folding saw

I was the lucky recipient of this Opinel as a prize at the hardwoodsman meet. Substantially bigger than a large SAK saw and much more compact than the big boys. So far, I'm extremely impressed by its cutting action!

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I have/had Gerber, Buck, Fiskars, Kershaw, Bahco, Stihl, and Silky.

Get a Silky and dont look back. Me, my wife, my kids, all carry and use Silkys. We have different preferences on machetes but the choice on Silky is unanimous.
 
i have used the crap out of it and unlike alot of other saws the need to sharpen it has been put to bed by the availability of replacement blades at my local hardware store, I think they are about six bucks and the saw is under twenty so I can carry extra blades in my pack. Not having to worry about re sharpening while working on projects
 
One of my next purchases. I plan on pairing it with a #12 folder.



kgd said:
I was the lucky recipient of this Opinel as a prize at the hardwoodsman meet. Substantially bigger than a large SAK saw and much more compact than the big boys. So far, I'm extremely impressed by its cutting action!

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I have two different versions of the Gerber saws, one slider and one folding. They cut pretty well and are cheap. they don't cut as quickly and as smooth as my Laplander, but are about a third of the price. Fastest cutting yet still relatively compact and light saw that I own and love is my Sawvivor (though it can be a bit fiddly)
 
I haven't used most of these brands, but a Felco 6" pruning saw is a really fantastic piece of equipment.
When I worked for a land surveyor, we used ours just about every day, year-round and they'd cut through
damn near anything. We took down more than one 5 inch tree with them, and god knows how many smaller
saplings/branches/shrubs/thistles/whatever happened to be in the way.
The blades last a long time, too. We didn't replace them until they were broken or dull and that didn't happen more
than once in a bit less than 2 years.
Again, I don't have much to compare it to, but they will definitely take care of any wood prep you need
to do while hiking.
 
I've never owned a Silky, but the Laplander is a solid saw.
 
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