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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.
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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