Post by Rock Chuck on Oct 20, 2006 22:39:45 GMT -5
I have a new Gerber switchblade that I got to try the other day on my partner's elk. You might be interested in the results.
The Gerber bone blade was close to worthless. It cut the bone just fine, but the short teeth clogged up with soft tissue and wouldn't cut at all. The bone blade would be very useful if your elk had been lying there dead all summer and was dried up but we didn't have time to wait. The wood blade was far better.
My partner then trotted out his saw, a Stanley folding wood saw (15-333 - 8" Folding Pocket Saw). Now that thing was a cutting fool. It ripped right through bone, meat, tendons, etc. I've never cut off antlers that easily.
It uses standard reciprocating saw blades. The teeth on the stock blade appeared to be a fairly coarse plywood type. I think it also holds extra blades in the handle just in case. That makes this saw highly versatile. You can buy a variety pack of recip blades and have one for about every purpose, cutting bone, cutting tree limbs, etc. For cutting off antlers, the stock blade worked very well, but they might have one that's better yet. You just have try what's available. They also make longer blades that could be useful but I don't know how well they'd fold. At best you'd have a point sticking out the end of the handle.
I think my pretty new Gerber is getting retired in it's youth.
Dick
The Gerber bone blade was close to worthless. It cut the bone just fine, but the short teeth clogged up with soft tissue and wouldn't cut at all. The bone blade would be very useful if your elk had been lying there dead all summer and was dried up but we didn't have time to wait. The wood blade was far better.
My partner then trotted out his saw, a Stanley folding wood saw (15-333 - 8" Folding Pocket Saw). Now that thing was a cutting fool. It ripped right through bone, meat, tendons, etc. I've never cut off antlers that easily.
It uses standard reciprocating saw blades. The teeth on the stock blade appeared to be a fairly coarse plywood type. I think it also holds extra blades in the handle just in case. That makes this saw highly versatile. You can buy a variety pack of recip blades and have one for about every purpose, cutting bone, cutting tree limbs, etc. For cutting off antlers, the stock blade worked very well, but they might have one that's better yet. You just have try what's available. They also make longer blades that could be useful but I don't know how well they'd fold. At best you'd have a point sticking out the end of the handle.
I think my pretty new Gerber is getting retired in it's youth.
Dick
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