Being as BB is down I'll post this here,
I had the opportunity to get out for a few hours today to our local community orchard, a great place to do a bit of carving and have a brew.
I took the chance to do a bit of a comparison test with three saws I've had knocking about.
The ubiquitous Laplander, one of the large silky saws, the "Big Boy" and a new one to me the TRT fineline.
Open
closed
All three saws lock in both the closed and open positions, whilst that's it for the Laplander, both the Silky and the TRT have two open settings,
first setting
second setting
With a Clipper for scale
As a lot of us know, the Laplander is a cracking little saw, very light and very robust. It has a plastic handle with a rubber coating for grip. It cuts on both the push and the pull, for me its the ideal saw to have in a shoulder bag (or handbag, Toddy)
Again, a lot of us are familiar with the Silkies, the Pocket boy being one of the most well known. I already had a small saw (the Laplander) so thought, might as well go big. The big Boy is a monster. Its a very heavy, solid feeling saw. It has a stamped steel handle with a rubber coating for grip. The blade is different from the Laplander in that it cuts on the pull stroke only, not that it makes too many odds, it still cuts very cleanly with little effort, both in green or seasoned wood. Its probably a bit heavy for a day out, being more suited to a long term camp.
The last saw i had to try was a new one to me, the TRT fineline, its very close in design to the Silky saw, so much so that I'd say if its not a licensed product then its in breach of silkies patent, the set of the teeth on both the Big Boy and the fineline are identical.
The fact that its halfway between the other two in size means that its just about small enough to put in a daysack, whilst still being a very efficient cutter.
Out of the three, I'd say the TRT was the one i preferred, it feels like ten time the saw compared to the Laplander, without actually being ten times the size like the Silky.
Cheers,
Rob
I had the opportunity to get out for a few hours today to our local community orchard, a great place to do a bit of carving and have a brew.
I took the chance to do a bit of a comparison test with three saws I've had knocking about.
The ubiquitous Laplander, one of the large silky saws, the "Big Boy" and a new one to me the TRT fineline.
Open
closed
All three saws lock in both the closed and open positions, whilst that's it for the Laplander, both the Silky and the TRT have two open settings,
first setting
second setting
With a Clipper for scale
As a lot of us know, the Laplander is a cracking little saw, very light and very robust. It has a plastic handle with a rubber coating for grip. It cuts on both the push and the pull, for me its the ideal saw to have in a shoulder bag (or handbag, Toddy)
Again, a lot of us are familiar with the Silkies, the Pocket boy being one of the most well known. I already had a small saw (the Laplander) so thought, might as well go big. The big Boy is a monster. Its a very heavy, solid feeling saw. It has a stamped steel handle with a rubber coating for grip. The blade is different from the Laplander in that it cuts on the pull stroke only, not that it makes too many odds, it still cuts very cleanly with little effort, both in green or seasoned wood. Its probably a bit heavy for a day out, being more suited to a long term camp.
The last saw i had to try was a new one to me, the TRT fineline, its very close in design to the Silky saw, so much so that I'd say if its not a licensed product then its in breach of silkies patent, the set of the teeth on both the Big Boy and the fineline are identical.
The fact that its halfway between the other two in size means that its just about small enough to put in a daysack, whilst still being a very efficient cutter.
Out of the three, I'd say the TRT was the one i preferred, it feels like ten time the saw compared to the Laplander, without actually being ten times the size like the Silky.
Cheers,
Rob
