Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have a metal cutting bandsaw or abrasive-disk chop saw.

a variety of butchers’ saws, and something like poultry shears whenever their work has forced them to tackle the difficult job of cutting through bone. Small wonder that they have been dubbed ...

The knife shown in the illustration was made from a hack saw blade % inch wide and about 1/16 inch thick. The blade part was ground off on an angle, as shown, and the handle was formed by bending ...