I'll start by saying, I really like this saw so far. The longer blade is extremely useful if you intend to cut wood/branches that might be up to 8 inches or perhaps even larger. I would think much larger and you diminish it's efficiency but you could certainly cut larger sizes with more effort.Solidly made construction. the blade is thinner than I expected, as this is my first longer blade saw from silky. I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised since that is one of the trademarks of the Silky but I figured longer likely meant a bit thicker. The blade flexes easily, just by whipping it to the side a bit the blade will flex. Not a bad thing mind you, in fact, it's really a good thing, thinner means less friction, less material to remove on each stroke, hence more efficient use of your energy.The saw cuts like a machine, I got the large tooth blade as I intend to use it for larger sized cuts and use my smaller 240 for limbs and medium tooth precision cuts and sawing. which works very well.I can also confirm that I like the thin blade very much. I'm typically a bigger, thicker heavier is better kind of guy. Not in this case, I have not used it extensively yet but have knocked down several cuts on 4-7 inch diameter wood. The large tooth bite allows for a much faster cut than the medium so I am impressed and very happy about that. As is typical with most of the well designed saws, you really do not want to exert much force on the saw.In my experience thus far, I have had almost no binding or jumping unless you exert unnecessary force on the blade. It cuts well without it, just keep a nice line and rhythm and it cuts like butter. The thinner blade and that flex I mentioned earlier appears to help alleviate some of the conditions of binding which I really like and again, you are working to remove a smaller amount of material to make the cut so it is very efficient.I also like the 2 position capability, that comes in very handy and is a well thought out addition for functionality and ease of use.The one thing that would be a nice to have is a blade lock when the blade is folded back. The lock out is solid, would be nice to have a similar notch in the blade on the fold to lock it down as solidly in the folded position.The blade is extremely sharp, I have had a saw or 2 jump off track and take a bite out of my hand, you do that with this saw and you might be making a trip to the hospital.One last note, this is a cut on the pull saw, it does not cut in both directions.Would definitely recommend, I intend to use it for camping/bushcraft and well, it's intended purpose of trimming my larger trees around my property.
