Great deal on this saw. $65 @ Sydney tools:
https://sydneytools.com.au/product/bahco-396lap-laplander-fo…
previously posted deal was popular at $35.52: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/782171
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Saudi embassy surplus
RIP Jamal Khashoggi.
Saw that one coming.
RIP Jamal Khashoggi.
rest in pieces?
I hope mentioning that it can saw through bone was from an accidental discovery but maybe they started with a budget bonesaw and had to make less obvious at the checkout
Only reason to purchase is because it can cut through bones 🦴
Did I ever tell you about the time I awoke in a bare room, chained to a radiator and only one of these at my disposal?
No
Let the games begin 🎯
I saw what you did there
I saw what you did there also
What happened? Sorry I must have missed it.
$20 shipping without prime :(
Just pay for prime
Order 3, sell 2
Saxon are the JV of yard tools…
I prefer them to the Norman ones.
JV is home bred not a Saxon
That's not how you make porridge Timmy
Bahco gear is v nice ime (ftr)
What's ftr
he meant to say dckfer
Dtf
What's ftr?
for the record, grampa!
Ime…ftr…what are these words? Am i officially old now?
IME seems like a play on IMO meant to mean "In My Experience" and FTR might mean "For the Record" but hard to say because it seems strange to include it in parentheses
same way I’d parenthesise it spelled out. for the record’s an afterthought, kind of superfluous and kind of irrelevant. it suggests nobody’s going to care but that it was stated for reasons other than anybody’s satisfaction or amusement.
I guess it depends a lot on what forums you came up on and what cliques you might’ve been a part of. for myself imo was widely known to represent in my opinion just as ime was known to be in my experience.
I can understand if folks are unfamiliar but for people to take exception is kind of weird. it is the interwebs i guess, explanation enough.
Already have a Silky Gomboy and love it but at this price, i'll add it to the collection.
I own the Silky Bigboy which lives in my car and it has handled some embarrassingly large jobs (including felling an entire gumnut tree in recent weeks that was in a tricky/unsafe spot). But at 5 times the price of this is it 5 times better? Nope. You won't find a better folding saw for 20-something bucks.
Yeah they are fantastic tools. Would like to add a Outback Edition Bigboy to my collection if a deal comes up.
I have the outback edition. Originally bought it for camping duties where a chainsaw is either too obnoxiously loud or too bulky (or both), but as a pull-stroke saw it has inadvertently also become my "safety saw" of choice for duties at home and elsewhere. I feel so much stable on a ladder, between electrical wires, stretched out pulling on the saw stroke, rather than push-pulling. Which also means the blade can be made nice and thin.
Fantastic, expensive things.
I'm afraid to search Silky Bigboy at work
Don't need it, purchased. Thanks
Hmmm 9 inches and Swedish… the missis says it sounds like the guy next door?! … brb
Your neighbour is a Swedish midget?
Nah. You’re thinking of a Danish pianist…
9 inches, that would make you saw…
Yup, she's right… he has got 9 .!! OK, bought one… just thought of a use for it! 😏
Swedish style John Wayne Bobbitt?
lol you're on to me ha!
I have a cheap curved Pruning Saw from Bunnings and don't need one much but to cut roots in my garden now and then
is this metal any stronger or better in any other way?
Ye I got this what's the difference?
https://www.bunnings.com.au/trojan-230mm-folding-pruning-saw…
Comes with in built hand guard too
yours looks more fancy, mine doesn't fold. And probably all roughed up cutting through roots in dirt. But seems to work
Bunnings saws are junk. Try a Silky Gomboy and you will never go back to those things. I use my Gomboy often for gardening and it saws through branches like butter and leaves a very clean finish.
For roots I would just use a spade to chop them or maybe a pair of loppers.
This.
Dirt is a horrible abrasive and will blunten saw blades fast. There are good steels and bad steels and good tooth profiles and bad tooth profiles, but none of them can completely make up for what is effectively taking sandpaper to the sharp teeth.
You'd only notice the difference if you used it often.
Cutting roots will dull any saw blade. Buy the cheap ones for roots and this one for above ground.
They are an absolute delight in comparison to use when your reach is stretched out or on a ladder
Op, it is also $61 at Sydney tools with a bonus knife
https://sydneytools.com.au/product/bahco-lapknife-foldable-s…
That's not a knife
Lithium Ion batteries required?
