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From: oldtools-bounces@r...
[mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Robert
Hutchins
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 6:00 PM
Cc: oldtools@r...
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Handsaw Nibs and Early Saws

> Could the distance from the outer nib to the handle perhaps
> be a cubit?

I dun't tink zo.  First, being that a cubit generally is the distance from
the tip of your middle finger to your elbow, there is no standard length
cubit.  Second, there also are other varying definitions for what a cubit
is.  Finally, there are varying lengths of saws, so the length from the
handle to the nib would be different lengths on different saws.

- Bill T.
- The flagellation of the deceased equine continues...

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