Silky Professional Series PocketBoy Folding Saw with 170mm Large Teeth for Precise Cuts

Eric: Sharp! It’s a hood cutter!

United States on Sep 04, 2023

Guillermo: Great to home use, or cold weather use where a chainsaw may not be able to work for you.

United States on Aug 11, 2023

Eric R. Whitlow: Use this saw to trim branches at my hunting spot. Makes fast cuts and easily fits in a coat pocket.

United States on Jun 22, 2023

Amazon Kunde: Habe die Säge aufgrund ihrer allgemeinen Beliebtheit auf der ganzen Welt gekauft. Sie war jetzt gut ein Jahr im Einsatz und hat von Anfang an überzeugt. Das grobe Blatt schneidet durch frisches und trockenes Holz wie durch Butte und erleichtert das Zerlegen von Feuerholz oder das Fällen kleinerer Bäume ungemein.

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Germany on Jul 14, 2022

Uno che ha buttato i soldi.: Eccellente seghetto, raccomandato al 100%!!!! Roba seria Giapponese!!!

Italy on Jul 12, 2022

Diane Armitage: The cutting ability is fantastic. I really like the visibility of the orange red handle. However, I am concerned the clear plastic case it stores in will crack & break. Can you suggest another protective case it could be stored in?

Canada on Feb 15, 2022

CynthiaCynthia: I can't think of anything I dislike about this straight Silky PocketBoy saw with large teeth and a 6.7 inch blade length. I live on a small tree farm, and I recently had a number of trees cut down by someone with a chain saw. Now I'm using the PocketBoy to saw up the limbs on the ground. I literally sit down on the ground with my limbs and have at it with my handy PocketBoy.

I used it one time to cut down a very small tree (no more than two inches in diameter) to ground level. It performed great at that too, although a curved PocketBoy might work better for that type of task.

This PocketBoy was my starter saw among the Silky brand of saws. My training is nearly complete. Lessons learned:
1. This saw is energy saving because very little effort is required. The saw does most of the work.
2. Silky saws are fast, a testament to the effectiveness of the blade. If you want a slow saw, buy something else.
3. It is designed to cut only on the pull, and I barely use any pressure against the wood on the pull. On the push, I use no pressure against the wood, only pressure to move the saw back into position for the next pull. It takes a little practice to learn the...

United States on Jan 27, 2020

Tyler: Let's get right down to it. I have always been a hatchet user.

I would often frown at all the city people with their $10.00 Saws laboring away at the smallest sticks, struggling to process enough fire wood to hopefully get them through another cold spring night. I would shake my head and laugh, manfully swing my axe and watch the wood chips fly off in all directions with satisfaction. Idiots. You can die out here without the proper gear.

That was me, and forever has been my attitude towards saws until last summer.

The silky pocket boy, is literally the best single piece of gear I have purchased in the last few years. I am a heavy river tripper, and have been focused on trimming down my pack weight for a while now. Why is the silky pocketboy so awesome? Let me tell you.

-The weight.

Coming in at 9.9 oz including the case. (that's confirmed on my gear scale. The saw is just over half a pound) Screams ultra light.
A huge difference from my 2.6 Lb hatchet.

-The safety.

Ever buried a hatchet in your leg 50km into a 100km river trip in the middle of nowhere?

No you haven't, and neither have I. You wouldn't be here reading this...

Canada on Jan 05, 2019

Dave: I love my Silky Saws. I own the Pocket Boy 170 with the coarse blade and the Gomboy 240 with a medium toothed blade. As often as not I carry this 170mm saw in lieu of a hatchet since it's only about 4/10ths of the weight including the clear case. The case has a flip top lid and a wire belt loop that folds down flat against the case to reduce storage space.

I find that these saws are quicker and take less effort than using a hatchet to cut firewood and the loss of wood is minimal due to the small width of the kerf. The 170mm can easily cut 4" logs, which if cut by a hatchet would convert about 6" of the log in to wood chips (vs. a small pile of sawdust from the saw). Even the coarse blade saw leaves a fairly clean and smooth cut surface.

The saws are a simple design, but well made with a comfortable grip and simple but solid blade lock which features 2 locking positions. This saw also come with a clear plastic case w/ wire belt loop.

One thing to note when using these saws: - they are "pull" saws in the Japanese tradition. The blade only cuts on the pull stroke and that's when pressure should be applied on the blade. On the forward stroke, release any hand...

Canada on Jul 27, 2018

Soloviajero: I previously reviewed the 130 and 170 sizes with medium teeth and gave both five stars for sharpness and manufacturing quality. I also have a large tooth Silky Pocketboy in the 130 size, which I tried for backcountry purposes before I bought the 170 size with large teeth. The latter (large teeth, 170 size) is the ultimate backcountry saw. I'm sold on Silky saws, but I wanted here to confine my comments to the 170 size with large teeth as a backcountry saw, for clearing brush and cutting the small trees and bushes (wet wood) that interfere with placing a tent or hammock shelter in places too tight or too steep to put a tent down. The testing ground was British Columbia (Canada) where the salal and undergrowth are so dense that there are few or no places to put down a tent without first clearing the site. I think this is an excellent backcountry saw. It's incredibly sharp, and it cuts only on the pull stroke, so you just grab the bush with one hand and sever it at the base, in one or two strokes with the other. Cutting through an inch thick base of a bush takes only one or two strokes. The large tooth is designed for wet wood, and gummy, sappy wood where it would be difficult to...

United States on Aug 13, 2016