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  • DAHLIA: Haha, hi.

  • What do you got here today?

  • DAHLIA: Oh, this is cool.

  • This was a Civil War metacarpal amputation saw.

  • This would cut off fingers during the Civil War.

  • [record scratch]

  • CHUMLEE: I thought you said it was cool.

  • It sounds a little creepy to me.

  • It is creepy.

  • But for us doctors, we love this stuff.

  • I come to the pawn shop because I think

  • these give get great deals.

  • I got it from a collector whose great-grandfather

  • was a physician during the Civil War.

  • It's very small.

  • I've been studying these things for years,

  • and this is something that stumped

  • me when I came across it.

  • That's not a piece of bone, is it?

  • DAHLIA: What I did is I brought one

  • of the bullets used in the Civil War,

  • and it has a hollow bottom.

  • And it's pretty heavy, if you feel it.

  • And when this would strike one of our unfortunate soldiers,

  • bone would shatter.

  • And you couldn't set a comminuted fracture.

  • And unfortunately, the doctor on the field

  • would have to amputate.

  • OK, so this must have strictly been for fingers, then,

  • because I can't imagine sawing someone's wrist off,

  • or someone's leg off.

  • DAHLIA: Yeah, looking at something like this,

  • it just kind of reminds you how archaic medicine was

  • and why we are so grateful for the advances that we have now.

  • Yeah, it doesn't sound very fun.

  • No, no.

  • I think if you were on the Civil War battlefield,

  • and you got shot in the hand, and a doctor

  • came up to you with this nasty saw,

  • it was going to be a real bad day.

  • And how much are you looking to get out of it?

  • Something like this, if this was used in the Civil War,

  • I would probably want to sell it for somewhere around $400.

  • OK, well, here's my problem with it.

  • I don't know if it's Civil War or not.

  • And Rick's not here right now or I'd go get him.

  • DAHLIA: I'd hate for you to pass on this.

  • Do you have anybody that you think we could call

  • to help to take a look at this?

  • I could call in Mark if he's available--

  • runs the Clark County Museum.

  • I mean, I'm sure--

  • Oh, that would be excellent.

  • DAHLIA: Yeah, I'm sure he would know.

  • Yes. Yes.

  • Thank you. That'd be great.

  • All right, give me a second.

  • The fact was we used a lot of medical saws in the Civil War.

  • The problem that I see you-- have a Mini ball here,

  • which of course is not a ball, but was

  • developed by a Captain Mini .

  • That's where the name comes from,

  • because it was very accurate.

  • The problem also was that it was soft lead.

  • If this hit you and it took out a chunk of your bone,

  • you had to lose that limb.

  • That was how you survived.

  • Because amputation surgery was such a noted part of Civil War

  • medicine, a Civil War amputation saw

  • is a real collectible piece.

  • So you think that this saw could have saved

  • some lives in the field, huh?

  • DAHLIA: It's missing the grip handle,

  • and it's also so highly serrated it kind of almost

  • looks like a makeshift type of tool.

  • This stumped me.

  • So what do you think, Mark?

  • To tell you the truth, I do not think this

  • is a Civil War surgeon's saw.

  • The saws always had handles that were easily gripped.

  • Now, you would often have a finger hole on it

  • so that when you would hold on to the saw

  • it would not slip in your hand, because you were moving fast.

  • It would be very hard to hang on to that.

  • Yeah, I agree.

  • You know, so-- and one of the things they also did is you

  • wanted a saw that had very sharp but small teeth,

  • because what you didn't want to do is shatter the bone anymore.

  • You wanted to cut that bone off evenly.

  • You can imagine how long that would

  • take to get through a bone--

  • Oh yeah.

  • MARK --even a finger bone.

  • Mhm.

  • To tell you the truth, I think what you have here is a child's

  • saw from a child's tool set.

  • [gasp] No!

  • I thought I knew a lot about Civil War bone saws.

  • But knowing that it wasn't, I'd have to do a lot more research.

  • You can imagine a little boy getting his first tool

  • set, the little miniature hammer,

  • a little miniature screwdriver, a little miniature saw.

  • But it was a wood saw, probably turn of the century.

  • At that point in time, even play tools

  • were just like adult tools.

  • And you know, it'd be a wonderful piece

  • for a little kid.

  • Today, we would never give a kid a saw

  • that had a real blade on it.

  • But even when I was a kid, I knew better

  • than to cut off my finger.

  • I think most kids do.

  • Parents today are a bunch of pansies.

  • Well, I'll let you give me $10,

  • and I'll take it off your hands.

  • I pay you $10--

  • CHUMLEE: I mean, I got to dispose of that.

  • That is tempting.

  • That is tempting.

  • You know, it is kind of creepy, but one of my in-law's

  • birthdays is coming up.

  • I could just stick a bow on this, wrap it up.

  • They won't know the difference.

  • If you want to be a cruel in-law.

  • A gift certificate would probably be a better gift.

  • DAHLIA: All right, thanks a lot. - Thanks for coming in.

  • See you next time.

  • DAHLIA: Same here.

  • Sucks that this wasn't from the Civil War,

  • but at least I wasn't touching a dirty, old, nasty bone saw.

DAHLIA: Haha, hi.

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