One saw to rule them all

Baildoc said:
Where do you see yourself using such a large folding saw mostly?
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I have it strapped to my pack on the outside. It replaced a "normal" sized folding saw. I guess I'll use it like I would have used my smaller one, just a heck of a lot faster:D
 
Thanks for the heads up on that saw buddy. I keep an old axe in my trunk all year round. Actually I have more survival doo dads in the trunk\glove box in the winter, than summer. Precisely because of the extreme temps, and I don't have time to fool around. I still like any reviews of applicable tools because they may work better for me in a certain season, or application (back pack etc.). So ya, you never know eh.
 
Md 25v said:
I like outdoor tools, pretty much all of them, but as winter comes and the potential to need a shelter fast becomes more real I tend to switch my pack around to include a saw. I LOVE my choppers, but I know that at a certain size a tree can be felled much faster with a saw. There might not be much time difference when taking down a 4-5in tree but there is a huge difference when dropping a 6-8in tree. This initial comparison was based on years with a Bk7. Now that I have it's big brother (Bk9) I figured I would test it again. The end result was the same, but much closer now between the saw and chopper.
I figured that if I wanted to be stubborn and keep a saw on my pack during the winter than it had make as much of a difference as it did against my Bk7.
That means it has to be ovefrbuilt, bigger, and meaner than the folding gerber it will replace.

Enter Sawzilla! it's the "Big" model by silky.inc next to the Bk9 for scale

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This thing is a crazy folding chainsaw lightsaber! it cuts through 8in trees in the time I can chop through a 4-5in, not to mention far less effort. I will now carry my Bk9 on my pack but this saw is gonna be right there next to it.
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The more I look at that thing, the more amazed I am. That is a HUGE folding saw. Mother of pearl!
 
That saw is ginormous, but I think I'm still gonna try my hand at making a bow/buck saw first to see how that goes.

Question for ya though; is it pretty sturdy? I can see a folding saw that big start to bow and bend while in use. That might mean breaky saw.

And I totally dig the pics of the two.
 
It's very flexible. It's supposed to be. Silky saw's blade are very thin and tempered for flexibility. Thats the only way to be durable when they are so thin. Silky makes great saws and has a pretty big following with the bushcraft crowd.
 
Silky saws cut only on the draw stroke. Most of the blade flexing/bending problems I have experienced with other saws have been on the push stroke---which is just a very gentle sliding action with a Silky. I've never had any trouble with my Silky 330mm Zubat, although the blade isn't quite as long as on that giant folder.

DancesWithKnives
 
Good lord that is a big saw. I have a Gerber Sportsmans saw, and it is not very big. Kinda got a little saw envy now to be honest.
 
I thought maybe it was mustard what with all this patina jive going on here lately.
 
It6s a polished blade and a flash on the camera. Its is normal everyday fingerprints and with a harsh flash any fingerprint looks like that,
 
I've never gotten excited over a saw till i SAW(:jerkit::thumbdn::rolleyes:) these.
 
problem i have with a lot of the pocket or hiking saws, is the teeth gum up and fill up quickly when i'm fatwood hunting. I need a saw that has a very thick rigid blade, with massive gullets and a wide offset to prevent jamming/binding in resionous wood.

still have not found one to my specs.....9 saws later...
 
Usually the Silkys are pretty resistant to rust because of the hard-chromed blades. I've taken mine on several whitewater trips in rainy western AK with no serious problems.

The higher lubricity of the hard chrome also provides a little extra resistance to pitch build up but I expect that enough fatwood cutting might gum it up.

DancesWithKnives
 
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