Effectiveness of Saw Teeth

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Gday folks,

Ive never owner a knife with saw teeth on it. Its got me thinking though, that a say 6" drop point blade with a false edge leading into saw teeth would be a great combination blade and saw - if it works.

I find sawing is more useful than chopping wood while hiking. Its safer and faster and takes less effort. I do have a hiking folding saw but combining one onto a blade would be even better for smaller type sawing.

Thoughts?
 
alot of it is dependet on the bevel of the knife. If it's a full flat grind like the Sog Team leader it will work nicely and not bind. But it must be beveled the reverse of what a knife is. If its like the Sog jungle Primitive it will only bind up once you saw in half an inch because the blade gets wider than the teeth cut.

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Honestly, have no idea whats up with sog. Sometimes they're bang on, others they're off in the dark.
 
They make folders with both plain and serrated blades. Also, if you really want to saw, look at Swiss Army knives that have real saws on them. They work great for sawing branches and other stuff. I think mine also has a metal saw on it. Not my favorite knife, but real handy.
 
Thanks for that review. Looks like it works well with a two plane saw tooth cut on a full flat grind.
 
Some wood saws are full flat ground to a 1/32" wide flat on the spine, with the teeth on the thicker, perhaps 1/8" thick saw edge. Sounds like a reasonable way to put a useful crosscut saw tooth pattern on the spine of a knife with a full flat ground 7" blade or longer, about 1" wide or wider. I'm only guessing here, but much thicker than 1/8" and you loose the advantage of the saw in terms of speed, since you are having to removed so much material when sawing. One could even use the fully hardened (as in not soft spined) blades and the saws can be sharpened with the triangle stones from the Sharpmaker or from congress tools, instead of triangular saw files. A tough steel would be a must, since you have a bunch of notches on the spine.
 
The only saw edge I have other than Saks, is the SOG Revolver Hunter. The saw cuts very well. Mine is pre-fusion, but I suspect for the price the fusion revolver is just fine.
 
Not a fan of large sawback knives - the less weight the better. For shorter treks I carry only a LM Wave - has most of the tools I need including a sawblade. If on a full-on excursion I'll pack a folding saw if I think wood's going to be a problem. Most times there's enough deadwood laying around (assuming no fire bans) that I don't have to bother.
 
Munky88 said:
alot of it is dependet on the bevel of the knife. If it's a full flat grind like the Sog Team leader it will work nicely and not bind. But it must be beveled the reverse of what a knife is. If its like the Sog jungle Primitive it will only bind up once you saw in half an inch because the blade gets wider than the teeth cut.

SOGF03T.jpg


Honestly, have no idea whats up with sog. Sometimes they're bang on, others they're off in the dark.
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yeah,I got a jungle primitive.It works great for the first 1/4 inch or so and then you have to get all the wood shavings out of it
 
I recently saw an antique handmade knife at an antique show. wish I had taken a photo. It was made from an old saw blade, with the saw remaining on the back of the blade, and with the other side ground to a knife edge. About a 12" blade with a full tang handle, wooded scales secured with rivets. Pretty cool
 
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