Although a chainsaw would do the job in about two minutes, or large manual brush saw in roughly 10-20 minutes, I wanted to try out the little talked about Spydersaw. For those who haven't seen it or payed attention, it is larger than a Police model and I'd rate it about the smallest you would want to saw anything. The first branch went down in about 15-20 strokes, the handle is well shaped to push or pull, but most of the work was from the pulling. The largest trunk was about the largest I would want to cut with this tool and wasn't a lot of fun. You can see I got tired of sawing and muscled it down the rest of the way... :p Total time s...including pictures, sawing and bucking, and not rushing was about 15 minutes. I'm pretty impressed, it is light weight and would work great in a hunting pack or other activity where you might want a saw for emergency use. I think I'll throw it into my truck tool box and get another one or two. Comparitive picture with Police model atop the humbled tree weed. Now to poison the stump or it will be back next year.
You know, seeing that, I may need to get one of those. I've got a similar sized tree in my back yard that needs a little "pruning" and that may work fairly well for the mid size brances.
Cool idea Zen :cool:
:spyder: Scott :spyder:
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Very nice there. I've been meaning to get one of those for trimming the trees around here. I useally use my Se Milie(my most abused model) as I put it in my pocket when it is time for yardwork.
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smcfalls13 wrote:You know, seeing that, I may need to get one of those. I've got a similar sized tree in my back yard that needs a little "pruning" and that may work fairly well for the mid size brances.
Cool idea Zen :cool:
Honestly there are larger folding saws or those triangular frame saws that would better suited, not to mention the big pruning shears...but it was fun to see what the Spydie saw could do.
Civilian wrote:Very nice there. I've been meaning to get one of those for trimming the trees around here. I useally use my Se Milie(my most abused model) as I put it in my pocket when it is time for yardwork.
[quote="zenheretic"]Honestly there are larger folding saws or those triangular frame saws that would better suited, not to mention the big pruning shears...but it was fun to see what the Spydie saw could do. ]
Yeah I hear that theres a company called Bukk or somthing that makes knives too, even heard of some co. named Made on Bench or somthing. LOL But I prefer the :spyder:
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Civilian wrote:Yeah I hear that theres a company called Bukk or somthing that makes knives too, even heard of some co. named Made on Bench or somthing. LOL But I prefer the :spyder:
Hey Zen..... When I read this I thought you could help me with a few of the trees in my back yard.... Let me know if your interested.... It's about time to start cutting firewood for next season....
Very cool pics, Zen! :cool: Thanks for sharing. It has me thinking
Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh;
Let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones;
Let him fracture your bones and you take his life!
-Bruce Lee-
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Woody wrote:Zen always has me thinking.... :o LOL.... Still waiting for the 10 Jester dance.... :rolleyes:
:D LOL, Yeah, me too... :D
Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh;
Let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones;
Let him fracture your bones and you take his life!
-Bruce Lee-
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Now THAT is REALLY cool! Thanks for the awesome pix!!!
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
YEA! I'm not the only one who uses Spydersaw for those annoying tree-lets that sprout up all over the back forty. I do still rely on the ole Felco pruners for the roses and such, and for the really big things--the orange Husquie comes out. But once I figured out the push-pull factor on the Spydersaw, it always accompanies me on my search and destroy limb-lets missions. Thanks for the pics.
Has anyone had to have their Spydersaw sharpened yet?
I was looking for a Spydersaw, but ended up with a Silky.
Looks like the teeth are ground the same. They cut on the "pull" and not on the "push".
Thet don't do knives, but their saws are top notch. http://www.silkysaws.com/
G27
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
i never read a review of the Spydersaw it's relly a nice tool i need to get a good saw, but i like axes more, if spyderco would heve an axe i shure will buy it.
