What do you actually use your saw for?

I use SAK and multi-tool saws frequently. When I'm doing bushcrafty stuff, they're great for making notches, which is helpful for a variety of applications. If I'm reducing the length of small diameter sticks and branches, I can either saw all the way through or make a notch (another use for them) to help break it. I also use the back of the saw to scrape wood/fatwood as well as a ferrocerium rod.

Once I used one to saw an arm-sized hole in the side of a plastic 55gal barrel. A pew-pew student was using it as a makeshift table and somehow dropped a magazine through the bung in the top of the barrel, and we couldn't shake it to get it drop back through the bung. It was too thick/tough with a knife, but I was able to use the tiny saw to cut a hole so the student could reach inside and recover their mag.
 
rhino said:
Once I used one to saw an arm-sized hole in the side of a plastic 55gal barrel. A pew-pew student was using it as a makeshift table and somehow dropped a magazine through the bung in the top of the barrel, and we couldn't shake it to get it drop back through the bung. It was too thick/tough with a knife, but I was able to use the tiny saw to cut a hole so the student could reach inside and recover their mag.
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SAK and multitool saws are great for cutting small holes like that.
 
I should reiterate that one of the most useful tasks for an SAK saw is notching sticks that are too big/strong to break easily. Once you cut a notch, they're easier to break and you have more control over where it breaks than if you just smash it against something hard. It's a lot quicker than sawing all the way through.
 
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