Best Wire Saw?

[Jason Burns]

Hey guys! The SAK thread got me to thinking about a wire saw to stuff in the front of my BK&T 9 pouch that I keep under the seat of my truck. Since you cannot buy them here I cannot exactly experiment. SO, that is where I turn to you guys for advice! Are they all created equal??

 

[Rifter]

i got mine here:

http://www.tadgear.com/x-treme gear/accessories main/military_issue_survival_saw.htm

It works very well and cuts fast, even through hard wood, you just have to keep it moving cause if you stop it can be a pain to get it moving again but with some practice it is way faster than the saw on a SAK.

 

[RokJok]

Hiya Jason,

IIRC the SAS wire saw got decent reviews from folks that use them. Lots of internet vendors have them for about $11 USD. Beware cheapo versions that apparently lack the SAS version's strength & durability.

Here are some prior threads on saws (wire & otherwise). These are just some of the more recent ones.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209152
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199549
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197897
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183333
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=178003

I was in the Home Depot the other day and came across some longer rigid bi-metal blades for recipricating saws. They look like they would work well at full length with a fabricated handle or could easily be cut or broken to shorter lengths for carrying in a survival kit or BK9 type pocket. They could even work using an Altoids tin for a saw handle in the manner shown here with a jigsaw blade: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198725 Some of the recip saw blades have lower tpi (teeth per inch) than jigsaw blades. That means their coarser teeth would work better for cutting soft spongy woods than the jigsaw blades whose shallower-gulleted finer teeth clog up pretty easily.

However, as some of the threads linked above show, my saw preference is for a folding Japanese pruning saw with about a 10" blade loaded with electro-induction hardened teeth.

My $0.02 worth. -- Greg --

(edited to add) Here is what www.equipped.com has to say on saws: http://www.equipped.com/devices24.htm

 

[Jason Burns]

Thanks for the info guys . . . dummy me actin' like a newbee not doing a search . . . DOH!
If anyone has the saber cut saw, would it fit in the front of a BK&T 9??

RokJok, thanks for doing my homework for me!

 

[sopmodm4]

The BCB saw(SAS Type)will hold 48Kilos and works fairly well.

I used to have a wire saw that I picked up in a batch of stuff during a trade that had little teeth winding all the way around it and I used it for years before it broke and when I went to find a replacement there were a couple of cheapo units that looked similar but they broke quickly when put to serious work.The BCB saws don't cut quite as fast as that first mystery saw but the two BCBs that I have now have held up amazingly well even cutting the last 2" of a hardwood buttstock on an SLR rifle when I didn't feel like driving into town for another band-saw blade.