SilkyProfessional Series PocketBoy Folding Saw 170mm Fine Teeth (342-17)

Wow, this is an impressive product to a true gardener. Those of us who love to tend the yard and garden know that tools come in big box quality and genuine quality. This saw is in the elite tier! It is very solid all around. The folding mechanism, which has been the downfall of many of my tools over the years, gives the impression that it will be in my shed long after its handle is soiled. Even the plastic case it comes in is well-designed and heavy duty with a nice, solid hook for hanging so you can keep track of the compact saw that might get lost in a shed that gets as disorganized as mine sometimes does.Most importantly, the teeth are ideally designed for getting through the woody sinews of a mature bamboo culm, and the shaping allows you to get between tightly clumped culms to cull out the dead wood.Very highly recommend this fine product.

The fine teeth do cut wood a little slower than the medium teeth, but it takes much less force to start the cut and it works perfectly to trim small branches that are narrow enough to fit between the medium teeth. So if you have a blade with medium teeth and you are occasionally frustrated with these two issues, switch to a blade with fine teeth.It will still cut larger branches just fine, but will take more time than a blade with medium teeth.

I have yet to put it to use, but my first impressions upon handling it for the first time are as follows. Right out of the box the saw and the case it came with feel like a good quality product. Nothing about it is flimsy or cheap. It feels good in my hand, the handle has that nice soft-but-not-squishy, rubbery "expensive" feel to it. I own a Bahco Laplander with medium teeth and I have use it while camping to process small firewood. I will have something to compare it to. I will update this post if and when I have more things to report.

I own three other Silky saws with large or x-large teeth (pocketboy, zubat330, katanaboy500). Does that make me a fan-boy yet? IMO there is no by-hand substitute for thumb-sized and larger cutting).But this one (pocket boy with fine teeth) is a better choice for pruning limbs below thumb sized. It is actually faster because it doesn't snag and pull on small limbs like the larger teeth do.So around the house, I find myself reaching for this fine-tooth saw all the time for pruning (instead of the large tooth saws and instead of pruning shears). For larger stuff around the house, I usually crank a chainsaw (instead of reaching for the large tooth silky saws).I still like the large tooth silkys away from home (hike, bike, boat, truck...) for their ability to tackle big stuff. They have been a game changer for all my outdoor activities.But honestly, day in and day out, I actually use this fine-tooth saw the most.

I've purchased the Silky PocketBoy 170 (mm) in coarse (Red), medium (Black), and fine (Yellow). All are very well built, very durable, and very effective saws. Further, the PocketBoy 170's come with a smooth, close-fitting, clear plastic case that protects the rest of your gear, meaning for the Yellow (fine) model, your tool kit, tool chest, waist pack, or back pocket.Replacement blades for all 3 are readily available on Amazon (from Japan), and do arrive quite quickly; replacement blades mean replacement actually is possible, while with competitive product you might as well just buy another saw instead.The Yellow (fine) PocketBoy 170 seems better suited to woodworking tasks requiring a sharp, easy to use hand saw that will be easy to control and give a smooth cut. For the outdoors perhaps this means working to build furniture or wooden equipment, not cutting up branches for firewood.

I bought this saw before a trip to Alaska to cut ribs out of caribou.I lent it to a guy the day we arrived and it snapped within 30 seconds of use.Therefore I was left without a saw for that trip, but was able to exchange it when I returned home.I just used the replacement for the first time today on a whitetail skull, and it broke within the first 30 seconds.This is the most useless saw I have ever used, and I am surprised to say that because my silky non-folding saws have been great. Would never use another one of these though, and frustrated to see it's not eligible for return.

Feels great in hand and folds up extremely compact. I wish I got one level coarser teeth but I wasn't sure how fine I wanted it and I wanted the blue handel more ha ha one thing that's great is I gan just buy a replacement blade and switch out to whatever I need for different projects. The included plastic carrying case is really bad in my opinion it will most likely be thrown away it would be better if it was nylon case similar to a Leatherman even if I had to pay slightly more.

Very disappointed with this saw, tested it out on a piece of soft wood while hiking in the woods. It barely began cutting when the blade caught and snapped near the base. Build quality seems fantastic on the rest of the saw, but when dependability seems to be this low I could never trust it or recommend it. Marking a single star for ease of use, because it didn't even get through a single use. Never buying Silky again.

海外製の同程度の価格の折りたたみ式のこぎりを使用していましたが評判を聞いて購入しました所有していたのこぎりの粗目だと切り始めが苦労していたので今回は細目にしてみましたさすがシルキーポケットボーイです評判通りよく切れます携帯しやすい大きさとケースが付属していることがとても気に入りました迷ったらシルキーポケットボーイシリーズで間違いなし！おすすめです！

細目を選びました．丁度よかったです．切れ味も抜群．大切にします．

Scie achetée dans le but de l'utiliser pour ma profession.Mon but était de l'utiliser pour de la taille sur de petites branches vertes ou sec, afin d'enlever des couronnes sur de jeunes arbres ou pour de la taille comme dit plus tôt.En l'occurrence, c'était pas vraiment le "crédo" de cette scie, cependant, elle le réalise tout de même très bien. Offrant une coupe nette, propre, comme si c'était poncé.Je ne l'ai pas utilisée sur du bois type bricolage puisque ce n'est pas l'utilisation que je comptais en faire.Les dents sont très fines et sont donc plus adapté au bois dur si vous deviez l'utiliser pour cela, cependant elle fait bien le boulot sur de petites branches vertes mais vraiment petites.Je ne lui accorde pas un 5 étoiles car je la trouve relativement fragile, cela vient du fait qu'elle soit pliante. Sur une scie fixe, la lame est forcément plus ancrée dans la poignée. La petite taille de la lame participe aussi au fait qu'elle soit fragile. J'ai tordu plusieurs fois la lame sur des sections de bois trop épaisses, heureusement ça se redresse facilement.Les + : Une coupe nette, franche, poncéeLes - : Lame peut être soumise à la "torsion" sur de trop grosses sections de bois, il faut donc y allez molo, en TIRANT la lame, pas en POUSSANT comme sur les scies européennes.Cela n'empêche pas que Silky produit de très bonnes scies, si je devais classer cette scie dans une catégorie parmi Particuliers & Professionnels, elle ira forcément dans PARTICULIERS. Raisons ? Pas adapté à un usage intensif au travail. Particuliers par contre, allez-y sans hésiter si votre utilisation correspond à la scie !Silky, une marque sans équivalent en Europe, l'essayer c'est l'adopter !(Je n'ai pas d'actions chez Silky mais je suis devenu un FAN inconditionnel de la marque )

実家が大工だったので鋸は昔から身近にありました。要はどんな場所で主に何を切るのかが一番大切な点だと思うのですが、キャンプ場で販売している焚き木や河原で調達してきた流木などを適宜の大きさに切る場合、日常に鋸を使っていない方は万能目だと最初の一筋を入れるまでが暴れる、また切っている途中で引っかかる事が多々あり、ちょっとストレス感じると思います。そういう方にはこちらの細目の方がおすすめです。庭木の剪定などで生木も切るというのなら万能目の方が向いていると思います。自分の場合、家には折り畳み式の鋸が無くキャンプの際にはビクトリノックス　アウトライダーNLのノコ刃で焚き木を切っていましたが、９㎝のノコ刃はやはり使いにくく感じていましたので１３㎝のモデルよりも今回こちらを選びました。

満足です！とてもしっかりした作りで握りがしっかり手に馴染む。