sawpod

[Mr. Squirrel]

22 hours ago, topchippyles said:

Full of em down there those bender types 

 

21 hours ago, topchippyles said:

You come across most of the time with the sense of humour of a tin of spam but glad something has amused you old man. 

Yeah man, because you’re a comic genius 🤨 

[Retired Climber]

2 hours ago, topchippyles said:

 

I give up. Talk about a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

[Al Duffill]

I’m sure this thread started out about SawPods, I’ll tell you an honest and on thread reply. As said, £20 is worth it, they last a few years, you instinctively know where your saw is, quick draw and return, the “Pod” certainly helped me become more efficient and organised as a climber, love them [emoji106]

[Dan Maynard]

I think it's a bit like the HAAS, you can find bits of elastic and straps and an ascender to make your own or just buy the HAAS and go climbing. It works straight away, they've done the development for you.

Likewise you could cut out neoprene and find velcro straps and make your own but I would rather spend the time climbing and make the £20 back that way.

So I'm a sawpod user too.

[Martin du Preez]

I find the sawpod a vast improvement compared to hanging off your harness. It doesn’t get tangled in your saw lanyard or much else. It’s always where it is so you don’t have to faff about it finding it or trying to put it away when your in an awkward spot which tbh Is the only time I used one. My only gripe is that my lanyard or rope can get stuck underneath the bottom of the sheaf but this is outweighed by everything else.

But to be perfectly honest since my addiction for the 150’s I never really climb with one, they are just lowered silkys and ashamed to say I cut and hold to much

[Treerover]

Wow, first it was a post about repositioning of cutting tools, which then descended into cutting remarks about folk who like to reposition their tools into different positions only enjoyed by a certain ‘few’ .
This is brilliant stuff [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]……[emoji1345]‍♂️[emoji1403][emoji1458]‍♂️([emoji1315]I couldn’t find a Native American Indian emoji )

[David Cropper]

35 minutes ago, Treerover said:

Wow, first it was a post about repositioning of cutting tools, which then descended into cutting remarks about folk who like to reposition their tools into different positions only enjoyed by a certain ‘few’ .
This is brilliant stuff ……‍♂️‍♂️(I couldn’t find a Native American Indian emoji )

Thank Christ for that! You'd only be compounding the felony with racist undertones. Native American mincers, whatever next?

[rapalaman]

Like this one? 😏

[peds]

Great thread. Because I'm a habitual mincer, I have a silky clipped to my belt even when I'm in the bath (or wherever), but I do find my saw lanyard gets a little twizzled up in it sometimes. So I'm interested in the whole budget sawpod scene. 

 

I was given a pair of ski straps by a fine figure of a man from an Austrian mountain rescue team, and on the same trip I happened to find a pair of cheapo cam straps wodged in a random tree. So I'll see how I get on with both and report back.

 

 

 

I am now ready to receive constructive criticism or a barrage of insults, depending on your mood. Thank you.

 

On 21/04/2021 at 11:23, Mick Dempsey said:

I used to see an awful lot of injured hands and fingers due to silky cuts as well.

 

I've lost more blood to a silky than any other tool, except kitchen knives in my previous life.

 

[Mark J]

5 minutes ago, peds said:

Great thread. Because I'm a habitual mincer, I have a silky clipped to my belt even when I'm in the bath (or wherever), but I do find my saw lanyard gets a little twizzled up in it sometimes. So I'm interested in the whole budget sawpod scene. 

 

I was given a pair of ski straps by a fine figure of a man from an Austrian mountain rescue team, and on the same trip I happened to find a pair of cheapo cam straps wodged in a random tree. So I'll see how I get on with both and report back.

 

 

 

I am now ready to receive constructive criticism or a barrage of insults, depending on your mood. Thank you.

 

 

I've lost more blood to a silky than any other tool, except kitchen knives in my previous life.

 

Sawpods last forever, just get one and save your fancy straps that will catch your ropes for something else.  

Silkys seem to like blood or rope, they usually settle down after their first kill. 

Why do you orientate the scabbard that way? It looks backwards to me. 

Edited February 27 by Mark J