Silky Saws

[Retired Climber]

FYI, I hate wearing gloves whilst working, but always now wear a glove on my left hand whilst using a silky (with my right). I've got more scars on my hands and wrists from a silky than absolutely any other tool i've ever used. 

[Steve Bullman]

11 minutes ago, Retired Climber said:

FYI, I hate wearing gloves whilst working, but always now wear a glove on my left hand whilst using a silky (with my right). I've got more scars on my hands and wrists from a silky than absolutely any other tool i've ever used. 

Sounds like its a good job you retired!

[Retired Climber]

20 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Sounds like its a good job you retired!

I was only ever playing at it. I don't think suggesting the use of a glove is bad advice though. 

[Bolt]

23 minutes ago, Retired Climber said:

I was only ever playing at it. I don't think suggesting the use of a glove is bad advice though. 

It is if it gets him mistaken for Michael Jackson.

[H and J]

The Zubat Silky saw and scabbard are very well made. Can buy replacement blades. Just the job for what I want it for.

 

Thanks everyone for your input 🙂

[Haironyourchest]

Bought a couple of these Benman handsaws. €20 a piece, handle included, on par with my silky (new blade vs new blade) but a touch shorter. Only bad thing it there's no "click" retention on the scabbard, so not really a climbing saw, unless modified to stay out in the scabbard.

 

 

 

 

[Stere]

Samurai are 90% as good zubat but alot cheaper as 20 quid on amazon.

 

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Edited November 2, 2022 by Stere

[coppice cutter]

56 minutes ago, [email protected] said:

The Zubat Silky saw and scabbard are very well made. Can buy replacement blades. Just the job for what I want it for.

 

Thanks everyone for your input 🙂

Truth be told you won't go far wrong with whatever Silky you use. I prefer the Natanoko as when I was an apprentice I spent an entire week at a bench vice with little blocks of metal doing nothing other than learning how to use a hacksaw properly, i.e perfectly straight level strokes, no rocking permitted!

 

Therefore the straight blade just feels more precise and I keep the Zubat for higher up stuff, but that's just me.

 

One word of warning though, and it's already been said but worth repeating, show the blade a huge amount of respect. You'll probably nick yourself at some point anyway, but if you're being careful you'll keep the consequences to a piece of gauze and a band aid, if not it'll be steri strip or even stitches very easily.

 

Enjoy your harvesting.

 

 

[Stere]

Cutting dead wood always seems blunts saws alot faster than green.

 

 

[Haironyourchest]

41 minutes ago, coppice cutter said:

Truth be told you won't go far wrong with whatever Silky you use. I prefer the Natanoko as when I was an apprentice I spent an entire week at a bench vice with little blocks of metal doing nothing other than learning how to use a hacksaw properly, i.e perfectly straight level strokes, no rocking permitted!

 

Therefore the straight blade just feels more precise and I keep the Zubat for higher up stuff, but that's just me.

 

One word of warning though, and it's already been said but worth repeating, show the blade a huge amount of respect. You'll probably nick yourself at some point anyway, but if you're being careful you'll keep the consequences to a piece of gauze and a band aid, if not it'll be steri strip or even stitches very easily.

 

Enjoy your harvesting.

 

 

 

100%. We don't think twice about touching a chain (if the saw's off), running a thumb over the cutting edge, and so on. Why? Cos chainsaw chains are really not all that sharp. A moving chain is a different matter. But a silky blade is a different beast, different geometry. And a silky is always in motion. Unless it's held in a vice, it's in motion, even the the motion is slight, but slight is more than enough to wreck flesh. Each tooth is a little knife, in perpendicular and back n' forth motion.