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...
What's the point in SAK saws?
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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 
I paid about 6 squid for mine.Mine did not come with any fish.
Hasn't yours got any scales?
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.
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.
i use it for cutting hazel branches, and its easily capable of cutting though wrist thick wood with good technique.
Mine did not come with any fish.
odd mine did!
ooh just noticed this is a wenger carp not a victorinox!
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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.
true?...beats me.
i have used them that way on wet ropes while canoeing, when the knots went all gordian on me.
And maybe thats the best thing of all! Its a bit like the old saying
Q. "What's the best survival knife"?
A. The one you have with you when you need it.
Red
odd mine did!
ooh just noticed this is a wenger carp not a victorinox!
Well, I wouldn't throw it back just for that.
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.
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
ATB Dave
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.
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
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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
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.
Believe it or not, that hook is rated to something like 160 Kg's. Zip wire anyone?
Dave
P.S. - Yes, it is sad that I know that!
Dave
P.S. - Yes, it is sad that I know that!
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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