Victorinox Saw Question

[Millhouse]

Does anyone know if they are any good at cutting through bone?

[Gareth]

  why do you need to know?   Not gotten your arm stuck have you?

I've got to admit I've never tried, but I imagine they would be OK with bone.

[RamoN]

I imagine is for animal bone? if so this proves that they are excelent for that



If it is for human bone... wait dont tell me 

[detron]

nice!

[Cupboard]

Adam from Countryfile used a Wave blade to trim a ram's horn once, the Vic ones seem pretty sturdy too so I'd imagine they'd be fine.

[Millhouse]

It's for food preparation. I have some expensive kitchen knives that I don't want to risk damaging the edge on. A saw would be perfect.

[J Mackrel Jones]

I have used the Vic saw on deer antler and it works fine -  if you don't mind the peculiar smell.

[Millhouse]

Thanks RamoN for the video, just the sort of thing I might need to cut through.

[Freudian Frog]

That was the creepiest way you could have asked the question.

[nate j]

I seem to recall a story about a surgeon who went to volunteer his services in Africa, but had his surgical saw stolen.  Successfully performed a number of amputations with his (wood saw-equipped) SAK.  Unsurprisingly, cellidor scales did not survive multiple sterilizations between procedures, but SAK otherwise passed this test with flying colors.

Bottom line:  Wood saw cuts bone no problem, although you might be best served with an alox model or even a fixed-blade saw from an ease-of-cleanup standpoint.

[sir_mike]

Sounds like you need the alox Farmer! 

[captain spaulding]

I truly enjoy the ease of cleanup from the alox models. Especially ones thick enough to fit a toothbrush in when all the tools are deployed.

[Metaleer]

I seem to recall a story about a surgeon who went to volunteer his services in Africa, but had his surgical saw stolen.  Successfully performed a number of amputations with his (wood saw-equipped) SAK.  Unsurprisingly, cellidor scales did not survive multiple sterilizations between procedures, but SAK otherwise passed this test with flying colors.

Bottom line:  Wood saw cuts bone no problem, although you might be best served with an alox model or even a fixed-blade saw from an ease-of-cleanup standpoint.

Page 27 http://www.e-webtechnologies.com/sak/Victorinox_True_Stories.pdf.

[nate j]

I seem to recall a story about a surgeon who went to volunteer his services in Africa, but had his surgical saw stolen.  Successfully performed a number of amputations with his (wood saw-equipped) SAK.  Unsurprisingly, cellidor scales did not survive multiple sterilizations between procedures, but SAK otherwise passed this test with flying colors.

Bottom line:  Wood saw cuts bone no problem, although you might be best served with an alox model or even a fixed-blade saw from an ease-of-cleanup standpoint.

Page 27 http://www.e-webtechnologies.com/sak/Victorinox_True_Stories.pdf.

Thanks for digging up the source.   

[Xavsbud]

Right click and save as...  Awesome!

[Cupboard]

A neat little demonstration why knives on planes aren't always bad in there, thanks