Watching this video made me start swatting away imaginary bugs...

@LarsRibe

6 жыл бұрын

HA! Me too

@russmc3847

6 жыл бұрын

Next video......Bush bug repellent 👍

Silky Saws are not made for idiots...it is that simple!

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

Well said :)

If I remember correctly, he was cutting a short pine stump so he could hang his hammock chair between two trees. The Stump was about one yard tall or one meter for y'all who are stuck in the metric system, lol. And of course, it was standing vertically. It is nice of you to help the young man out Lars.

I'm not an arborist, I'm a carpenter, I never allow anyone to use my saws or my chisels, they are the two woodworking tools that people screw up a lot. A lot of them get upset with me when I say no and come out with' but I've been using tools for years', that may be so but many people do things daily for years without bothering to learn anything about what they are doing, so are no better after years of 'experience' than when they started. I agree with everything you said there Lars. I like the saw buck, I would never have thought of using the lower log to stabilise the legs, great idea.

Wow all the mosquitoes and you didn't complain or get stressed once ;) you are hardcore lars :D

I like your saw buck idea. Looks like it could be quite practical. I usually just fashion a V notch in a downed log and lay my wood to cut, in the V. I think that your method may be a little more involved to fabricate but it looks like it would hold the wood more firmly.

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I normally use a larger diameter log. Longer too. It works surprisingly well even the two X frames are not lashed. Makes sawing safer :)

So people are complaining that they have to maintain their tools? Damn. I thought taking care of your gear was given. Oh well. Thanks again Lars for putting the couch generals in their place.

I bought a Silky Saw after watching one of your videos and have used it camping since. It worked like a charm. A high quality product. In fact, my friend, whom I went camping with, had bought a SOG saw and he already regrets not getting the Silky saw after seeing and using mine. Thanks for leading me to it.

Good tips and tricks. Those pesky bugs were driving me crazy. Keep up the good work!

I have to agree with you again, I've had a couple different Silky's and never had a problem with them. You were the reason I bought my first Silky and I haven't looked back. Great explanation and demonstration brother, keep up the good work!

Dang it Lars, I'm itching just watching you fight off the mosquitos. Good to see you again.

Usually there is the wrong way, the right way, the best way, and my way to do something or anything. KZread has too many critics and not enough experienced viewers or presenters. You can tell who is worth reading or watching. If a presenter is giving an opinion I listen for his reasoning and results and determine which of the above “ways” his opinion matches. Thanks for sharing what you know. I rarely read the comments anymore.

Thank you Lars, for being upfront and honest.

Lars I am a real fully qualified Arborist .I've used silky saws since they came out on the market, since 1993 .it's true there were originally for arboricultural use ,butt that was a long time ago . Now days there even better. anyone who has used a silky at hieght knows very quickly when there is jam , that it's user error !!l . trained and competent!!! is the industry buzz words .cheers and well said my friend .☠👍👍👍💙

@mickenoss

6 жыл бұрын

Sshhh man, Survival Lilly or Wranglestar might hear you.

@henryganzer4685

6 жыл бұрын

@ mickenoss wranglerstar has lost his competition between silky and historical us-heavy metal saw . . . :-)

@henryganzer4685

6 жыл бұрын

generally he talking a lot . . . . ;-) but he is a nice guy

great job showing kindness to the smaller channels🖒🖒🖒🖒👍👍👍👍

Good job on donating one of your sliky saws!! Thank you Lars! All the best from Berlin/Germany.

My Silky Ultra Accel is still cutting well after three years. I had seen a few videos that explained how to use one and they were right! Pull, don't push a Silky, great tip. Thank you for the sawbuck tip too!

I was a welder for a bit when I was younger. The few times I had to backtrack and remake/re-weld something, if I'd blamed my MIG-machine the old beards at the workshop would've laughed me out of there. Summary: Don't blame a working tool for the workman's fuck-ups. I know I've got so many tips from you regarding Silkies if I break one now it'll 110% be because I muddled something up. Watch out that you don't get bled dry by that flying army of bloodsuckers, heh. Thanks for the video Lars, have a great Sunday!

