G. Goffsehalk's Wonderful Handmade Stair / Kerfing Saw (with Excellent Corrected E) italian marquetry and I'd say it almost

and I'd say it almost transcends the holidays

This one was among a small pile of naive 19th c

I didn't want to do it myself

looking like her own parade

while I am sad for this Grandmother

G. Goffsehalk's Wonderful Handmade Stair / Kerfing Saw (with Excellent Corrected E) italian marquetry and I'd say it almostAmong my very favorite recent finds, especially for the pin prick style lettering spelling out the maker owner of this antique saw's name, and most especially for them having taking the care to correct a not quite right first attempt at the "e" in Goffsehalk, carving the wood a bit deeper there to allow for a second try. I have found other early examples of saws of this shape called both kerfing and stair (dado) saws, the earliest examples seeming to