I bought a *Kershaw 2550 Folding Saw Knife* *Model Number: *KER 2550 Premium Swedish saw steel blade Santoprene molded handle Push button safety lock Includes lanyard hole Blade- 7in. (17.6cm) Overall- 16in. (40.6cm) weight- 6.4oz.




My question is:
Is 7 teeth per inch too course for cutting elk bone in the field to get the meat to fit on the pack board?

TIA

Just looking at the blade in your picture I think it will work fine.

I use the Gerber saw that has a wood blade and a bone blade.

tnekkcc -

i don't use a saw anymore, as i don't split the pelvis and carry a stout enough knife to punch my way through the breastbone.

but if did, yours looks like it would be a good one.

I have used folding (wood) saws to cut bone - teeth were very similar to the ones on your saw. They work a treat in terms of speed of cutting. Because the teeth are so coarse, they may not be as delicate as a true bone (or metal) saw might be.

- mike

I use a Gerber wood saw that looks like a tube and the blade slides out. You can lock the blade partially out which helps doing close in delicate work or just extend it the full 6" or 7" and go to town.

thekkcc

That looks like a rebranded SANDVIK Bahco 396 Lap Laplander folding saw and if is, its an excellent bit of kit.

As Mike suggests, the teeth are a touch on the course side, but having used one to open the rib cage on a couple of Red deer, they work very well indeed.

In fact, its far better that the teeth are a touch too course as if they are too fine as say found on a hacksaw blade, tend to clog up too easily when used on bone..

Regard,

Pete

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7 teeth per inch too course

I've used one like that and it works fine.

Using it kinda sounds like a Civil War field hospital without the screaming.

I use a 7 tooth per inch saw on large whitetail deer and it works just fine, I think yours will be OK for elk. Good luck.