New (ish) silky.

[tommer9]

Was shown a silky saw last night, which had closer teeth at the last few inches of the blade. Its called a Gomtaro. The chap who showed it me said he got it for when pruning small branches on fruit trees as it wouldnt rip the small twiggy bits. Looked quite good- any of you guys used one?

[Andy Collins]

The Gomtaro silky was the first silkys I had, excellent little saw:thumbup:

[tommer9]

Ah- so not a new one at all. I must have misunderstood- he meant new to himLOL. It was very late after a pretty full-on day.

 

It looked really good, i liked the finer tooth gap at the end. Does it live up to expectations?

[bob]

slightly smaller than the 300 and usually is yellow

been around since year dot

for me they were neither one thing or the other but some like them

could of been a gomataro 230 but not quite sure

[SJH]

They did do a one with purple on it that had 14 teeth per inch that was designed for fruit trees very smooth cut compared to the 8 teeth per inch.

 

they now do this one

 

Gomtaro Apple Sheathed Saws, UK - Silky Fox

[bob]

i use the pocket boy

the yellow one with fine teeth

[jonathan hall]

super for fruit trees, no curved blade so slightly more arm power needed, but not that youd notice. straight blade so less lightly to get bent if it gets trapped at the tip.

sweeeet saw.

[sanny]

there great little saws you feel like arnie using them on birch two swipes and your through the branch mind you they still leave you nasty scars just like all the rest of them:thumbdown: lol.

[Dave D]

i used my gomtaro 270 (8 teeth per inch) today to reduce and thin an oak. most cuts were about around 2 inch diameter but some were as much as 4 inch. done the whole lot with the gomtaro, took allday but my arms feel no more fatigue than you'd expect from a good climb. nice saw, versitile and easy to use.