Hooyman saw

[Jeff H.]

hey guys. i'm still agonizing over a hunting bone saw . i was just poking around the internet and ran into a pretty nice looking saw called "hooyman". i like the fact that it's a folder and one can replace the blade.

does anyone have any experience with this saw?
does the blade have a pretty good thickness? i didn't want something that was going to be flimsy.
does the blade lock in pretty solid?
would this knife be good for cutting through the brisket of a deer?

any thoughts on that saw would be appreciated. thank you in advance...jeff

 

[knarfeng]

my thought is that this belongs under "gadgets and gear". The General Forum is for general comments about knives, not gear.

The gadgets and gear forum us here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=731

 

[Jeff H.]

my thought is that this belongs under "gadgets and gear". The General Forum is for general comments about knives, not gear.

The gadgets and gear forum us here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=731

 

[bill37]

Hi Jeff, I bought a Hooyman Saw. It is a great tree saw, but it sounds like you are looking for a bone saw, or something to cut a brisket with. If you are looking for a bone saw you want a really thin fine blade with very small teeth. The Hooyman saw is a tree saw which has larger aggressive teeth that are designed for tree limbs not bone or brisket. If you are looking for a great tree saw I really reccommend Hooyman, I love mine. Otherwise a good butchers hack saw will work well for a bone saw.

 

[dawsonbob]

Get a Silky saw with fine tooth blade. It works just fine for bones (you can also get the large tooth blade for wood).

 

[Jeff H.]

thank you bill and dawsonbob for the responses! i'll check out the silky and the butchers' hack saw!