OT: Gear and Tools Used by SURVIVORS!

^^^^^Great news, Tex!


Any suggestions for teeth size for Silky saws? Looking at their descriptions each size (extra large, large, medium) they're all listed as suitable for green and dry wood. I'm looking at the bigboy and on the SURVIVE! site they sell the extra large teeth. I would use it for pruning live trees as well as making big pieces of prospective fire wood smaller. Any tips?
 
The Silky saws cut like crazy, I have a medium and it goes through wood very rapidly.
The tooth count on saw blades are specific to the type of work that you want to do.
The smaller the teeth the cleaner the cut, so if you want to cleanly cut smaller branches go with the finer teeth.
The rule of thumb is to have at least three teeth in contact with the material you are cutting, so the extra large (at 5.5 teeth per inch)
are good for cutting anything above about 5/8" in diameter. If you want to process firewood go for the extra large teeth!
 
Fancier said:
The Silky saws cut like crazy, I have a medium and it goes through wood very rapidly.
The tooth count on saw blades are specific to the type of work that you want to do.
The smaller the teeth the cleaner the cut, so if you want to cleanly cut smaller branches go with the finer teeth.
The rule of thumb is to have at least three teeth in contact with the material you are cutting, so the extra large (at 5.5 teeth per inch)
are good for cutting anything above about 5/8" in diameter. If you want to process firewood go for the extra large teeth!
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This is great information. I read that right that if I'm cutting stuff more than an inch thick (and I don't need fine, precise cuts) to go with the large teeth?

Sounds like the bigboy 2000 from SURVIVE! is the one.

I've looked and I haven't found anything in size between the bigboy and katanaboy. Did I miss anything?
 
New toy.... er....... tool, direct from SURVIVE! This Silky Bigboy is a beast compared to my Bahco Laplander. I gave the bigboy a very brief test run this afternoon. I wasn't magically blown away by the performance just because I need to get used to the one directional cutting and mostly the length of the blade. The 9 inches of the Bahco had become very comfortable for me, but I'm excited to step up my sawing game!




Also, how great does that patch look on the foliage and khaki falcon II?


SURVIVE! stayed true to their 3-5 business days for shipping as I got my shipping notice on the fourth day. Two days later, they were on my door step :thumbup:
 
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oooh, I like that one Silver! Good on Ya for giving the biz to Survive! instead of Amazon or those bigger stores and that Ms. Survive! shipped within stated time frames :thumbup:

Now don't be a such p*ssy and go saw something. You ought to know by now: be gentle on the push and use force on the pull ;)
 
Just snagged a Goruck GR2 34L off ebay for a solid price, hope it lives up to the hype. Also hope my brick of a work computer will fit (Panasonic Toughbook CF-53) so I can use it for an EDC field bag.
 
Damn Silver!! You're coming up in the world bud!
That Silky looks like a big ol' beast and the Falcon II is a great pack!
 
Silver Needle said:
New toy.... er....... tool, direct from SURVIVE! This Silky Bigboy is a beast compared to my Bahco Laplander. I gave the bigboy a very brief test run this afternoon. I wasn't magically blown away by the performance just because I need to get used to the one directional cutting and mostly the length of the blade. The 9 inches of the Bahco had become very comfortable for me, but I'm excited to step up my sawing game!




Also, how great does that patch look on the foliage and khaki falcon II?


SURVIVE! stayed true to their 3-5 business days for shipping as I got my shipping notice on the fourth day. Two days later, they were on my door step [emoji106]
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Wow, what a monster. I've only got a Gomboy and PocketBoy, much different animals but they saw like mad for their size. I actually got the Gomboy for big cuts on bonsai trees, it's been going strong for quite a few years. It's definitely not a brute force tool but works great. The only issue I've run into is keeping the teeth clean, they clog up fast on green wood.

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The dressed up pack looks great.

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I'm a huge fan of silky products this is my personal collection. I'm an arborist so I find the different sizes, styles, and tooth size make a world of difference depending on what u are doing

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Jason401 said:
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I'm a huge fan of silky products this is my personal collection. I'm an arborist so I find the different sizes, styles, and tooth size make a world of difference depending on what u are doing

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Great googamunga!! Which do you prefer for dry wood, that's reasonably packable?

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Thank u, I have chainsaws too (obviously) but my silky's are my pride and joy. I wash them with liquid hand soap at the end of the day to keep them in good condition. When it comes to pruning neither me or any of the guys on the crew will use a chainsaw on our final cuts always silky!

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I actually have the Ibuki 390 mm 5.5 gauge teeth coming Monday. I must say if u choose to go with silky use Amazon!

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Jason401 said:
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I'm a huge fan of silky products this is my personal collection. I'm an arborist so I find the different sizes, styles, and tooth size make a world of difference depending on what u are doing

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Nice collection!!!!! Having just received my first Silky today, I'm sure there are many questions you could help me with. More questions to come when I get some use in.

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I actually have the Ibuki 390 mm 5.5 gauge teeth coming Monday. I must say if u choose to go with silky use Amazon!

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OR you could buy a Silky through SURIVIVE! ;)
 
grogimus said:
Great googamunga!! Which do you prefer for dry wood, that's reasonably packable?

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For dry wood probably the zubat or Sugoi as far as packable I have an old belt and the handsaws all have belt loops so I put them all on the belt and place them in my truck when I go to work. I'm not a survivalist or an outdoors man at all! I'm an arborist I take down trees for a living and I use those when I do pruning. I do keep the Sugowaza on me all day to cut random things when need be it's my most versatile saw. But all the rest are very specific as far size of branch's I may cut, if it's an ornamental tree or fruit tree etc

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Jason401 said:
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I'm a huge fan of silky products this is my personal collection. I'm an arborist so I find the different sizes, styles, and tooth size make a world of difference depending on what u are doing

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The big boy and gomboy aren't that nice as far as silky goes. The Sugoi, Sugowaza, Zubat, or Ibuki are where it's at. The pocket boy is good if ur an arborist and have some ornamental trees to prune. That's what I use my pocket boys for seeing as how I do this professionaly. But if ur just some out doors backpacker type don't just see an old silky u can save up to afford and buy it. They are not redneck saws they are meant for professionals. If ur just some hick that likes to backpack go to Walmart save urself the $ and buy some $15 no name because I'm sure u would be better off putting ur money to more important shit

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Jason401 said:
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I'm a huge fan of silky products this is my personal collection. I'm an arborist so I find the different sizes, styles, and tooth size make a world of difference depending on what u are doing

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