• Bit of a crossover. can anyone recommend. Folding pruning saw?

    I need one for gardening and spoon blank harvesting.

    The z-saws from Axminster seem a good price at £21 and £28 compared to silkys. Would 210mm or 240mm really make much difference other than £7.

    Axminster 210mm pruning saw

  • Tl;dr - if folding, then shorter. If fixed, then longer.

    Personally for that sort of stuff I don't find a longer saw that much better.

    I have an old semi-sharp Swedish folder from my folks that's quite short and a big non-folding silky. If I'm pottering I still use the short Swedish one as it fits in my back pocket.

    I also really like the bahco laplander 396. I bought two for my dad years ago when they cheap. I went for the silky fixed for myself because when I was shopping the bahco laplander had jumped so much in price it didn't seem worth the saving and figured a longer fixed blade would be better. The bahco now look reasonable value again, so I'd probably buy one of those...although the Axminster one looks like good quality.

  • Pricey but I got one of these and it's extraordinarily good. Goes through a branch as thick as your upper arm in seconds

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133392171411

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