For those who are curious... it's been a few hours and the knife is still in my pocket.
1. Knife was missing the tweezers when I opened the box. Not a biggie. Didn't even realize it was going to come with tweezers and a toothpick until after I hit buy now. I called Old Timer and Ethan said he would have one shipped to my house tomorrow. No ding on functionality there, just a fact.
2. The size is longer than I would like but it is what it is. Again, after @Iron_llama's comment I'll deal with the length because of the utility of the saw. It is small enough to fit in the 5th pocket of my jeans and only stick out a 1/2" so that's a plus.
3. The saw locks into place with a spring steel keeper but the knife blade doesn't lock.
4. I immediately took it outside and cut a 1/2" limb and an 1" limb. Worked smoothly both times so I'm satisfied with the saw for my use case.
5. The finishing on this thing sucks. The pins stuck out a 1/16" from each side and the grips themselves were sharp in hand due to being completely squared. Went ahead and fixed the feel of the handle with my 1" belt sander while I was recontouring the blade. It feels ok now.
I'm determined to keep this in my pocket the next few hunts and see if it checks all the boxes. Next test is seeing how easily it cleans up after a deer dismantling.
1. Knife was missing the tweezers when I opened the box. Not a biggie. Didn't even realize it was going to come with tweezers and a toothpick until after I hit buy now. I called Old Timer and Ethan said he would have one shipped to my house tomorrow. No ding on functionality there, just a fact.
2. The size is longer than I would like but it is what it is. Again, after @Iron_llama's comment I'll deal with the length because of the utility of the saw. It is small enough to fit in the 5th pocket of my jeans and only stick out a 1/2" so that's a plus.
3. The saw locks into place with a spring steel keeper but the knife blade doesn't lock.
4. I immediately took it outside and cut a 1/2" limb and an 1" limb. Worked smoothly both times so I'm satisfied with the saw for my use case.
5. The finishing on this thing sucks. The pins stuck out a 1/16" from each side and the grips themselves were sharp in hand due to being completely squared. Went ahead and fixed the feel of the handle with my 1" belt sander while I was recontouring the blade. It feels ok now.
I'm determined to keep this in my pocket the next few hunts and see if it checks all the boxes. Next test is seeing how easily it cleans up after a deer dismantling.