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I got my saw locally (PX) but you can probably find them online

What is item #14. An LED light? That small? I mean....are those two things with a red tip LED lights?

WHERE DO YOU GET THEM! He asks salivating. How long do they last?

-Nim

The Pocket Chain Saw web site lists the weight as 4.5 lbs. Seems kind of heavy for a small kit. Serious pocket sag!

Cant really understand the need for the pencil sharpener. Heck, you have a knife in there. I don't even use pencil sharpeners to sharpen pencils! (plus my kids think its cool when dad sharpens pencils with a kinfe - it DOES get me some looks at work sometimes, but I try to be descrete about it. I HAVE gotten my entire department comfortable with the fact I carry a knife, and 75% of the people in the department now do too!

It's not that heavy. My tin is 1 lbs 8 oz in total

I think that's for a box of 12. The web site is wholesale I believe. Retail sites list them at 1lb.

Gotta read more carefully in the future. 4lbs did seem kind of heavy for a single chain saw blade of the "pocket" variety. Since I have a small axe in my "truck tools" kit, and a larger one at home, I never really considered it worthwhile to add one of these to my kit(s). If I was a trekker or woodsman, I might have to change my way of thinking.
In an urban surivival environment, it's use would be limited. Any "logs" small enough to cut with this device could be easily picked up and moved out of the way. It would also be difficult if not impossible to brace a 4 or 5" log enough to allow you to cut it with a pulling motion. With a real chain saw you are pushing towards the wood, which helps to keep it in place. You could probably cut down small "standing" trees, but I doubt I'd need a "lodge pole" in an urban/suburban environment.

You may not want to cut logs in the urban environment, but it could come in handy to cut 2X4s for shelter building/repair and/or egress/rescue from a downed building or clearing a roadway from a downed tree.

The saw is just another option/tool to consider when putting together equipment/supplies/kits.

Pete

They are bobber lights, I think SgtMike found them.

Supposedly, you can get them at Walmart, but the ones along my travels don't have them. I found them at Cabela's, but I just can't justify the shipping to myself for just those little guys.

4x4s are too big for the saw in my Leatherman or SAK. If you are near a lot of wood post construction, this might not be a horrible thing for the bug out bag.

I wonder if you could get a metal grade blade set up like this. I've seen chain-type saws that can do aluminum and maybe steel.