Sal, How about a pocket saw?

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I held a prototype of an Endura size knife at the 2000 Blade Show and it had saw teeth on the blade. Sal had actually been cutting some wood with it because it had some wood stuck in the teeth. I think it had a green handle. I would like to see one made with maybe a bright colored handle. It would be neat to have in my hunting stuff so when I put my climbing deer stand in a tree, I could use it to saw the limbs out of the tree. I would however settle for any color. How about it? Any plans?
michael


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Sal:

Do some testing with it on rotomolded plastic. I've got a pocket saw in my swiftwater rescue kit for strainer (logs, branches) and kayak entrapments.

I'll be really curious to see the teeth pattern on this design and how it performs.

Keep up the cool projects...

Joel
 
A Spydie pocket saw?!! I do believe that's just what I need!
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Sal, how far in the future?

Paul
 
I need one. Please hurry up and get it done, if you need help testing it let me know
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Kile
 
Hi Paul. Probably not until late next year. It's not a priority model at this time and we want to do a fair amount of testing to come up with the best overall blade & tooth design.

sal
 
Oh man... a Spydesaw?
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This is indeed a great leap! Will any protos be showcased at the NY show?

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No Samo. Nothing in New York, unless I bring the first proto, which is already surpassed.

sal
 
So what you are saying is that I can't expect to carry my new SpydieSaw huntin' this season, huh?

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Meanwhile, the fully serrated Military is reasonably close to a saw. I use mine for trimming low branches around my place and opening shooting lanes around my tree stands. With that 1" of plainedge at the tip, it takes care of fine work too. To borrow a phrase I read on the forums awhile back..."the Military is a cross between a chainsaw and a scalpel." It's one of the best knives ever.
 
.........by the way, I don't really "saw" branches.......I use my free hand/arm to push the branch away from the cut...first a draw cut (maybe two to make a "V" notch), blade facing up into the underside of branches, up to an inch and a half in diameter.....then, while pressing down on the branch, a draw cut and, if necessary, a push cut to finish a fairly clean cut. Little branches, up to a half inch can be sliced cleanly using a slashing stroke. Included here are some tough plants like: osage orange, elm, oak and wild grape vine, I go after the occassional root in the dirt. By necessity I sharpen on the sharpmaker about 3 to 4 times a week...when I get tiny chips in the edge on the first inch at the tip, I regrind the single bevel at 20 degrees. The steel holds up to the work.

Before, I got a Military, I actually carried a folding pocket saw (Japanese or Chinese made). The blade was thin and flimsy but worked OK if you didn't torque it, for the same size stuff I described above...except that it required at least twice the work/time to saw the same diameter branch as the Military(even applying mechanical advantage with my free hand). If I ever get interested enough in using my scanner, I'll post a picture of this folding saw...a sorry excuse for a cutting instrument as I've ever seen.

I digress....my point is that the serrated Military is a really serious cutting tool in it's own right. You can really push this knife..............
... Other than sawing steel ( Hmmmm... ), I'm trying to imagine what a Spydersaw will do that my Military cannot? Is anyone interested in this question?
 
I trust it that you guys have seen the saws Fiskars makes... (That might be Gerber to you guys
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) At least I hope Sal has - if you haven't, take a look at these:
Exchange-A-Blade Folding Saw (Also here Exchange-A-Blade Sports Saw with regular Sports Saw, which may be one of the saws below also just with a different name... the sliding saw?), 10 inch Folding Saw, PowerTooth (tm) Pruning Saw (not sure about this being pocketable, but next one is), Sliding Saw and last but definitely not the least the award winning 6 inch Sliding Blade Pruning Saw with Belt Clip.

Anyways, I really think that all you who are looking for a pocketable survival saw, take a look at those. And Sal, if you are going to do a folding saw, you must know all those (that is if you don't know them already).

Hugo.

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PTN,

Excellent point about the fully serrated Military. I use mine the same way. The only thing I would add is that I also wear a 15" Villager khukuri that I got from HI. It lets me quickly take down the small and medium branches that would take too long with the Military.

Gregg
 
tulsamal,

I suppose you could take down small trees rather quickly with a 15" kukri.

regards,

ptn
 
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