Saw Review: Various Saws

So, here are the contenders. Now I couldnt find the other gerber saw So, I used a small fishing style knife that I got from a friend of mine, who was a fishermen in Nova Scotia.

Now, to start things off, I began With the Victorinox Camper.

Now, it cut very well, though didn't have a long enough blade, It was pretty comfy to hold, I think the teeth were a lil' bit diffrent than the others, which made it not as good as the rest.

BTW, for all the hand helds, I did a test of 50 strokes on each to see how far they would go through the 1X3.

Now for the Vic OH fireman.

Now this tool cut extremely well. After 43 full cuts(push and pull, like every other) It was too the point of just about going through, which I didnt do for some reason.

This tool I am more than happy to have along in my new psk.

Now were on too the "Fishing" Now my friend used his all the time while we were in the woods, It works for small brachs, mabye 1''-2'' circumference.

Now, this obviously wont saw through anything, on a thin green brach, with enough force, you can "cut/saw" you way through it, its not made for sawing, see that little notch between the other cuts, yeah, thats after ten strokes.

But, it does notch very well, have a look.

Continued......

So, now for the Leathermans.

Blast:

This also cut very well(far left cut), I've made a "homemade" latace fence with this tool and it did fine. After 40 strokes, it would have gone through on 42, or 43 but I stopped.

Wave:

This is my favorite tool, and it rides with me most of the time.

Now, after 42 strokes it made it this far(far left)

I more less wanted to try these things out after some of the recent "saw talk" around the forum.

So, continued on the next page. Fiskars and Gerber saws.

Fiskars:

This saw comes with me in my new possibles kit, And frankly, I love it. Its simple, well desgined and sturdy, for 20 bucks, imho you can't get a better saw.
Now this test was done on a piece of 4X4.

After 100 strokes, it did pretty good, and remember, If you've ever counted the amount of pushs and pulls, they go by pretty fast.

Gerber:

This has been used an amazing amount. I've had it for about 2 years and used it almost every weekand, up untill I moved to Alberta.

So, its lock up it good, nice and sturdy, I moved to the Fiskars because I like the teloscopic blade abit more, Plus it gave me a reason to buy a new one.

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And after 100 strokes, it came to almost the same place as the Fiskars. Not bad at all.

So there ya go guys. All in all, I like all of these tools, and am more than happy to of bought them. For the price, you cant beat the fiskars and gerber saws Plus none of this made in china stuff.
I think any and most of the multitools and Sak's are about the same in cutting power( depending of size) The only tools I dont know about are the gerber ones because they use jig saw blades iirc. So, depend on the blade, you will get diffrent results.
If you looking for a small knife for a psk, the camper would work great, want a step up the oh fireman is your best friend.
Also I want to say, I tried my best to keep the power and and speed the smae and the pushs and pulls, as with the saws.

So, if you guys have any questions and comments, please let me know.

Great review!

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Great review Fonly, keep em' coming Fonly Very Happy

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Oh yeah I totally forgot about this post it was very well done. Also the photos are great.

Fonly whats the blade that flexes the least?

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

The least would be the fishermans knife. Thickest edge, then the multitools/sak and then the folding saws, you could bend them with enough force.

Do you plan on doing more reviews because I really enjoy them Very Happy

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oh yeah, one of these days soon, Im picking upo a CS Recon Tanto and Ill do some testing of it.

You get the Cold steel recon tanto yet?

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	Survivorman wrote:
	You get the Cold steel recon tanto yet?

Nope got the Ka-bar. Laughing

One of these days, the recon tanto and SRK will have a place in my collection.

Fonly wrote:

	Survivorman wrote:
	You get the Cold steel recon tanto yet?

Nope got the Ka-bar. Laughing

One of these days, the recon tanto and SRK will have a place in my collection.

The Recon tanto and the SRK look pretty similar Confused

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