8.2 oz UL Saw Machete/Zombie killin’ Tactical Saw (“Saword”?)

What the – 😂😂😂

“You better hope I take your arm off in one swing – it not, I’ll saw it off!”

Can quarter a caribou in 50 seconds.

Needs a Picatinny rail, red dot, and a spotlight.  For the tacti-cool factor.

Oooo, a red dot sight, hadn’t thought of that!

All kidding aside, a “non-tactical” version would probably work well for trail maintenance.

It’s too short. Make it 32″ long so you can save weight by using it as the rear pole on a ProTrail.

I thought the days of Rambo knives for backpacking were over, but never say never!

This could have some practical uses when hiking in more tropical areas in place of a machete, but probably doesn’t quite have enough mass to be as useful.  The cork handle was a good lightweight choice, but I wonder how well it will hold up with use.  I have cork handles on fishing poles and filet knives, but on a hard use saw/machete I’m skeptical.

It took care of some 1/2″ – 3/4″ branches pretty easily. I’ll try something bigger shortly.

As a saw it’s awesome. Goes through a 3″ diameter green branch in less than 30 seconds.

Although it lacks mass the blade is very thin which helps it penetrate, and because it is light it can be swung very fast, which gives it more kinetic energy to do more work than a blade twice as heavy but moving only half as fast, because kinetic energy increases as a square of velocity. Though it isn’t twice as fast and is less than half the mass of a real machete and is therefore not equivalent, for fast work on the trail anything you can’t chop can easily be cut.

The cork I used is pretty dense, and the Plasti Dip prevents the surface from abrading. But we’ll see how it works IRL.

Does it float?

Ha!
Seriously though, that would be nice. Haven’t checked yet, but I doubt it. The cork handle doesn’t look like it will displace 8 oz of water. Pretty sure my 10” 1.9 oz saw would though if I put a cork handle on it.

Does it float?

Yup.  In mercury.

@gearmaker

Would Polystyrene Panel Insulation work as a handle?

Pretty light stuff, and cheap.

@danieloxnard: I’ve worked with polystyrene panel insulation quite a bit and unfortunately it crushes too easily.

@leukos: The tactical saw doesn’t, but this 10″ 3.5 oz saw does:

[for some reason the site won’t let me upload photos this morning]

Proof of concept!  That version looks pretty nice with the blaze orange handle.  Looks like it would make a great all-around outdoorsman’s saw.

It looks great David!

Thanks guys. I was mostly making it to see if it would work, and it turned out well. I’ll add a thread over on the MYOG forum. Maybe add it to my retail line up too.

Wow.  You are really good at designing and making things.

Thank you … sir(s)? I have a lot of fun making useful things, especially challenging ones. Always up for something new.

That’s really very nicely made!

I particularly liked how you made the handle from cork and then Plasti-Dip coated it.

The entire tool looks to have been professionally constructed, you do really nice work.

Thank you very much. I do my best.