To the person who negged this comment: it’s what Amazon description says.
Didn't know I needed one. Now what to use it for?
Bones..?
A great self defence solution to Melbourne's burgeoning youth crime problem
Also, a great tool for youth crime?
Well that goes into the "I saw it on Ozbargain so made up a reason I needed it in my head" pile. Bought thanks!
The Laplander is the same saw (Exactly same blade, length, handle, etc) as this one in Bunnings:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/bahco-190mm-foldable-pruning-saw…
…but the Laplander is green, so much easier to put down and lose amongst branches/grass/scrub.
There is actually a huge difference between pruning saws when it comes to how hard you need to push and pull the saw vs the wood removed (efficiency) and the quality of the cut surfaces (I've been told it's important for pruning, rougher cuts may take longer to heal, etc.)
This saw is much better than no-name saws, and most other folding saws. It is left in the dust by Silky saws though, they take a lot less muscle to use, but cut much faster, and leave a smoother cut surface. Silky cost more though, and harder to find in bricks and mortar shops (if that matters).
The best compact Bunnings saw is this one though: https://www.bunnings.com.au/fiskars-xtract-garden-saw_p33606…
It's a pull-saw, like Silky, and cuts extremely quickly. Rusts more easily than Silky, and leaves a rougher cut surface though.
For people in Brisbane (in case you find your way here) I recommend this bricks-and-mortar store for Silky saws: https://atcproducts.com.au
I know there are lots of variables but how quick you think for this to cut through a dry 15cm dia. eucalypt branch?
I've tested exactly this, with about that diameter gum tree, albeit maybe 8 or 9 years ago. From memory, the Bahco took about 3-4 minutes - I was knackered by the end (pushing down on the saw, going flat-stick.) This saw is too short for that diameter to be comfortable to cut through, you just feel dumb doing little strokes for what seems like an eternity on larger diameter wood (Hey-Oh! That's what she said! etc.)
I have a Silky Bigboy that I much prefer over all other saws; it's 1.9 x the cutting blade length as the Bahco/Laplander, but it's at least 3 x nicer to use. Any bigger and I feel it would take up too much room to haul around. $100 saw though, worth it if you're really going to use it, not if you're not.
Very informative and confirmed my suspicion. Thanks mate.
Silky is a slightly better saw, however Bahco Laplander, in general, is harder to brake.
Same sized Silky is about $70-80, so for this price it's a no brainer, as Laplander is a very good folding saw.
Silky saws are significantly better, not slightly.
The Bahco saws are definitely harder to break, I've bent a silky blade before; but there should be no danger of breaking or bending any saw once you've used one for more than an afternoon. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast when it comes to cutting wood.
Just saw this deal, bought.
Tajima GK-G210 G-Saw 210, Blade Length: 8.3 inches (210 mm) that has good reviews (https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/yet-another-saw-compa…) compared to the Bahco also on sale for $16.87 - https://amzn.asia/d/5mA2pOF
And the GK-G240 - Tajima GK-G240 Contractor Foldable G-Saw, Silver/Black, 240 mm
Thanks.
Order the GK 240 for $18.38
Select Japan store for lower price. Worth a deal post?
Cheers got one as well… looks half decent
Not sure on bones, but is this any good on antlers? Anyone know a good option here?
A regular hacksaw.
Cordless reciprocating saw.
""Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen…"
Looks like OOS
they've updated the price while I was checking out :( $64.41 now.
Second time I've missed out..damn it
starter kit for Mexican cartels
For those who missed it - wait a week or two, it will be back to a lower price. It was in my wishlist for a few months, price was jumping from ~60 to ~35 and back all the time.
Also super fast delivery, I got mine in just 4 days!
Got one at $28.06
Mine hasn't even shipped yet..
Me neither!! Not only that, but guestimated delivery date has now blown out to Dec 27th!!… This was gonna be a Xmas gift… Not Happy Jan!!
Just got a shipping notification now
HaHa… Rub it in why don't u 🙄
Arrived today.
Very cheap build quality and it doesn’t saw anywhere near as well as Tajima G-Saw 210 which was only $16 or the Silky Gomboy. Both those saws feel and perform significantly better. Still good to take camping.
general purpose folding saw for cutting both green and dry wood, plastic, bone 😳