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 01-29-2012, 02:37 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 666 |  Pocket sized chainsaw
Just figured I'd share this with everybody since saving weight/room in a BOB is a fairly big issue.
It's literally pocket sized when folded up. Just found it really nifty and thought a few of you might as well.
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| 01-29-2012, 12:22 PM | #2 | Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 5,562 Likes Given: 4
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Looks pretty neat. In case anyone missed it, go to http://survivalgeek.com/ and you'll see the pocket chainsaw there. __________________
When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them but protect them against you...you may know that your society is doomed. ~Ayn Rand | |
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| 01-29-2012, 03:40 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 117 |
I currently have a wire saw with my BOB. It's not the greatest, but it's better than nothing. I will be looking to this tho for sure thanks for the heads up. | |
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| 01-29-2012, 09:51 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: , North Florida Posts: 952 |
I believe I could have gnawed through that log quicker, and with a lot less effort.
If I was using it for firewood I would have just let the damn thing burn in half. As far as using it to build a shelter, forget that, I would rather sleep in the freaking rain.
I don't see it as a practical solution. __________________
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| 01-29-2012, 10:04 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: fordland, missouri Posts: 4,876 |
I can cut through logs up to 4" in diameter fadter w my pull saw. Or just use my ka-bar heavy bowie strapped to my pack to hack them into the right lengths.
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| 01-29-2012, 11:41 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 666 |
But if you don have room for a full sized saw or happen to lose your Bowie, even if you don't lose it, might not want to dull it quickly. To me this thing seemed like a pretty cool idea. | |
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| 01-29-2012, 11:46 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: fordland, missouri Posts: 4,876 |
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Originally Posted by kaido
But if you don have room for a full sized saw or happen to lose your Bowie, even if you don't lose it, might not want to dull it quickly. To me this thing seemed like a pretty cool idea.
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The bowie scabbard will take a hell of lot of effort to remove. The knife is hard to get out of the scabbard. I carry a dual sided stone and a steel. So im not worried.  plus branches and hackin apart carcasses is why i carry said knife. Ask anybody that owns a ka-bar of any sort and they will tell you they sharpen easily and hold an edge very very well.
God didnt make all men equal colonel Sam Colt did __________________
Aim small miss small-the patriot
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| 01-29-2012, 11:55 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 666 |
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Originally Posted by Marlinman
The bowie scabbard will take a hell of lot of effort to remove. The knife is hard to get out of the scabbard. I carry a dual sided stone and a steel. So im not worried. plus branches and hackin apart carcasses is why i carry said knife. Ask anybody that owns a ka-bar of any sort and they will tell you they sharpen easily and hold an edge very very well.
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Well....I suppose you wouldn't have anything to worry about with that then. But not all of us (such as myself) have the money to put towards such a nice knife. Thats where this thing comes into play.
I also think it would probably be faster to cut through a foot thick log with this little saw then it would be to cut it with a ka-bar. But I've also never had the chance to use either, so that's just a thiught. | |
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| 01-30-2012, 12:10 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: fordland, missouri Posts: 4,876 |
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Well....I suppose you wouldn't have anything to worry about with that then. But not all of us (such as myself) have the money to put towards such a nice knife. Thats where this thing comes into play.
I also think it would probably be faster to cut through a foot thick log with this little saw then it would be to cut it with a ka-bar. But I've also never had the chance to use either, so that's just a thiught.
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I took the knife as payment for work done on a guys shotgun. A foot thick yes but up to say 8" im just as quick on the hack as that saw appears to be. I have used a good machete and hatchet for a long time loggin though....as in for the last 10 years or so.
God didnt make all men equal colonel Sam Colt did __________________
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| 01-30-2012, 12:18 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 666 |
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Originally Posted by Marlinman
I took the knife as payment for work done on a guys shotgun. A foot thick yes but up to say 8" im just as quick on the hack as that saw appears to be. I have used a good machete and hatchet for a long time loggin though....as in for the last 10 years or so.
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Damn, glad to see people still make trades out there. Money seems over rated and tends to cause a lot of problems in my eyes.
But your right, it does depend on who's using the blade VS the saw. | |
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