Ors,

Sorry about your injury!

I am a big fan of the Gerber Sportsman's Saw. I was cutting some limbs off of a tree that hangs over our brick wall and it worked wonderfully! I keep it in my PSK/BOB/CamelBak. It has the sliding blade. The only issue I have had is that if you do not tighten the blade knob enough the blade will push in as you are sawing.