Wicked saw

[RedMF40]

Never seen this design.

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

I've seen that before but I have no idea what they were thinking designing something like that.

 

[T.R.K.]

Isn't that called a 'bow saw' (or some such.) I would think slightly less likely to pinch the bar, but I bet there were times they sawed clear through and then couldn't get the saw back out.

 

[Mule Meat]

Powered bow saw. Mainly used for tree pruning and bucking firewood from pulp wood sized logs.

Tho you can still buy them, the bars and chains. They are not as popular as they once were.

 

[MarkB_MI]

Most saw manufacturers recommend against using bow bars due to their high kickback risk, but they're still available from third party suppliers. Mainly for bucking firewood.

One source

 

[Wdj]

Used them extensively cutting Christmas trees. That dog on the end controls the kickback.

 

[Gene Davis(Ga.)]

They were the cat's meow when folks cut short pulpwood in the south here years ago. Almost every pulpwood truck had one or more bow saws riding in the cab or in a steel box on the top front of the rack over the truck cab..

 

[a49deere]

Curious as to the advantage of having the bow verses a straight bar? Was it so you could just swing it around like a wild man and cut everything in its path? 

 

[Wdj]

Curious as to the advantage of having the bow verses a straight bar? Was it so you could just swing it around like a wild man and cut everything in its path? 

Cut with the tip. Just push it straight ahead. Some real advantages in the right situation.

 

[Hemmjo]

I have used one for cutting brush. Push in to cut, let the saw idle, pull back out, most of the brush is carried out by the big "hole" in the bar. Works really well especially well for sticker bushes. You don't have to grab the stickers with your hands.

 

[Ray,IN]

I'd expect a big learning curve using that design.

 

[Watthour]

If the brush gets that thick it might be time to call in a napalm delivery.

I'll bet that design saw can take the operator for a ride in a hurry.

 

[Mcrafty1]

Try as I might, I just can't see the advantage of having that type of bar as opposed to a standard bar on a chain saw. At least not for any needs that I have ever came across for a chain saw, and I have done my share of wood cutting of most of the way wood is prepared for anything in my region. But it does make for a good thread starter.

 

[Keith True]

The insrance guy was at my logger friends place doing his yearly checkup.Almost all common sense stuff,he just had to verify and check the boxes on his form.Fire extinguishers,hardhats and hearing protection,and in later years,cell phones for everybody.One of the questions was,do you use bow saws or sally saws? He thought it was kind of silly,he had been in that job for almost 30 years and had never seen one,and didn't even know what they were.Yet the question was on the insurance form.There was one of each on the wall as displays,they were stuck and had never been run in any of our lifetimes.

 

[Hemmjo]

I have seen a couple of those "sally saws" but did not know what they were called.. https://fireandsaw.com/sally-saw/

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

Very interesting

 

[Timmycornpicker]

My late cousin Pete had a phase in his 60s where he collected old/antique chain saws, particularly brands that no long exist. He got every one of them running and used each one a little bit every year, except the one like this . . . .

 

[RedMF40]

I have seen a couple of those "sally saws" but did not know what they were called.. https://fireandsaw.com/sally-saw/

That's interesting. Wonder what the selling points were for the Sally saw, because it's my understanding chain saws were available then. Makes my back hurt just looking at that saw.