Silky makes the best pruning saws, in my experience, and in many sizes. I've had a 14.2" curved blade Silky BIGBOY 2000 and a 9.5" curved blade ULTRA ACCEL for eight years and love both. I use the BIGBOY for larger stuff on my 11 acres, and usually take the ACCEL on canoe trips along with a short parang machete. Never an axe.
Silky's most powerful saw is the KATANABOY 650, which has a 25.6" blade. I think that's too long and heavy for my typical canoe trips, but here's a video of @HOOP (Glen Hooper) successfully using and praising the KATANABOY and BIGBOY for clearing big blowdowns on Canadian boreal forest portage trails.
Silky's most powerful saw is the KATANABOY 650, which has a 25.6" blade. I think that's too long and heavy for my typical canoe trips, but here's a video of @HOOP (Glen Hooper) successfully using and praising the KATANABOY and BIGBOY for clearing big blowdowns on Canadian boreal forest portage trails.
