The wire saw was a british creation for escape. The wire obviously could be secreted in a uniform seam. It was intended to saw through seasoned wood silently; barrack floors, fences and railroad boxcars. There are only two wire saws worthy of consideration; the BCB british unit and the US service issued saw. The BCB unit is the most readily available. The military unit has two very large turnbuckle handles and a spare wire. Any and all else is junk. Suggestions of using the wire saw as a snare loop are fallacious, the wire will not close properly. Possible uses for the wire saw in the wild; disarticulating a game animal, tieing two lengths of paracord with one wieghted throw line to slowly cut down a out of reach branch holding food, scaling fish,scoring surfaces to catch sparks or to break.