantile Incorporated, to saw fret slots in the fret boards of the mountain dulcimers I was making at the time. The saw had a "gent's saw" handle on it and I didn't like the handle, it wasn't very ergonomic. Aldren Watson had a plan for an open handle in his book, Hand Tools, and I like the look of it. I took a piece of black walnut that a local sawyer gave me and I fitted a handle to that saw. The saw was easier to use with a new handle. I still own that saw. I do own a very expensive, custom made fretsaw that works well, though I have to reset and sharpen it after cutting slots in just two ebony fretboards. The saw is a little too heavy for my taste and the handle is hung a little too low, when I deepen the 13th through 19th frets on a classical guitar, the lower part of the handle hits the side of the guitar. That...
