As someone who’s been dealing with a lot of low mood lately, it really brightens my day to hear someone express gratitude for my anonymous, unauthorized trail maintenance.
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Silky gomboy saw? Nice
You dropped this 👑
Are you Bóbr? 🦫
Torille
That’s awesome! I also have a trail with some fallen branches and sticks - been thinking of taking into my own hands ⚒️
I got a folding Silky saw for christmas. That thing cuts almost like a chainsaw.
What saw do you use? These things look great.
It’s Silky Big Boy
I love my silkys. I am a carpenter and have the 6" in my pouch for everything from flooring to little trimmy jobs. And a big 12" in my truck for clearing brush like this when out on Crown land roads.
What Silky saw(s) do you recommend? I plan to both hike and do woodworking in the near future.
You can’t go wrong with any of them, and you can buy different blades. I just checked their lineup online and “gomboy” are about where your bush saws start. I’d grab a 190mm straight blade and buy a second blade. When you are out in the woods throw a pruning blade on it, when you are in the shop try and remember to swap it for a fine tooth blade.
The bigger you go, the less you’ll find it useful for woodworking, and the smaller, the less efficient for brush clearing. Curved blades are awesome for brush clearing and straight are my preference for woodworking.
Just head to the store and hold them in your hand, you’ll find one you like and you won’t regret the purchase.
Oh and personal grudge: don’t buy the “hunting” one, with the deer on it and the antler or bone coloured handle.
- It’s the same picture but $10-20 more
- You want a bright colour so if you set it down or drop it you have a hope in hell of finding it again.
Happy trails and happy woodworking.
Great breakdown, thank you!
I should have bought one of those. I did some anonymous trail maintenance myself and used a hand chainsaw (chainsaw blade with a handle at each end). It was a nightmare because the chain kept getting stuck.
Good on you for doing that, I’m one of the people who would really appreciate that!
you deserve it
Nice work, OP!
Is that a Silky?
Yeah, Silky Big Boy
I got a folding Silky saw for christmas. That thing cuts almost like a chainsaw.
You used that hand saw?
Yeah. Silky Big Boy. It’s a really good saw
