I love Silky saws. I keep a 130 in my bug out bag. I have two 170’s in my kit drawer for hiking and a 240 for work in the yard - as well as a non folding 360mm saw. The blades are thicker at the teeth and thinner at the spine which makes binding in the kerf less likely. They are well worth the money!
a few years ago when camping with sone other Iowa UA-camrs I borrowed a friend's PocketBoy to cut some small diameter firewood, that thing made short work of the wood I was cutting. sure performed much better then my Ozark Trail folding saw
Silkys are sweet. They cut so fast. I also recommend the Bahco Laplander. Amazing quality / budget ratio. It doesn't cut quite as fast as a silky, but the saw is more durable than silky saws.
Looks well-made, and having a small saw is certainly more useful and safer than using an axe. It will also be quieter than the loud "thwack" of an axe, which carries quite a long ways in the wilderness. But. I think that a $45 single-purpose saw compared to a nearly identical pruning saw at $20 isn't really the best value for a person's money for a situation that may never come about. I'd go with a cheaper pruning saw and get an extra tourniquet if I had $45 burning a hole in my pocket. That extra tourniquet WILL make a difference. It's really easy to let costs creep up when building a BoB, and before you realize it you have spent thousands. Same could be said for buying fancy alarms for your driveway instead of pebble-loaded cans on a string, or a $200 flashlight, or a $90 headlamp, or a $250 bushknife. There is such a thing as adequate or good enough.
I love Silky saws. I keep a 130 in my bug out bag. I have two 170’s in my kit drawer for hiking and a 240 for work in the yard - as well as a non folding 360mm saw. The blades are thicker at the teeth and thinner at the spine which makes binding in the kerf less likely. They are well worth the money!
a few years ago when camping with sone other Iowa UA-camrs I borrowed a friend's PocketBoy to cut some small diameter firewood, that thing made short work of the wood I was cutting. sure performed much better then my Ozark Trail folding saw
Silkys are sweet. They cut so fast. I also recommend the Bahco Laplander. Amazing quality / budget ratio. It doesn't cut quite as fast as a silky, but the saw is more durable than silky saws.
I have a bahco and it is good. But you are right the silky is like lightening.
Will be adding to my wish list, thanks for the review
I have one and just love it!
NICE
Have you ever checked out the Opinel saws?
I have not. Are they sweet?
@@RealitySurvival Yes as good as Silky but cheaper I have one of the small model I love it.
Cool. I will have to take a look! Thanks.
Looks well-made, and having a small saw is certainly more useful and safer than using an axe. It will also be quieter than the loud "thwack" of an axe, which carries quite a long ways in the wilderness. But. I think that a $45 single-purpose saw compared to a nearly identical pruning saw at $20 isn't really the best value for a person's money for a situation that may never come about. I'd go with a cheaper pruning saw and get an extra tourniquet if I had $45 burning a hole in my pocket. That extra tourniquet WILL make a difference.
It's really easy to let costs creep up when building a BoB, and before you realize it you have spent thousands. Same could be said for buying fancy alarms for your driveway instead of pebble-loaded cans on a string, or a $200 flashlight, or a $90 headlamp, or a $250 bushknife.
There is such a thing as adequate or good enough.
for the algorithm.