Lars, the mosquitos are flying out of my monitor and biting me crazy! : ] But you made a good point: any tool will fail if you use it incorrectly. I've never had any problems with my Silky saws. Thanks for another good one.

I love love love my Silky BIGBOY best damn folding saw I've ever used, because of you I'll never buy another folding saw unless it's Silky. It does take a little to get used to but when you she chews through logs like no other. Thanks for the tip Lars you the man.🤘🤘From across the pond in Upstate NY.

Likewise i've processed thousands of dollars of wood with my Katanaboy and not one hickup yet. Fantastic saws that are effortless to use when measured against all the other popular alternatives! Am off out tonight again to bring back more dead standing pine for the winter stocks. Thanks also for shouting out Shaskins channel, love his content! :-)

Great video Lars, saws break due to user error and improper use. Looks like the mosquitoes arriving you a hard time. I've used my silky saw for cutting fresh timber - trimming branches while pruning trees in my yard and also use it for cutting Australian dry Gumtree firewood. It's all about techniques and correct use. I keep mine cleaned after every use and maintained. Silky saws are a great piece of equipment.

Your videos are great ! I'm thinking about buying a Silky Saw. I would say as an old married man that you are fortunate to have a wife that lets you buy all those toys ! I'm sure that like me you could live with one saw, one axe and one knife but a collection is much more fun.

When I was in Alaska in the 1980's, the bugs were bad, they would about drive you crazy! I think maybe they are even worse where you are Lars. The no see ems were the worst! Even the net head nets didn't work, they fit through the screen.......we smoked a lot of cigars to drive them off! I don't smoke, but we had to do something! I think I would like Russia except for the bugs! Best thing about winter....NO BUGS!

I'm Loving the Great Outdoors. I do think it is Important.

I learned about Silky saws from you. I ordered the Big Boy. I broke the blade on the first use. The tip, 3 inches of it, broke clean off on my first use. After about 10 minuets of use. 100% it was my fault. Because I was soooo impressed, I did not pay close attention to proper use. I bought my Big Boy from Amazon. The replaces it in just days and with out any headaches. After I got my new saw, I’ve learned to be careful and not push back hard and fast, without Payin real good attention to my action. I LOVE THE SILKY SAWS. I know own 3 Big Boys and 3 other smaller ones. I am hopeful to get all the saws. All models. P.S. I’ve been enjoying your channel for the last 4 months. Thanks for you advice, knowledge and the tours around the area in which you live. P.S.s. Do you ever experience racism from the locals?

The Golden Period is Never Over.

You’re strong. You handle “mallet” like it weighs nothing.

Survival Russia, you are the defender of Silky Saws :-) I sure love mine.

Lars , thanks for sharing ! We have more ticks this year than mosquitos. Silky saws are pure awesomeness ! Thanks to Survival Russia for bringing them to our attention !

Good update on Silky saw skills! I am almost there with my first Silky saw purchase. Have to pay off some bills first, and then its time!

Awesomeness video, I love it when Survival Russia schools them

Thanks for the idea. I love my Silky 2000. Got it after watching you work with the Silky swas. Best regards from Sweden.

Beautiful rant! I also have used Silky saws for years with no problems. Winged vampires, they love a little dampness.

The midges/flies loved you today Lars. Great video 👍

Everybody always blames the tool. No one blames themselves. I,m a mechanic and I know that I,ve broken tools do to my abuse. It,s just a lot easier to blame the tool.

@MarTin-zh3fz

6 жыл бұрын

Gerhard Braatz as a mechanic myself, i've seen plenty of people who have absolutely NO skills with tools to the point that it hurts watching them... kinda sad

@gerhardbraatz6305

6 жыл бұрын

Shashkin, I,m not speaking of you personally. I,m speaking of the comments in general. I love your videos and keep em coming.

