Pro Hand Saw

Product Description

Take tree cutting and yard pruning to a new level with the Pro hand Saw. Make pruning and trimming back easy and efficient without tiring your arms or sawing away ALL DAY... [Read more]

Top Reviews

Too soft
by Jake (3 out of 5 stars)
February 4, 2019

The metal is entirely too soft. It bent at the blade and the handle right above and below the hinge before it was even a quarter inch into a small tree branch. Might be good for something like a rose bush but anything stronger and this won't cut it (all puns intended)
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Good balance, dull blade
by Soloviajero (2 out of 5 stars)
November 23, 2015

In the interests of full disclosure, I previously posted a "review" of this item that was not a review, but rather an outcry against the large number of compensated reviews posted by other reviewers who disclaimed bias, in almost identical language, on account of having received the product free or at a discounted price in return for writing a review. The sales points these reviews mentioned all sounded suspiciously alike, and I protested against it. I apologize for that. Amazon very correctly took the non-review down. I bought the item anyway so as to properly test it before writing another review, as the product might be good in spite of the bad appearances of the rating process. I closely examined the actual saw upon arrival and have tested it. Here is what I found:

The silicon rubber handle is very comfortable. The overall balance of the saw is very good. The saw locking mechanism locks securely in both the open and closed position, however the blade wobbles in the ferrule because the the blade is supported only where the hinge screw goes through the housing (see photo) so the is not otherwise supported anywhere else along the tang. An average user would probably not object to the free-play, especially with a primarily pull-cutting motion. It might feel flimsy on the push cut.

As many of the unbiased, compensated reviewers emphasized how "sharp" the blade was, I looked at the saw teeth immediately upon arrival and saw the tips shining back up at me, a first sign that the blade was dull. The saw claims to cut on both the push and pull stroke, and it does cut both ways. Most other pruning saws use only Japanese-style teeth, which cut efficiently only on the pull stroke. European/American saws cut on the push stroke. This saw achieves cutting in both directions by having two rows of teeth, one row of Japanese teeth set to one side of the blade, and another row of American teeth set to the other side of the blade.

The "set" of the saw teeth is quite wide, resulting in a wide saw kerf in the material being cut, wider than in other Japanese pruning saws we own. The wide cut removes more material from the kerf than my other saws, but this is not necessarily a problem because a wide kerf prevents the blade body from binding in the wood during the cut, and prevents dragging when sap and resin accumulate there over time. (see photo of American and Japanese style teeth before reading further)

It's difficult to photograph sharpness of a saw blade with an iPad, however the third photo attempts to do that. Whether a saw has Japanese chisel teeth or pointed American style ones, the tips of the teeth must still come to a sharp point somewhere. On the saw I received, the triangular chisel faces of the Japanese row of teeth are not uniform, and neither the Japanese or American teeth come to sharp points anywhere. Some teeth seemed rounded. The Japanese teeth almost disappear at the front and back ends of the blade, but they are very pronounced in the middle. The American teeth came with dull and broken tips, which you can see literally see in the iPad photos, which is why the American tips shined back at me upon initial inspection. You don't need a magnifier to see this. The saw teeth are crudely ground. I can drag the blade across my bare hand in either direction (using blade weight only, no pressing) and the saw teeth don't catch the skin. I may have received a defective item, but a dull blade right out of the package is a bad indication of quality control.

You can make any dull saw cut if you press down hard enough. I tested this saw against two of my wife's 20-year old Japanese pruning saws that have never been resharpened. Both of the old saws cut better than this new one, so I commended my wife on her blade maintenance. I'm experienced with saw blades, and my experience is that a brand new, sharp saw blade is always "catchy," and a dull blade feels like it's skidding over the wood fibers. This blade skids right out of the package, so extra pressure is required to make it cut. If you have a lot of branches to cut, this extra pressure will become tiring in a short while. If the saw had come with a reasonably sharp blade, I would have kept it because of its balance and comfortable grip, but because a sharp blade is the business end of a saw and mine was not sharp, I will return it.
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cheap product -- don't waste your time or money
by Matthew J Nelson (1 out of 5 stars)
March 1, 2016

Absolute garbage! This saw didn't last a single day in the field while doing light trail maintenance in Arizona. It was barely sharp enough to cut through 5/8" mesquite limbs, and after two hours of use the cheap metal handle folded on itself and broke. I would NOT recommend this product for cutting anything other than warm butter.
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Doesn't protect from poison ivy! But it's a damn good saw!
by T.Rudd (5 out of 5 stars)
October 6, 2017

This works great. I went to hang some trail cameras and found the most perfect tree ever. I decided I needed to clear some small limbs so I didn't take a bunch of pictures of the limbs blowing in the wind!!!! After this saw made quick work of the limbs I got my trail camera hung and went on about my business... the next day I wake up scratching every square inch of my body! I mean literally every square inch. From my feet, to my ears and nose even in the genital region of my ever so delicate man parts!!!! It has been two weeks and a trip to the dr and I am still scratching my hands... but this saw worked f'n great!
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Some saws just won't cut it!
by Sean Knudsen (1 out of 5 stars)
March 23, 2019

I received this product and immediately tested it out on my peach tree. I have 2 main observations.
1. Innefective product

I set to work cutting small branches on a young tree from ground level. This blade gets caught and snags, and for small branches takes way too much work to complete a cut (we're talking about 1/3 inch branches being difficult to cut). My biggest cut i tried was about 1/2 inch, and this thing mangled my tree, tearing the branch. I was using this tool to make clean cuts, and this tool is incapable of them.
2. Poor quality

The flashing on the handle is hanging off - clearly this is a cheap product with no quality control. There are rust marks and scratches on the blade, and more rust on the locking mechanism.

I cannot keep this product. It's one thing that it looks and feels cheap, but it's also unusable.
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Saw, Fit for a Pocket...
by Nate93 (5 out of 5 stars)
March 27, 2016

An EXCELLENT hand-held pruning saw. The short blade - ~7.5" - makes quick, clean cuts of most any larger, woody branch beyond the capabilities of compound ratchet shears and/or lopping shears. That same blade makes quite easy work of removing canes/branches from tree-like shrubs, such as Crapemyrtle and Lilac Chaste-tree, w/out damaging adjacent growth.

Unique and sure locking mechanism allows blade to safely fold into soft-grip handle, fitting the pocket. A "must" for the serious gardener.
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Good saw, a bit on the small side.
by K Ray (3 out of 5 stars)
October 23, 2017

The saw performs ok.

I have a tree that I had chopped down with an axe, maybe 6 inch diameter at its widest and mostly 4in or so.

Due to the relatively small blade, it took quite awhile to saw through the 4 inch sections.

Would be a good backup saw, or something to keep in your car or truck. Would not use it as a primary however.
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It Cuts!
by Kenneth L. Willitts (5 out of 5 stars)
May 3, 2017

Been waiting to trim several of my trees, till the weather warmed up. So yesterday I pulled out my new hand saw and I can say; IT CUTS. I cut both live limbs and dead limbs and it cut through them with ease. The blade is strong and sharp and the handle is most comfortable. I think I will order one for my neighbor who had several trees needing some love. I highly recommend this saw for almost any wood cutting!
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May be cheap but worked for us!!!!
by Athena Reed (5 out of 5 stars)
May 17, 2017

We had a huge branch fall in our yard this pocket saw was all we had. It cut dozens of branches that ranged in size from wrist to coffee can thickness with little difficultly... Works awesome..ordering me more now!!!

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