Found a flexible saw

[Tengu]

1938 army one

are they effective of use (no handles with it Im afraid)

 

[Peter_t]

very effective i'v heard, far better than those rubbish 'pocket chainsaws' but like most saws you do need to know how to sharpen and maintain it or it will stop working fairly quickly.

a couple of bits of hazel will sort out the handles


pete

 

[Jericho]

The 'proper' handles for them are just two hard-wood wooden handles that fit in the holes.
I'll post a picture of them (when i can find me camera!)

 

[Jericho]

the handle:

The whole kit:

Don't know if they werk or not, never tried it out in 'anger', but, they look the business!

 

[Chinkapin]

Very interesting bit of kit. I suspect that tool I see poking its head out of the pouch is the "set" for setting the pitch of the teeth, am I right?

 

[British Red]

Yep, the full kit includes a set, file and handles.

They require two people to use well, but they are very effective - as good as a 4' misery whip

Red

 

[Chambers]

I have the modern one of these I suppose

http://www.surplusandadventure.com/...nt-2/web-tex-warrior-survival-saw-517567.html

a warrior saw lol tbh though its not to bad, cuts well and is alot better than a wire saw

Nice to see an original one thought

 

[fishfish]

just got one dated 1943 us army,complete with saw set handles and pouch.

 

[MartiniDave]

My dad had one of those in his shed, I don't think he rated it very highly because he binned the saw and gave me the case, which I still have but have yet to find a decent use for. I know it was in a set of tools my elder brother bought at a farm sale, which turned out to be ex MOD, and were originally part of the equipment of a Bren Gun Carrier, the operators manual for which I still have somewhere.

Dave

 

[fishfish]

nice! the one i got yesterday is sharp as hell!