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I found an informative thread re folding saws, appropriate for backpacking, and their use on wood.
I'm specifically interested in how these saws perform on deer and elk leg bones, etc.
Have you used one you can recommend?

My old Wyoming Saw has both bone and wood blades, works good.

Why in the world would you need a saw for leg bones? They come apart right at the joint with nothing but the same knife you do the rest of him with......





But..... if I'm going to use a saw, it'll be a cordless sawzall....

Point taken, Don

https://www.amazon.com/Bahco-Pg-72-Folding-Pruning-Saw/dp/B000QD1726/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?crid=1Y1671LZ9A17N&keywords=bacho&qid=1702348464&sprefix=bacho%2Caps%2C298&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1

This one does well enough on bone and wood. I love the Bacho saws because they're tough.

Thanks Mike and Cricker

Yep. I use the saw to take the lower half of the leg off. The top half I get with a knife as Huntsman said. Change blades to the wood blade and it works great for limbs and cutting down Christmas trees…

Why?

There is no reason to use a saw to remove the lower leg from a deer or elk. A knife is much quicker if one knows the cut.

That said the Havolon folding saw is a whole lot of saw in a light package.

JB,
Yes, and that's how I've always done it. Never tried any other way on deer, elk, bear, antelope, etc. Just fooling around with gear in my pack and wondering about options

I carry a Gerber Exchange-a-Blade saw in my pack. Only time it's used for bone is to cut thru the skull.

Havolon has saw blades for the large folder and it's the lightest useful saw I have used. Those saw blades are sharp and hard.

I do the same. One other way I use it...not really bone...is opening the sternum, usually after it's hung. Knife can do it, but the saw saves edge wear on the knife.

longarm;
Top of the morning to you sir, I hope that your section of Oregon is getting a mild winter like we're having up here so far and that you're all well.

The folding saw I've carried for both the odd bit of wood but mostly removing the skull cap on bucks we were backpacking out was this one which was made in Japan and imported by Coglan's.



The photo is from ebay and I see that one is asking $30 which isn't free, but I believe that if it's the brown handle, then it's the Japanese made one.

The ebay linky thing failed for me, sorry, but they show up there from time to time, some like the one in the photo are new and that'd be my recommendation.

Coglan's does bring in a black handled one which if I'm not wrong is made in China, so it might or might not have decent steel in the blade, I have no clue on that.

The one I have got carried for years and I finally broke a couple teeth when I got careless but the local purveyor of them - Can Tire - had spare blades made in Japan so I bought one and was up and running once more.

I have tried to file that first blade and it is possible, but it's harder than my Teutonic skull so fairly brittle for a saw actually, but then again that's likely why it cuts through skull caps better than the Chinese replacement meat saw blade I've got here at home.

Hope that helped and was useful to you or someone else.

All the best to you all this Christmas Season.

Dwayne

I agree. The only bone needed to be cut is the skull if you need to remove antlers. Here's a how-to on the legs:

There is another way I use one that I didn't think of. I'll often split the pelvic bone if one is going to be hanging while I'm dressing it.

I have used Silky and similar saws to cut skull plate. It works well.

The non-folding outdoor edge saw became my standard about a decade ago. Sharp, light, and tough. Big enough to use and small enough to pack.

Agree on not needing a saw to separate a ball joint , but when I need on I also favor tge Wyoming saw.

I don’t think folks are referring to separating the ball joint….they’re referring to separating the lower and upper rear legs by cutting through the joint immediately beneath the ‘heel’ or what most people think of as the ‘knee’.

I may try the Havalon saw the next time I do need a saw for something, as it does look handy.