The mosquitos. That HAS to be the single most debilitating issue where you live. Winter must be a relief...if it can be called a "relief".

Stay with what works is good advice Lars.

G'day Lars, You are absolutely right. Tools have to be used correctly. Give a surgeon's scalpel to a blacksmith and it will soon break. I'm totally hooked on your Siberian Log Fire concept! It's outstanding. Because of that I'm going to buy my first folding saw for the bush. I've used a Laplander but that's too small; I think I'll try a Silky Boy on your recommendation. Thanks, mate! BH

All of those insects, protein with every breath. Im glad we rarely get that many nasties flying about. Great vid, and as a former tree trimmer, a tool used all of the time must be good and robust or one cannot be safe, effective, or sure of the outcome.

The bugs arrived, I see. Oh boy. Many people who complain about tools or equpiment breaking, especially brand name stuff, handle the stuff wrong or never do any maintenance. User error is far more common than failure of equipment especially under regular weather/usage conditions.

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the bugs are out in force.

Lars, thanks to you, I got Silkyed up. I have one of the bigger models, I can’t remember which, but the one I’m most proud of is the Pocket Boy! I’m a farmer in West Texas and raise cattle. We don’t have a lot of big trees, but plenty of Mesquites. When repairing barb wire fences, we have to deal with them growing up in the fence row. When restretching wire, some limbs are pushing down and some are pulling up. We are loaded down with big fencing pliers, a come-along, a couple of t-posts and a post driver, the pocket boy rides along in a hip pocket just fine. It makes short work of a few limbs. Thank you for telling us about Silkys! Just to let you know how thick Mesquite brush can grow, years ago I was plowing a field and on the edge next to a fence row I saw a huge rattlesnake. Where I live it’s like a religion that you do your part to keep them thinned out. I got down off the tractor and saw it crawled into a relatively small bush in the fence row. I looked around and didn’t see anything to hit it with, so I grabbed 3 large wrenches out of the tractor. I had to try to stand out of striking distance and lean over to look down from the top and see the snake. One at a time I threw each wrench straight down toward the snake and every time it would bounce around and softly land on the snake doing no harm. Then there he was, in perfect health, coiled up in full possession of all my wrenches! Mesquites are a pain in the ass with thorns of there own!

I'll bet most people who complain about or break a silky is because they try to cut PUSHING. Japanese saws cut on the PULL stroke.

@tdrnkr

6 жыл бұрын

Accident's will happen. Just a fact of life.

I wish I could be there. I guess you will just be another on my bucket list.

backpacked 4 days last weekend in colorado mountains, silky pocketboy 120 worked great.

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

Well done :)

good one Lars

Agree 100% Lars, I have a Silky Gomboy 270 Pro and it works fantastic!! It is kind of like knives, an expensive bushcraft knife is nice to have (and works great), but my Mora works fantastic - basically, treat them good/right and they will treat you right ;-) Gruß from Germany!

I like the idea of giving Shashkin one of yout Silky saws! You have too many of them anyway... ;-)

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

It's not possible to have too many Silky Saws :)

@rolandpl1958

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Lars. I just knew you would comment something like that. ;-) When will you give us your opinion on the Silky Zübat 330?

Damn you have lots of mosquitoes in there! Just been out today and feed some myself, but it wasn't as bad. As for the saws, I'm using BigBoy for ~8 months and I love every second of it. Sawing has never been so easy for a hand tool. But, I am VERY cautious about not breaking it.

Thanks for the advice how to fix the nut and bolt - it was loose at my Silky too. Greetings Tino

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

It happens :)

Guys that break or don't like Silky saws, my recommendation is stick to buck saws or axes. It's pretty damn difficult to break an ax.

If I ever break either of my other folding saws then I will definitely go for a Silky, but for now my Fiskars and my no-name saw work fine.

Pull saws do take some getting used to, but when you are, personally I think they are harder to break than a push saw.

