After a good saw for trail maintenance around my local trails, those silver birches are reet pain in the arse to cut down, also a good saw that packs away nicely in my dakine bag, cheers folks. 😆
i've got a bahco laplander.
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it's ace.
depends on the circumference of the tree/logs, i guess. but to fit in your pack, the bahco laplander is purdy darn good:
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a proper bow saw (i.e long enough to be useful) wouldn't really fit in a "normal" sized mtb pak.
get a silky gomtaro or other silky saw, bow saws get stuck.
Silky's dont.
http://www.silkysaws.com/Silky_Saws/Straight-Saws/Gomtaro-Large-Teeth-Saw-687
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I've got a 3.99 one from Aldi for occasional use.
Works well enough - http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/trail-maintenance-anyone-else-do-it
Webtex hand chainsaw for difficult to reach and larger branches:
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Unfortunatly, I left mine in a tree somewhere...
Laplander is a great folder. I've got a very cheap Silverline straight saw which is surprisingly good. Bowsaws are a bit impractical for carrying, it's got to be pretty big to have much advantage over a brashing saw tbh- so I got a mahoosive Bahco, which I can't ride normally with, but which will cut through very big fallen trees.
Most folders are tiny, when I was looking for a replacement unit, I decide a better all round saw would be more use. I did like my previous [url= http://www.fiskars.co.uk/Gardening-Yard-Care/Products/Wood-Branches/Saws/123880-Xtract-Garden-Saw-L ]fiskars Xtract™ Garden Saw[/url] (with sliding blade), but the blade was too thin and bent if pressure was applied. As [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/15253377@N00/5976905137/in/photostream/ ]this is the sort of thing[/url] I'm willing to spend time clearing*, I went for the Silky Fox Gomtaro that Organic has posted above (as recommend by Jedi! 😉 )
*I know of one instance I knocked back a stickmans persistance by clearing some large tree's he cut down, the stickprick hasn't touched that section of wood since 😀
Anything by Fiskars or Bhaco