Ultralight Saw Option

[three5x5s]

1 fine 1 large. Thanks

 

[three5x5s]

Trying a curved balde, its said to be 15-20% faster than the flat blade. I'm not sure if it will work with this ultra lite handle. Will post up when everything arrives. $23.90 from here plus 8 shipping.

Replacement Blade for Silky Pocketboy 170mm

This blade cuts on the "pull" stroke which gives the effect of applying down pressure to the blade, without the need to actually exert any energy-sapping pressure. Incredibly efficient cutting power that you can take almost anywhere! Mirai-Me technology offers four cutting angles along its...

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Put a couple in your cart and wait a day or 2 and see if they send you 10% off.
Needing an ultra=light knife now.

 

[doctor_dirt]

I just got my handles in the mail today. One each of 130 & 170mm. My plan is to keep the 130 with a bone blade in my kill kit at all times. I’ll bring the 170 with large teeth as well if I plan on making fires (a lot of my backcountry trips are early archery and I usually don’t do fires in aug/sept). Bringing both will still be less weight than a pocketboy.

I was wondering if anyone has experience/recommendation for the silky fine vs extra fine blades for bone? Trying to decide which one for my kill kit.

Also @three5x5s any word on if the curved blades fit?

 

[three5x5s]

The curved blade fits, where the curve is some of the teeth are exposed on one side and it may cause things to hang on them in your pack. I may try a cardboard sleeve or maybe a piece of tape to cover the blade. I'll get some pictures up tonight.

 

[Carrot Farmer]

Got mine a few
Weeks ago… love it!


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[Desk Jockey]

I ordered one. Jan was very responsive.

will large teeth not work for bone? I am thinking I cut more wood than bone and I don’t want to carry two saws.

 

[Alaska2025]

Getting ready to make some sort of purchase for a bone/wood saw and came across this thread. Hoping that someone can shed some info for me.
Caribou ribs and skull plate: Would you prefer the 130 or 170 mm, and why?
Bringing 2 blades to swap between wood and bone: Is there a way to store the extra blade? In the handle or some other packaging?
TIA

 

[three5x5s]

no way to store an extra blade in the handle.

 

[three5x5s]

The 170 blade wont fit the 130 handle, but I don't know if the 130 blade would fit in the 170 handle. Just in case you were thinking of having 2 different sizes.

 

[mtwarden]

I use the extra fine for bone.

Mine is carried with the wood blade on, bone blade in the kill kit. Switching out the blades is easy with a small multi tool (which is on my kill kit to insure swapping Havalon blades doesn’t induce a loss of blood )

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

RE; Blades.....$39 for the entire saw, or $30 for just the blade? Ouch!

 

[mtwarden]

eBay sometimes has better deals on blades (coming from Japan), that’s where I’ve sourced mine, albeit a couple of years ago

 

[Shraggs]

Mtwarden, have cut bone with the fine and extra fine?

 

[mtwarden]

only with the extra fine, the fine might work too?, but the extra fine works very well

 

[Shraggs]

I have the fine, but no bone yet. Deliberated on this and hopefully those fine teeth do well as I felt the fine cuts hard or old dead wood way better than medium teeth.

For those interested, the large aren’t going to cut bone at all. I have done a skull cap in the medium - it got done but those teeth are also to big for bone in my experience. Best size for mixed green and dry and hard wood tho.

 

[JordanM]

Awesome find. The slide always has the best gouge. Thanks gents.

 

[Afhunter1]

I just got my handle and two blades in the mail. My extra fine is not as thick as the medium blade and it wobbles a little in the handle. I think a small washer will fix it. Has anyone else noticed a blade thickness difference on the extra fine?

 

[mtwarden]

I just got my handle and two blades in the mail. My extra fine is not as thick as the medium blade and it wobbles a little in the handle. I think a small washer will fix it. Has anyone else noticed a blade thickness difference on the extra fine?

my fine blade is a little thinner than my wood blade; I took the wood blade off and put the fine blade on- just had to tighten the screw a little more

are you using it on the original handle or one of Jan's? if it's Jan's try tightening the screw a little more

 

[trogers861]

Can you guys post a link to the different blades? I did some searching and can't find the blades sold independently. Thanks.

 

[alpinej7]

Appreciate this thread and all the great info!