folding saw recommendations

[Knightfisher8]

folding saw recommendations ? Looking for a folding saw for my christmas stocking filler

was looking at Bahco 396 Lap Laplander Folding Pruning Saw £13

but i also like the traditional ish looking saws with the wooden handle aswell as the kershaw folding saw but cant seemto find it at a resonable price in the uk .....

any experience/ ideas guys ?

knightfisher

 

[Toddy]

If I lost or damaged my Bahco (the one in your illustration) I'd go and buy another asap. It's simply that good and reliable.
That's a very good price for one too It's small enough and tidy enough to carry in a day pack without any bother whatsever.

Lots of folding saws out there though, depends what you intend to use it for.
I've cut down a twenty five foot apple tree with mine, so it's certainly a user. For the trunk though, it'd have been a lot easier with a bow saw, and for firewood, again, the bow saw's the better tool.

You'll get loads of opinions on this one

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Humpback]

Bahco for me too.
Alan

 

[Shewie]

Another Bahco user here, only just gone on to my second blade after five years.

The Silkys cut better from what I've seen but I do like my Lappy

 

[Tank]

The Laplander is a great saw, however i think it cuts to clean and think something with more bite will get though the wood quicker and easier

I am looking at getting a Stihl Handy Cut Folding Saw

if anyone has experience with one of these it would be and interesting comparison.

 

[Baggy]

Bahco for me too.
Alan

And me, I like mine a lot.... good price to

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Bahco for me too.
Alan

Ditto, Iv got two, lost one and replaced it. nearly one year later found the old one in the boat shed once it was dried out worked fine

Here

 

[TylerD]

Not that it means much coming from me, but, Bahco Lappies all the way, had mine since I first read a review on these forums when I first joined and it's been a constant in my little day bag ever since

 

[Knightfisher8]

bahco seems popular anyway !!!

 

[MSkiba]

Just carry a beaver in your backpack

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Just carry a beaver in your backpack

Very true, see Here for where you can get one for Free

 

[g4ghb]

I'll buck the trend and say a silky pocket boy!

I own both (in fact I have about 1/2 doz different folding saws

) but carry the silky more

I like it as it is smaller but cuts quicker (well above its weight) then the laplander. The blade is shorter but I have never been in the situation where the extra inch or so would have mattered

sorry to muddy the waters but you did ask!

 

[Tank]

I'll buck the trend and say a silky pocket boy!

I had a copy of the silky pocket boy and found the teeth much better, a bit longer and would have be been perfect.

 

[JAG009]

The Laplander is a great saw, however i think it cuts to clean and think something with more bite will get though the wood quicker and easier

I am looking at getting a Stihl Handy Cut Folding Saw

if anyone has experience with one of these it would be and interesting comparison.

Tank the stihl is ok and cuts well but the teeth are long and they loose there set very quickly ,
stick with the bahco about the best allrounder out there

Jason

 

[MartiniDave]

I've heard good things of the silky, but never used one.

I have 2 bahco's, an older one in orange that I blunted, then sharpened and now use as a lender, and a green one that goes most places with me (in the woods that is!)

Dave

 

[Shambling Shaman]

I'll buck the trend and say a silky pocket boy!

I own both (in fact I have about 1/2 doz different folding saws

) but carry the silky more

I like it as it is smaller but cuts quicker (well above its weight) then the laplander. The blade is shorter but I have never been in the situation where the extra inch or so would have mattered

sorry to muddy the waters but you did ask!

Nothing to be sorry for, sharing of good info. is what were are about, might look in to a silky pocket boy as Iv never herd of them, I get in to some tight spots at work so a shorter blade might do me well

Edit = Its it the 130mm or 170mm

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Silky F180... and a packet of plasters.

al.

 

[FGYT]

Silky Big Boy 370mm blade length

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Silky Big Boy 370mm blade length

I'm after something for a tight spot, not something so saw an elephant leg off


How does that compare to a normal hand saw?

 

[Ian S]

I have an orange Bahco and it's quite good.

I have used a Silky Pocket Boy once, and I will replace the Bahco with the Silky.