#196984 - 03/02/10 11:50 AM
Let's hear it for the Swede saw!!!
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It was a chilly and drizzly evening in the north woods...the kind of drizzle that was not quite rain, not quite fog. The sun goes down early in October and I was returning to my solo camp a little later than I had planned. I had spent the afternoon in a remote gravel pit shooting 12 ga slugs, about 50 of them, practicing shots at different ranges and elevations. I had planned to buy dinner and some firewood at a little place I had been to many times before on the remote Mooseline Trail. With anticipation of a warm place and a hot meal, I crested the ridge in my truck. Almost there, I could see the old sign on a long pole. I felt like I was starving, and a hot roast beef sandwich and a beer was now in my sights. As I got closer in the dim light I sensed something wrong; the sign was there but where was the building? It took my mind a minute to comprehend what I was seeing; my little refuge in the woods had burned to the ground. There was nothing else around and now feeling cold and hungry, I needed to return to my soggy camp and make a fire. I would need more firewood than I had in camp. I had a saw and a large camp hatchet in my truck, and I took the hatchet into the dripping wet woods. I found that the repeated impact on my shoulder from 50 rounds of high-brass slugs had rendered my right arm almost useless. In the rain I couldn't hold and swing the hatchet safely. I went back to my truck and got my small Swede saw. It saved the day, and soon I had a stack of firewood and a nice little fire going. Without that saw, it would have been a cold and wet evening in camp. Lesson learned, plenty of firewood under a tarp in my camp now, and a shiny new small backup swede saw in my gear......Hotdogs in the rain never tasted so good.
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#196989 - 03/02/10 01:23 PM
Re: Let's hear it for the Swede saw!!!
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I was once salvaging old mesquite fence posts for firewood, and the mesquite would dull our chain saw to the point where a resharpened chain was needed about every third log. I figured I was going to have a tough job cutting the logs to fireplace length with my swede saw...
No problem. The saw went through the mesquite like a hot knife through butter. I do keep a small one in my vehicle all the time.
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#196993 - 03/02/10 01:47 PM
Re: Let's hear it for the Swede saw!!!
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It is also called a bow saw. Folding or not folding would depend on how the handle is constructed, but the blade can easily be removed for safer storage and handling (provided you've got a tube or something to stuff the blade into). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_saw I've seen variants of these where the handle and blade would fold into a single lightweight tube - but of course with some minor reduction in size and robustness.
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#196994 - 03/02/10 02:16 PM
Re: Let's hear it for the Swede saw!!!
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INTERCEPTOR
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I have one of these and LOVE it. It's light, sharp, packs small, and carries extra blades inside the handle. What-A-Saw -Blast
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#197024 - 03/02/10 11:12 PM
Re: Let's hear it for the Swede saw!!!
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Journeyman
Registered: 11/23/05
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I heard a secondhand reference once to a Canada Ministry of Transport study where they interviewed pilots who had survived aircraft forced landings. The interviews went through what equipment did they have with them, what did they use, what did they NOT use, what did they need (water was on the top of that list).
One thing they noted was that you should pick tools that can be deployed and used with your non-dominant hand, since that hand is frequently damaged or broken in an accident.
That suggests that a saw would be better than an axe or machete both for cutting and for safety. I fear that the limbs I would cut off using an axe lefthanded would probably be my own.
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#197029 - 03/03/10 12:15 AM
Re: Let's hear it for the Swede saw!!!
[Re: GauchoViejo]
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Registered: 01/28/10
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Excuse my ignorance. What is a Swede saw? Is it a folding saw like the Bahco Laplander or something different? As someone mentioned above, this saw has different names, Bow saw, buck saw, as well as Swede saw. The old ones had a wood frame, the new ones have a lightweight steel frame. You can see one here: http://www.toolnewz.com/HandTool_Basics/Handsaw.html
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#197052 - 03/03/10 03:14 AM
Re: Let's hear it for the Swede saw!!!
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Pooh-Bah
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Way back, at least where I was, most people called them a 'Sven Saw'. There was a larger bow version that was quite capable and a small and lighter folding triangular looking unit that was popular with campers and trail clearing crews. Folded you had a single aluminum bar with all the pieces or the frame and the blade stored inside.
Good product. Haven't seen one in a few years.
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