What a mess people make commenting on equipment. This was an awesome video, and anything misused will not be awesome. Silky Saws man send this guy a huge check dang. Survival Russian when you have time I'd like to see you saws and explain what you think each is best for. I am considering buying 2 silky saws. One like the smaller pocket boy, and I like that new one with the curve in the handle. The big bad one is awesome, but its maybe too big for my aspirations. please keep the awesome content coming your subs respect your honesty and authenticity

OMG.... The mosquitos....... I started itching all over just watching! Have you tried soda bottles with a little sugar water and baking yeast for mosquito traps? The yeast gives off carbon dioxide, and that draws in the mosquitoes; then the mosquitoes drown in the solution.

I liked this video and I am a great lover and user of folding/pruning saws. I also broke the blade on my Fiskars XTract albeit, the blade had already been BENT by someone else. I'm currently using a Wolf Garten and finding it to be very good, but I have Bahco, Gerber, Silky, Fiskers and a couple of other makes that I forget now to test and review. I was wild beach camping on Thursday evening (video to be uploaded tomorrow, hopefully) and the Folding Saw was by far the best and most used tool I needed. Only downside to this video Lars is that you left me scratching bites that I don't have. LOL.

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate :) I was not aware of the fact that you make videos :) I gotta check that out. Bugs are out!

Great video as always Lars! People often prefer to blame the tool than to blame themselves. I always try to keep the blade on my Gomboy 240 from bending at all. I have a seething hatred for those flying vampiric swarms of death! The main reason I don't go in the woods much during the summer. It'll be interesting to see which saw you gifted him! I'll make sure to check his channel for the video.

My Dad used to say a poor cook always blames the stove.

I know you get grumpy with people a lot but I think people just feel they are a little flimsy and not very robust. Most people dont want to repair a new saw or worry about breaking them all the time. Most saws never have these problems. They cut well because they are thin and floppy. Silky make great saws but you need to look after them. I feel that's all people are getting at. I don't use mine much when it's important for this reason. I'm sure people don't mean harm by these comments.

Ha ha ha, snot bubble, toast choke moment... Pro user, 20yrs cutting timber with Silky saws. Never had a single blade issue. Arborists use Silky for one reason only, reliability and performance! "Bad workman always blames his tools"

If it turned out for example that I was breaking a Silky every six months I would still buy and replace them. The amount of wood I get out of the Bigboy over six months justifies the cost in money and time saved. As it is I have not broken my Silky.

Great video Lars greetings Jan

Very nice

I agree with you 100%. I saw that conversation on his channel. If your saw breaks or bends, it's trying to tell you something. Learn how to operate it properly. Same as a chain saw or an axe or a knife or a hammer. There is also something else that I often see that really bugs me....People using a silky saw, or any saw, to cut off the end section of a large branch or log and holding the end of the branch instead of the large side of the branch.

@ijursic

6 жыл бұрын

Shashkin's Russian Bushcraft Channel Agreed, some commenters have political answers and some have useful answers. I noticed that when the blade broke you didn't blame the saw. I like your attitude.

Lars, you need to import a huge colony of bats to attack those insects, looked like you were getting eaten up. Maybe you should look into some sort of netting, at least for the head, I couldn t handle it, Cheers in Russia and good luck on the big football tournament over there!

i got the big boy 2000, the thing is ''awesome!'' but rather too large for the majority of my wood cutting needs. friggin thing is a beast, i should get a smaller one also.

hey lars ever used a pocket saw? i was looking at the one that savotta makes recently and it looked pretty decent

you really love these saws lars xD

Omg the bugs were driving me crazy and I was just watching! Lol you must be used to them. I would be wearing a bug net over my face. Awesome video! Always enjoy your stuff 👍👌💪👏

"Vampires!" Ah Lars. You always make me laugh. Cool saw buck, but i don't have dirt up here. LoL. Take care!

