Looking for a good saw to carry in my pack.Used to use a gerber exchange a blade,but now they are made in china and are junk.What do you use??
Sometimes we Cajuns deal in volume.....we use a cordless saws-all when we get them back to the camp. :biglaugh:
Seriously, my buddy uses a Wyoming Saw that comes apart and fits in a leather pouch.
Ones I've had or used;
Gerber exchange a blade- cheap doesn't hold up long
Corona- folding, good quality for a decent price
Silky- the best of the best, pricey
Wyoming- great saw, good design but a bit heavy for bkpking
Bob Dustrade- GREAT camp saw,cuts big logs easily, a bit big for bkpking
Sven- (triangle design) I don't like this design, quality good, just not good function.
Find a Stihl dealer they have several excellent folding saws.
Mark
I'm planing on hunting moose in Alaska and will be in a unit where you have to bring meat out on the quarters. I am looking for a good bone saw that is packable and up to a very tough task including cutting through skull-plate. Any suggestions?
Just got my silky and it is a mean cutting machine
QuoteOriginally posted by Scott E:
Just got my silky and it is a mean cutting machine
what model?
I would say a Silky guys. I have gone the gerber route before but IMO you get what you pay for with saws. I have no complaints since switching to a Silky. I have a Outdoor Edge for a Quartering saw. It cuts very well through bone.
Pocketboy 170 with the large teeth for cutting green wood
Years ago I bought the Knapp Sport Saw made in Boise, ID, and I still use it. It's a fixed blade with 2 cutting sides and comes with leather pouch and about a foot long. I find it comfortable to use, easy to pack, and plenty strong.
Unfortunately, they moved to China and I am not too excited about that.
The USA versions are still around on the big auction site and elsewhere, and I've picked up 2-3 since as backups and gifts.
I'm sure there are more expensive saws and probably better ones too, but I've grown accustomed to my Knapp and love it.
When I may need one I have a hacksaw blade I keep in a self made duct tape sheath I use as a handle. For bigger jobs or longer use a stick/sapling may be cut and engineered into a handle to make a bow saw.
Wyoming here
I have used a Corona for the last few years, and it is a great saw. I have cut through many skulls and bones and it is still in good shape.
Silky looks nice but I did not see a bone blade i the line-up.
I carry and use a carpenters finish hand saw. About half or less than the size of a regular hand saw. Has fine teeth that cuts bone very well.
Made a sheath out of cardboard covered with duct tape.
Some of the small saws made for quartering elk or moose are really to small for the job.
John
I use this one from Home Depot. Very light and easy to fit in the pack. Has worked fine on animals up to elk size. Also carry extra blades. 12 to 14 TPI works good.
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Mike for what you're doing I don't think u can beat a Wyoming saw! I use it on the bulk of my trips. For sheep I have a smaller more light weight saw I haven't needed to use in a few years lol. I've used it so often I've forgotten the name.
I pack two blades for wood and two bone blades in my Wyoming saw. I kind of wished I had the larger version sometimes. Usually cutting trees on the trapline.
I use a composite handled hatchet by Gerber. I found a saw was far too slow and too much work to quarter an animal (elk in particular.
hatchet? Thats some serious cutting lol.
WHy not take the quarters off with your knife?
I debone the ribs either in strips if I plan on grinding, or rolling them for a roast.
only need I have is for heads....wish I could find a lighter version of a wyoming saw..... Forgot to look at the saw I picked up to try out. Heck I usually forget to carry it as well LOL! shows how much I need it anymore ;) .
I have had good luck with a hack saw blade with electrical tape or duck tape as the handle. Works as two things, saw and medical tape. Most animals I will quarter with the blade on my knife but if they sit over night its nicer to have a bone saw(hack saw).
I use a wicked tree saw. I have not broken the blade yet. I use to break one each year, and was sick of busting my knuckles, so I paid the extra. I dropped my first one in a ditch behind my house when I was working one day and did not realize it. Hunting season rolled around and I could not find it. Ordered another one. A year later I was around that same ditch and looked down and there it was. I have no idea with the amount of water that flows thru their it did not wash away. Picked it up cleaned the rust, oiled it up and now I have two of them. I have used it just as much as the other saws I had before but the blade has remained sharp, blade has not broken and the handle is really amazing.
http://wickedtreegear.com/index_handsaw.html
here you can read reviews from Cabelas
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Wicked-Tree-Gear-Wicked-Tough-Handsaw/1379175.uts#BVRRWidgetID
looks slick blessed!
I dug out the newer one I'm carrying.
Its an outdoors edge grizz saw. I haven't ran it through bone yet, so I'll hopefully report this sept with a swamp donkey.
http://www.outdooredge.com/product-p/griz-saw.htm
http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/knives/detail.asp?fid=011G&cid=322&tid=922
Sven (triangle design) makes a nice folding saw for back packing.When I purchased mine many years ago Sven also sold blades for boning :archer2:
X2 on the Wicked Tree Saw- best folding saw ever IMHO.
Comfortable grip, indestructible handle, strong SHARP blade... what more can you ask for? The holster is really handy too, allows you to sheath it with the blade open while climbing/ trimming for easy one-hand operation. Great product!
I just ordered a Wicked tree saw yesterday. Looks like a great saw.
I also found the wicked saw to be smaller than others when folded in the pack.
Herdbull,
Sorry Mike... Forgot to add Wicked makes a great bonesaw version as well.
http://wickedtreegear.com/index_bonesaw.html
Ron
Thanks. I have Wicked tree saw, but looking for a bone saw. Thanks all.
I just ordered the Wicked saw.Sounds like a great saw but I wouldn't want to have to chew on an Alaskan moose skull with one though.The only one I could think of is that Wyoming saw and I'd probably lean toward the larger size.
Coghlan's folding Sierra saw is the only folding saw I carry. The handle is extremely durable, the blade is very sharp, and it only weighs 5.5 oz. The blade is more flexible than others I have owned but I have yet to destroy it. Also economical. Cuts wood like nobody's business. I gave my Gerber to a nephew. Much heavier.
http://www.coghlans.com/products/sierra-saw-8400
For hard use on branches the wicked tree saw is unbeatable, if your looking for a saw to do both in my opinion you cannot beat a wyoming saw with bone and wood blades, the nylon pouch version is really not very heavy.
The Silky Pro-Sentei is my favorite backcountry saw. I can cut 4-6" trees for poles and serious firewood. 2-4" dry wood cuts extremely fast for my woodstove. Small branches cut with a single stroke. I'm one of the few guys who doesn't care for a folding saw. My Pro-Sentei has a fixed blade and great grip, along with a light plastic sheath. I find it to be a faster cutter than any of my good folding saws. I haven't tried this saw on a skull, but believe it would shave green bone effectively...even a moose skull.
U can use a smaller Wyoming saw. Get forward of the brows a bit. If u want less bone once the caps cut off flip it over and trim what u don't want.
I don't cut bones instead pack out quarters. Though I don't hunt down in the special bone in giganticus moose area either. I get your lower lumber pain of 150 or more bone in hind quarters. Our guide area had some monsters (Larry jones and MR James hunt) having packed a few out keeps you young and invigorated lol !!!
I use the smaller wyoming saw for quartering/packing/capping type stuff and a gorilla folder for branches and what not. I've had the wyoming saw in use for a good while now.