1.5 oz Ultralight Saw

[svivian]

I’ve posted this before but this is what I carry. I’ve even capped skulls off bulls with this

 

[RCL]

Where can you purchase?

 

[CjMelendrez]

I’ve posted this before but this is what I carry. I’ve even capped skulls off bulls with this

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brand?

 

[svivian]

brand?

They are made by a fellow over seas. Here is the thread about them and the email is included on the first post to contact him. All in they are about $50-$60 with the blade. Silky Blades are about $25 right now i believe but some of, if not the best ultralight blades you can buy. They make a fine tooth blade as well that works better for bone but ive used the wood blade to cap bulls/saw legs just fine as well.

Thread 'Ultralight Saw Option'

May 20, 2022

Hey everyone,

Some of you may already know about this, but many might not be aware of it. I’m also apart of the backpacking light forum. There’s a member on there, Jan (I believe from Prague) that makes a super awesome 3D printed silky saw handle.

If you like to carry a saw like me, you know that the silky blades are some of the best. The problem is the handle is rather heavy. Jan makes a handle for the 130mm blade and 170mm blade. I prefer the 170mm large tooth blade. Here are some pics of the saw, as well as the thread in the backpacking light forum. Also Jan’s email. The price on...

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[twall13]

For those of you that have ordered a silky handle from Jan, anyone remember how long it took to arrive? I ordered one a couple of weeks ago and I'm still waiting. He sent tracking, but on the foreign site it says it's been shipped to the destination country, on the USPS side it says they are waiting on the shipment. It's been in limbo like that for over a week. I'm sure it will get here eventually but I recently read a customs/tariff horror story on here about someone purchasing some Mongolian socks and hope I'm not in the same boat. Jan mentioned he would classify it as a gift to avoid the tariffs but who knows what gets caught at this point.

 

[Robertsericj]

I got a silky saw and it is the cats meow. Also have a t handle that hold a jig saw blade. So light weight I always have it with me.

 

[MuleyFever]

I’ve posted this before but this is what I carry. I’ve even capped skulls off bulls with this

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Used this on my last hunt and it worked great.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

For those of you that have ordered a silky handle from Jan, anyone remember how long it took to arrive? I ordered one a couple of weeks ago and I'm still waiting. He sent tracking, but on the foreign site it says it's been shipped to the destination country, on the USPS side it says they are waiting on the shipment. It's been in limbo like that for over a week. I'm sure it will get here eventually but I recently read a customs/tariff horror story on here about someone purchasing some Mongolian socks and hope I'm not in the same boat. Jan mentioned he would classify it as a gift to avoid the tariffs but who knows what gets caught at this point.

Just ordered one a few days ago.

 

[twall13]

Mine finally showed up, just under a month from when I paid for it to when it arrived at my door.

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[Coopsdaddy]

Did they hit you with any extra cost?

 

[taskswap]

If there are any Silky fans here with a 3D printer (or willing to use a service like CraftCloud) I made a pair of 3D models for handles that you can look at:

Silky Tsurugi Handle - Cut Tang - 3D model by taskswap on Thangs

Simple handle for a Silky Tsurugi blade. In this model, the end of the tang should be cut shorter with a Dremel or hacksaw to reduce its weight and length. - 3D

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Silky Tsurugi Handle - Full Tang - 3D model by taskswap on Thangs

Simple handle for a Silky Tsurugi blade. In this model, the tang should be left full-length for maximum strength. Search for "Silky Tsurugi Handle Cut" for a ve

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One accepts a full-tang Tsurugi blade and the other has you cut off the last "notch" off the tang with a Dremel or hacksaw to save an ounce. With standard PLA, the cut-tang version comes in at 3.4oz which is a bit more than some of the other saws here but you get a full Tsurugi 200mm blade which will easily handle anything you're likely to want to do. You can get the blades off Amazon delivered quickly for $30 which is an advantage IMO over "some guy somewhere that is hard to contact might eventually send this".

To protect the blade/pack while carrying it you can just cover the edge with a strip of electrical tape, or if you're clever, get a strip of "plastic U-channel edge trim" which you can often salvage off the edges of things like cheap posters or similar.

I'm not saying it's "better" than the other options listed above, just another possibility for folks looking for a certain mix of lightweight-but-capable... I love the lighter-weight saws if you're looking for an ultralight option, but if you're going to cut more than a few sticks, they get tedious. A Silky is insanely fast cutting even decent-sized firewood, so IMO this is a great option if you're packing in somewhere for more than a few days and need to process more than just one overnight's worth of firewood.

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