Silky Saws are excellent Tools. People just have to be Smarter than the Tools they are using. Love the Sawbuck! Of course, if you were a "Real Bushcrafter", you would have spent half a day making Cordage from Plants and using them to secure the Pegs you carved with your $90 Bushcrafter Knife! Too bad you're just a Guy whose Backyard could cover Alaska twice over!😀😀😀 Thanks again and Take Care, Lars.

I think you ate your fill of bugs in this video Lars. Lol, gotta love a natural diet. Great video as always.

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

I did :)

I couldn't stop itching watching your video jesus that would do my head in Lars lol

I need to buy more Silky saws ^^

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

All saws, folding or, not can break and bend.

Almost made it. I'm second Gotta get me a Silky. I hate mosquitoes

Another common sense video. Loved your sawhorse great idea. I saw you make one in the winter but forgot about it. I will not in the future.

i bought a real cheap one/ army surplus , few years ago..no problems. just some pitch build up lol.

Hoory cwrap ! The Russian version of YT ReallyBigMonkey and David's super warehouse of survival gear.

Great vid. Speaking of tools, have you reviewed any twig stoves like the Bushbuddy or Folding Firebox? Interested in your views. Cheers

I am curious about something regarding the Silky saws. Right up front let me say that I do not have one and my comments are in no way knocking Silky. What I am trying to do though is learn something so I figure Lars, you are a good person to ask.When I purchased a saw for my backpacking kit, I purchased the Bahco Laplander. My main reason for doing so was because it cuts on both the push and pull stroke, unlike the Silky saws. I felt that because it did this, that the Laplander would be a more efficient use of my energy than a saw that only cut on the pull stroke. I am wondering why it is then that a saw that only cuts in one direction is felt to be a more efficient saw.

I'm always disappointed at how those people who don't know how to use a tool will always blame the tool for their own incompetence. So many times in my life, I've seen people who were so inept, they could damage a blacksmith's anvil with a rubber hammer without trying to do so.

And could you show using the polycarbonate bottle lashing trick on the sawbuck legs?

You should get one of those mosquito net hat things I forget what they are called

Try living in Scotland and experiencing those pesky midges.

Silkies cut on the pull stroke, if you manage to break a blade that cuts under tension you are using it wrong. Draw saws are nothing new, you just gotta use em right.

Yay the mosquitoes are back! You must be so happy!

You are brave to make a video with all those bugs!!!!

Great saw buck! I guess it will get even less wobbly, if I lash a "X" between the two legs. AWESOME, that you donate a saw! Situationen med den knækkede sav minder mig om, da en kendt youtuber knækkede spidsen på sin kniv af kendt svensk mærke.. straks var den model kniv fuldstændig ubrugelig. Vor Herre til hest.

Great video. Thanks for all the information and tips.

Great video Lars! I have 2 Silky saws and they work great and I won't let my brother in law borrow/use them, ha ha. I thinking about getting a Silky Zumbat fixed blade saw, do you like them and would you recommend them?

Please check the Buck Saw 0755 BKM-B with saw folding silky f118. Thank you very much.

Why don't you use bug repellant?

"If I don't know how to use a tool it is a bad tool. " Check, got it.

those moseys really give your hands a work out lol

You can't go past a silky they are awesome.

Broken tip on pocket boy 170 is not unusual. It is not big problem , because you lose 1-2 teeth. F180 has thicker blade than pocket boy, and I didn't brake it, unlike the pocketboy. The tip brakes when you are sawing fast and hit the wood with the tip.

Good vedio lars, dang bugs, lol

Seems to me an Arborist cuts wood all day and everyday. That is more hard core than weekend bush-bunnies.

Looks like the bug army is incoming! :(

The sharpened face of my gomboy teeth are black . just the sharpened face nowhere else just the face. Was the gomboy born with black teeth or is it a kind of rust. I hadnt used it for a month and the last time I used it i was cutting sappy green wood.

@SurvivalRussia

6 жыл бұрын

It's most likely the impact hardening. Some of my saws have very dark blue/black teeth points.