Post by: MMR on December 17, 2018, 01:34:54 PM
So I did this while walking the dog, and as you can see he was quite bored looking at me testing the saw instead of throwing a stick for him.
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All the sawing done here was done on fallen and very dead tree branches, so no living trees were harmed in this test.
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So how did it do?
Since the branches were dead and I have no idea for how long, the wood was pretty dry as you can see in the pictures, also the kind of wood one would use to make a fire with.
On a branch the thickness of maybe 3-4 fingers, the saw went through with no problems at all, and in under 30 seconds.
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However, if we step it up a notch to 5-6 fingers thickness which is close to the length of the saw, I did experience the saw struggling quite a bit. The branch I tested it on ended up breaking before I managed to get all the way through as you can see in the picture, but that was also to because of its own weight and being partly rotten.
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Conclusion:
To be honest, I have never had a good saw in any multi tool I have ever owned, they have alway been too small and I have always ended up just carrying a foldable saw in my backpack the times I have been out hiking or camping. A foldable saw doesn’t take up any real space in my backpack and doesn’t really add any weight either.
Did this saw in this SAK change my mind?
Well, no. I will always have a foldable saw with me when I go hiking or camping.
BUT! ...I will say that for its size, I think this saw in the SAK did really well, and for making walking sticks, or sticks for starting a camp fire, or in a hunters case also branches for making a hide or for use as camouflage, the saw in the SAK will do that just fine.
But anything bigger than that, like for supporting any real weight; it will struggle with. I’m sure if you are in a survival situation and crafty enough, you can saw smaller branches and tie them together to form a thick branch.
Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope this was helpful to some.
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Post by: Thehunt on December 17, 2018, 02:17:17 PM
If you got serious cutting ahead of you... Take a bigger saw.
But, the Victorinox saw throw´s a good punch for its size.
Post by: Wspeed on December 17, 2018, 02:22:38 PM
I think the saw is always more of a emergency tool
But it looks like it did ok on those branches :tu:
Post by: kottskrapa on December 18, 2018, 02:14:33 PM
[It's not failure if you learn something from it]
Post by: Wspeed on December 18, 2018, 02:25:43 PM