Sven 15 Inch Saw | Bushcraft Saws | Field Overview

Hey what's up Turtles, Crick here with Black Isle Outdoors. Stoney and I are out today getting some videos and we're walking along probably an old skid trail and came across a down birch limb that was blocking the trail so we thought grab out this fence saw this is a 15 inch version right here have yet to use it this is the first day out so we thought might as well clear this limb away from and out of the trail and test out this saw see how it does and you know see how i like it like i said this is a 15 inch version this is i believe right around $34 retail price there is a 21 inch version available basically the body or frame is comprised of aluminum anodized aluminum and the saw itself i don't know what kind of steel it is i believe this is made in denmark but i think it's swedish steel and made in denmark and i think it's all assembled in minnesota it's a really cool design it's collapsible and i'll actually show you how to do that how to take it apart and how how nice it stores so there's nifty little constructions right here i left it on for the sake of the video no need to keep it on but this is how it comes out of the packaging to take it apart it's really easy this red part of the of the frame is actually the handle you can hold it here hold it two-handed if you desire but there's a wing nut down here that all you do is unscrew this and careful not to drop it when you're unscrewing it wouldn't be a bad idea to maybe carry a backup with you in your kit basically that comes off and then the handle this part excuse me this part of the frame and this come out of the handle and the blade sort of pivots and slides back in this part of the frame and then to store it all you do is drop this down and feed it until that comes through hanging out here and let's hang it through then you just place the wing nut back on it on the bolt once you have that and you can just tighten it up and keep it from moving and that's really it that's all there is to it this is just under a pound i want to say 15 ounces for this 15 inch version but it's really nice really simple as you can see how thin it is really not going to take up much space let me grab my pack real quick sorry grab my pack and show you how it can possibly be stored so right now i just have the hatchet in the side of my pack right now but say i want to take this out and because it is nice and you know this sort of slim slender design if you will i could slide this behind some of the some of the webbing sliding the side of my pack and then with this in conjunction with this retention strap you know i could possibly carry this on the outside stores really nice really easy and this is a day pack you know it's a smaller smaller volume bag but it can also just like slip on the inside of the bag really easy really easy to store and carry really lightweight and just a really cool all-around design so to take it apart or to put it together just reverse what i've just shown you just unscrew this and slide this out and as you slide it be careful because the blade does pivot you want to make sure you kind of have the opening up as you open it as opposed to if you want to pull it out and you open it down the blade can slide out potentially hit you right away just be cautious as you pull it out make sure the blade's pointing up i want to say the replaceable blades for this size of 15 inch i think is right under 12 11.95 or something like that so all you do is just uh there's just a screw and a bolt up in here screw in a nut excuse me and undo that and you can just pop in these new blades this actually did not come i guess it was forgot got past quality control from the factory and this was purchased there was no hardware here and the blade was just sliding around contacted spencil they sent it out right away no questions this little piece of hardware i believe on their older models this was just a rivet up here it wasn't this uh wasn't this little bolt and nut but this makes it very easy easy to change out blades with this but anyways once you have it out you have it at this point then the next step you want to find where the handle is going to go in this in this large opening as you can see the handle is going to fit into this you find that over here is where the bolt is going to slide into and i'm trying to keep this all in frame for you to make it you know translate well to see but basically to do this keep it safe i'm just going to put the handle in that way the blade is secure it's not going to fall around and i can get it close to where i want it over here and then lift up on the handle a little bit so i can slide this in and then put it back down and it's as simple as that and then once that's in and then just put the wing nut back on get around get it tight and that's really all there is to it all there is to it really cool just a really cool design ingenuity um i was doing some cuts with it like i said before and like you saw really really uh cuts pretty well honestly not a lot of force into it this is a piece of birch which is not the easiest wood to cut through depending and you know with you know minimal effort it uh it cut pretty efficiently and that's really big on cutting tools knives and or saws it's really versus the weight size and the ease of use meaning the amount of calories you're going to expend using using the the tool ideally you want to have you know the most efficient design for what it's intended for using your least amount of calories but basically i'm just going to do you know one or two more cuts on this little bit a thicker piece of the branch that down here and uh throw it out of the way and wrap it up so size you know um i believe this is rated the 15 inch is rated about a six inch six inch log should take about a minute that's depending on obviously your skill your technique and strength and all that but this does a cut on the push and pull all in all it's just a really neat little design um it cuts really well definitely be you know good for going into the backcountry not you know not a lot of moving parts potentially if the frame you know did break on you somehow make a bow saw you could do that with the blade carried or you know just carry the blade if you want it's really small for that but nonetheless it could be done and for the price you know just a nice piece of kit to have just a nice piece of kit as opposed to a folding saw both to work well but it's nice just to have options out there and you decide what you like hope this video is helpful if you have any experience with this all let me know any experience with the 21 inch version versus this please let me know um any questions leave a comment remember to check out blackoutdoors.com check us out on facebook check out blackout on instagram this is kirk signing out with blackout later turtles