What's the point in SAK saws?

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gunnix

Nomad
Mar 5, 2006
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Belgium
Just as others mentioned it's fine for wood carving, not for collecting firewood. It's come in handy many times for making bucksaws, bowdrill notches, notch for cooking hook, even in canoebuilding and boat building I have taken it many times for small jobs as it was available in my pocket. Plus I don't like the too thin SAK's in the hand so the saw is useful to make it a little thicker. The huntsman is my ideal pocketknife. I use every feature and don't miss anything, just the hook seems a bit odd, though I've used it sometimes to pull out tent pegs...
 

verloc

Settler
Jun 2, 2008
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4
East Lothian, Scotland
I use mine quite a few times - to be honest probably more than I realise at first count. They are really efficient wee cutters for living inside your pocket. Saying that tho' the most used bit of my SAK is the little plastic screwdriver that is used to put me glassed back together and 4 nights ago to fit a new phono cartridge to me turntable :)
 

Laurentius

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Aug 13, 2009
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Knowhere
Well not every use has to be related to 'bushcraft'I used the saw in my leatherman juice to cut through my door when I had locked myself out more effective than a knife blade. Since I lost that in a carpark I use the SAK saw for classical woodworking tasks, it is surprising how handy it is, it's convenient and it is there.
 

Siberianfury

Native
Jan 1, 1970
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mendip hills, somerset
Main Reason i carry a SAK is due to the saw, i find it the best tool on there.
i use it for cutting hazel branches, and its easily capable of cutting though wrist thick wood with good technique.
 

apj1974

Nomad
Nov 17, 2009
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Lancashire. UK
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Mine did not come with any fish. :confused:

odd mine did!

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ooh just noticed this is a wenger carp not a victorinox!
 
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Barn Owl

Old Age Punk
Apr 10, 2007
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Ayrshire
I use the saw on my sak farmer often.
Same with my l/man wave.

For much the same reasons as stated before.

A useful blade for me.
 
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i read that the original saw blade was a rope saw not a wood saw.

true?...beats me.

i have used them that way on wet ropes while canoeing, when the knots went all gordian on me.
 

Mountainwalker

Forager
Oct 30, 2008
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Sydney
A while back I strained a tendon in my knee climbing a mountain in NZ. I was able to cut down a sapling with my SAK saw and make an add hoc walking stick. It was an agonising descent but without my SAK I might not have made it down. Also used one to cut a 4x4 tire off a rim to help a guy stranded in the desert (long story). Never leave home without either a SAK or Leatherman nowadays.
 

Doc

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Nov 29, 2003
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i read that the original saw blade was a rope saw not a wood saw.

true?...beats me.

i have used them that way on wet ropes while canoeing, when the knots went all gordian on me.

Good point about it being useful on rope. I guess it could also be pressed into service cutting bone when preparing food, though I have yet to try this.
 

Jimny

Member
Dec 5, 2009
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Under my hat and in my coat
SAK, well they're as handy as a SAK !! I've got one of the larger lockers, the workchamp if I remembers rightly and it's not just the saw that gets used a lot. Where would we be without corkscrews and bottle openers ?? The pliers and scissors are usefull too. I wouldn't leave home without it

ATB Dave
 

magicaldr

Member
Jan 12, 2010
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Surrey
just the hook seems a bit odd, though I've used it sometimes to pull out tent pegs...

I think the hook is meant 'officially' for carry plastic shopping bags without them cutting into your fingers. Idea you hold the SAK, not the bag. Works to, although I have also used it for tent pegs :)

Must admit I had to look it up in the manual that came with my original SAK, now sadly lost along with the SAK. However the saw was awesome and cut anything I threw at it, mostly DIY tasks I admit, but the most used tool after the blade for me.
 

Matt.S

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Mar 26, 2008
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I think the hook is meant 'officially' for carry plastic shopping bags without them cutting into your fingers. Idea you hold the SAK, not the bag. Works to, although I have also used it for tent pegs :)

Must admit I had to look it up in the manual that came with my original SAK, now sadly lost along with the SAK. However the saw was awesome and cut anything I threw at it, mostly DIY tasks I admit, but the most used tool after the blade for me.

My Vic Huntsman had a hook next to the awl/stabber. I believe it to be a fish-hook disgorger, but I'm not sure how it works.
 

forestwalker

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I think the hook is meant 'officially' for carry plastic shopping bags without them cutting into your fingers. Idea you hold the SAK, not the bag. Works to, although I have also used it for tent pegs :)

Once uppon a time, a very long time ago, when shop assistants wrapped your purchases as parcels one could sometimes get a "handle" to go with it. A simple wooden stick with metal hooks in the ends that was threaded into the string the shop assistant had used.
 

MartiniDave

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Aug 29, 2003
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Cambridgeshire
Believe it or not, that hook is rated to something like 160 Kg's. Zip wire anyone?:eek:

Dave

P.S. - Yes, it is sad that I know that!
 

John Fenna

Lifetime Member & Maker
Oct 7, 2006
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I think the hook is meant 'officially' for carry plastic shopping bags without them cutting into your fingers. Idea you hold the SAK, not the bag. Works to, although I have also used it for tent pegs :)

Must admit I had to look it up in the manual that came with my original SAK, now sadly lost along with the SAK. However the saw was awesome and cut anything I threw at it, mostly DIY tasks I admit, but the most used tool after the blade for me.

In my instruction guide the hook is called "multi perpose" hook!
 

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