Silky? Worth the doe

Re: Silky? Worth the female deer

I hardly ever use a chainsaw on anything but removals. chainsaw is too heavy and throws you off balance. 5 or under i cut it faster with the zubat.

the sugoi does not have hardened teeth which makes it dull out quicker like the fanno or stihl or other handsaws. you can sharpen them. I dont find the sugoi or the ibuki to be all that great. the gomtaro and the zubat are hardened which gives then that long life and silky smooth cut, IMO trhey outcut the bigger saws even on bigger wood. you cant sharpen them though. not worth carring both around it would seem. they do have another big saw with two handed capabilities which has the hardened teeth. I cant remember the name although I cut with it at ISA and was impressed.
 
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there is a cool little poster that silky puts out with symbols for all of the different teeth and hardening that goes into each type of saw. cool to look at. the big difference betwwen the zubat and other saws is that hardening. the sugoi I think has four rows of teeth though, or that might be the hibuki pole saw. I cant find that lil poster.

they also make the teeth in all different numbers for different purposes. A fine toothed comtaro is awesome for a crab tree or bradford pear where a zubat will rip and shred it like a chainsaw.
 
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Hey ed, I remeber you satin that the stihl handsaws cut well when you worked with aspen, I'm just thrownin this out there, and maybe you folks know, but is ars supplying the saws and scabards for stihl to paint and label with their name, I own an ars handsaws and it looks exactly like the stihl, all the way down to the roller built into the scabard.

Ars makes a great saw, I'm just wondering if stihl stole the concept and design or if it's "on loan"
 
Re: Silky? Worth the fillies?

The Stihl products are made by ARS....

Silky saws may be hollow ground like the stellar Samurai Ichban blade, meaning thickest at the tooth. They are not heavier than Fanno blades. Zubat and others are impulse hardened. Thus, not only are they faster cutting out of the box, but far outlast Fanno blades.

My esperience also has found that the Ichiban blade is equal or superior to the Zubat, which makes it a great bargain.

The standard Samurai blade isn't hollow ground, but is impulse hardened, costs about the same as Fanno, and will far outlast it.
 
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i am new to all this climbing gear. my friend is going to help me pick out some gear. which harness or saddle should i get and witch ones do you like, i have climbed for a year but now i want to get my own gear.
 
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Welcome Rayman.

Gear choices are a personal thing, at least when you're buying your own. Best thing I can offer is to encourage you to attend a few climbing comps and see what other people are using, maybe try some of it out... plus, TCCs are just fun anyway.

You can also search on here for threads about gear... there are tons. Cruise the Rants&Raves forum... if that's not what you're doing already.

There are a lot of nice saddle choices out there, you should look at and try some on. I'm partial to the Komet Butterfly II but a lot of new stuff has come out in the last couple of years.
 
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i agree, the bfll is well worth its price and a great saddle, i owned one for about a year and loved it. in fact, i sold it when i got my new saddle (treemotion) and missed it so i bought it back from the kid.......then i turned around and sold it again 6 months later
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now im wondering where it is again. i miss it
 
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I have cut with a sugoi and an ibuki. Love them both!! I also agree with Famtree, I climbed in a bfI for a l o n g tiime!! Bought a treemotion, I went back and forth for quite a while trying to figure out which one i liked better. After many adjustments i have stayed a while in the Tmotion, but still go digging through the box for the b fly
 
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I bought a Silky Ibuki, it is by far and away the worst handsaw ever to have been puked into existence. The unworthiness of this saw is catastrophic in the extreme, a pitiful attempt by Silky to capitalize on the current flavour for Japanese handsaws. Its a disgraceful handsaw, despicable and easily set to become the most despised piece of arboricultural equipment known to man.

Its kerf is too wide, the curve is too deep, the balance is like a drunk on a saturday night boozebag expedition, the weight is a folly and worst of all the philosophy behind the design of such a useless piece of equipment is sinister at best.

If you want a good handsaw, try the new Silky Natanoko.
 
Re: Gear? Silky? worth the fillies?

The Natanoko is a really nice saw, but has an unfortunate tendency to chew it's way out through the side of the scabbard. Maybe it could be fitted with some other scabbard. like the ones "two-gun Jim" has on his leg?
 
Re: Gear? Silky? worth the fillies?

I've had experience with Silky Yamabiko. I'm not sure how this one got out into the market. Nice innovation on the top side of the saw, but the teeth are too aggressive for smooth sawing. Its definitely a saw out of place in my kit.

Hope to see that run of teeth on the top of the blade made available on a more popular saw.

Stig, you talking about my double saw leg-mounted apparatus. Those are the stock Silky leg scabbards. If it is, can you cross-post the link?
 
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Stig, you talking about my double saw leg-mounted apparatus. Those are the stock Silky leg scabbards. If it is, can you cross-post the link?

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Those should fit the Natanoko, then.
What do you mean, cross-post the link? Sorry, that one is not in my vocabulary.
 
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