Hand Saw - Pocket Chainsaw Blade - Hand Chain Saw with More Cutting Teeth. Essential for- Survival Gear, Bug Out Bag, Camping Gear, Survival Kit, Camping Equipment, Hiking Gear, Emergency Kit,

First, ANYTHING to do with the words "logs," "sawing," and "manually," usually won't be easy. This item is a length of chainsaw chain with a loop on each end made of web material. You put the chain around the other side of a branch, limb, or small log and manually pull one end then the other. It takes a little muscle and some time. That said, this item works better than I thought it would. It has a bunch of aggressive teeth and it cuts on both pulls. It literally eats wood once it gets going. It would be a great addition on a camping trip or just to have around the property. So far I have cut up to about a 3" limb off of a tree. It took less than a minute and didn't take a lot of energy once the teeth bit into the wood. I bought this to with the intent of tying a cord onto a weight and slinging it up and over an out-of-reach limb, then tying a cord to the saw, pulling it up to the limb and pruning it off using the cords as extensions of the loops. It works, but it takes some practice and patience. The only problem is when the limb cuts through, it can pinch the chain and there you are with two cords and a saw stuck in a limb 10 feet above you. It takes some grunt to eat it through the last strands of the limb. So far the saw has held up to some major pulling so I'd say it's sturdy. But it works without having to get on a tall ladder with a pruning saw or a chainsaw. Both dangerous. The saw can be sharpened using a round file and the pouch it comes week is handy. This saw does what it's advertised to do and does it well. Recommended.

This Pocket Hand Chainsaw Works better than I thought it would. I'm very happy with this chainsaw. One reason I picked this particular one is because it has more cutting teeth than other saws I looked at (twice as many as some!). It cuts right through branches. I cut through a 3" branch in about 15 seconds! Much easier than I thought! I wanted one of these Pocket Hand Chainsaws for a while because I thought they would be good for camping gear, survival gear, or bug out bags. Surprisingly I am using it at home more than I expected for trimming sucker branches off of trees. Is it faster than a gas chainsaw? No, but it does work good! It fits in your pocket, and you don't need gas or electricity to use it. To Use: 1- Wrap the saw around the branch or tree 2- Pull back and forth on the 2 hand straps, very simple. 3- Apply some pressure and it cuts fast. It has cutting teeth facing both directions, so you are cutting on every pull. Also, when the chain is wrapped around the tree it's cutting on 3 sides (back and 2 sides) at the same time, which makes for a fast cut! The quality of the chainsaw is great! It looks and feels like a normal chainsaw blade. It feels like it will last a long time. Plus, I can re-sharpen it like a regular chainsaw, if needed.

This is an excellent wood cutting device. Small easy to carry, operates on "Elbow Grease" & Steam. So long as you don't run out of steam this thing will cut it. Logs or limbs 4 inches and down don't stand a chance. I recommend this chainsaw blade with excellent gripping devices to all my fellow Woodsmen. JJF

This is, by far, my favorite survival/high reach pruning saw! Although I was attracted to the "made in USA" competing product, this saw has the most dense cutting tooth spacing and I figured they'd last longer between sharpening, if nothing else. It turns out that it's no problem keeping those teeth loaded when sawing and this saw cut through 4" apple tree limbs faster than the other three saws I tested (test cuts were at ground level): Survival Shack Pocket Chainsaw (this saw): 35 seconds Supreme Prod. PS102 Pocket Chainsaw: 2 minutes BCB Commando & Survival Wire Saw: 10 minutes Coghlan's Pocket Saw: 10 minutes for the BCB was bad enough; this saw was obviously going to clock in even worse and I gave up! For pruning limbs (over 50' high in some cases), I've developed many techniques, including sling-shotting pull lines with 2 to 4 oz fishing weights. To use this saw in that application, cut off the hand strap webbing. The hand straps will just snag in small branches, If you tie a paracord line to the flat rope hand straps and the "centered" torque of the hand straps will not keep the saw from flipping and encircling the limb with the teeth pointed the wrong way (skyward and away from the limb). Instead of tying to the hand straps, attach your genuine 550 paracord at the end of the slot nearest the teeth. You must fill the empty portion of the slot above the paracord to keep the paracord in this position. You can loop some additional paracord around and around through the slot and tie the ends with overhand knots or you can drill new holes for the paracord attach points on each end of the saw for your paracord connection. Remember, the key is to attach the paracord near the edge of the triangular metal part that is on the same side as the teeth. This will tend to guide the saw around the limb with the teeth contacting the limb. You'll spend a lot of time frustrating yourself, if you don't make this mod for limbing trees. Next, you might need some stiff polyethlene tubing (ice maker tubing). Slip a small section of tubing over the paracord near the attach point before you tie it off. This mod helps when you accidentally pull the saw out of a partially completed cut. Normally, the paracord will get trapped in the slot in the limb and the saw will not re-enter the cut slot without the tubing. The tubing is wider than the saw kerf (cut) and will guide the paracord up and out of the slot as the saw approaches the partially slotted limb. Alternatively, you could using cord that's larger in diameter than the saw kerf, but heavier cord introduces a new set of problems. I've spend the last week pruning countless limbs at up to and over 50' height. I think I could write a book on the techniques I've developed but, hopefully, this saw and the above tips will get you started. Finally, this is the only saw I tested that could be relied upon to clear downed trees or large limbs from roadways or trails. If you don't have a powered chainsaw, this chainsaw is the next best thing! Good luck with it!

I bought one of these out of curiosity. I had seen them for years and their compact size and light weight seemed attractive. My friends and I tested the saw on a multi day wilderness canoe and raft trip on the Eel River last winter. I also had along a folding aluminum buck saw. In short, after about ten minutes of cutting 4"-6" downed wood, the pocket chain saw went back in its case and the buck saw cut our firewood for the rest of the trip. I had a Schmidt packsaw for years and the aluminum replacement is more compact and lighter. The Bob Dustrude Quickbuck in the larger sizes also looks interesting. Check it out on Youtube. So in conclusion unless you are feeling like a 3hp 2-stroke, forget about the human powered chainsaws and get a nice buck saw. ps. I don't like the triangular folding saws like the Sven saw because as you cut into the wood the stroke you can take gets shorter and you can't cut anywhere as large a piece of wood as you can with a bow saw.

I was nicely surprised at how well the chainsaw works. It cut right through a branch without a problem. It is lightweight and compact. The chain is similar to a normal chainsaw blade. The first time I used it I barely put any pressure while cutting and used short strokes. I thought that if I put too much pressure on the chain it might bind, but it cut the branch with no problem. Then when I put medium pressure and sawed using full strokes it cut through the next branch in seconds. No need to baby this saw, it can handle it! I think it could cut down a medium sized tree, 12" to 15", if you needed to. All I can say is that it works better than I expected!

Horrible product! takes a great deal of effort! If you want to get this product start going to the gym and get in shape for about a year and then you might cut through a 6 inch diameter log in 45 mins!!!

Not sure how well these will hold up. Seem a little iffy but I tested it and it cuts with some effort and has held up pretty well. Not at all bad for the price.