Skull, Links, Compass, Flag, All Seeing Eye: Pair of Linked Locks Odd Fellows + Masonic Whimsy folk art bird with a simple set of

with a simple set of instructions still inside--basically

but is  definitely it's own special thing

especially for the pin prick style lettering spelling out the maker/owner of this antique saw's name

can was manufactured by the National Can Co

Painted on tin

Skull, Links, Compass, Flag, All Seeing Eye: Pair of Linked Locks Odd Fellows + Masonic Whimsy folk art bird with a simple set ofA fun whimsy for an Odd Fellow, of a Freemason, or better yet both, with three links (FLT) on one lock, below a skull and cross, I believe identifying it specifically as Odd Fellows, while the square and compass on the other identifies it as Masonic. (It was not at all uncommon for men to belong to both, as was surely the case here.) Plus an all seeing eye with very fluttery eyelashes, and an American flag too. And with the carved locks themselves