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Fiskars 30-Inch Bow Saw #7031 | 
| Brand: Fiskars
Buy New: $18.87
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 8934
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 33.5 x 8.2 x 1
MPN: 70316980
Model: 70316935A
UPC: 046561100650
EAN: 0046561100650
ASIN: B0002YUE50
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| Features:
| • | Strong, light saw suited for sizable cutting jobs such as felling small- to moderate-sized trees and cutting firewood | | • | 30-inch hardened carbon steel blade with rust inhibitor; replacement blade no. 7027 available | | • | Safety tension lever for added control | | • | Lightweight tubular steel frame | | • | Lifetime warranty |
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Product Description
The FISKARS 30 Bow Saw features a lightweight tubular steel frame hardened steel blade and safety tension lever.Lifetime warranty Hardened steel blade Lightweight tubular steel frame Safety tension lever Safety blade guard
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| Customer Reviews:
 Better than I imagined February 24, 2008
J. DREIER (North Pole, AK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The picture and description doesn't do this saw justice. I was leery buying another 30 in bow saw because the ones I've had over 21" are flimsy and easily bent. The Fiskar 30" Saw is not round but rather oval (making the bends very strong), heavy aluminum but yet light weight. It feels like a high quality durable saw in your hands. It's very unlikely this one will be damaged with normal use or by accidentally dropping a log on. If there was one thing that I would change it would be a better grip (larger) that fits my hand better. But it is comfortable enough to saw all day. I chose this saw because it cost was twice as much as the others on Amazon and the one's that are available locally. I relied on the theory that you get what you pay for, and for once I was right. I'd recommend this saw to anyone and am planning on replacing my 21" bow saw with the Fiskar 21" with the confidence it be made with the same quality.
 Best of the Bunch July 19, 2008
Gary W. Fogg (Topsham, Maine United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For a period of twenty years or so starting in about 1950, bow saws based on a design by the Sandvik Company in Sweden were used for serious work in forestry and arboriculture. They were lighter and easier to use than crosscut saws, but were much cheaper than gasoline powered chain saws, which had not quite permeated the market to the extent that they did later on. Unfortunately for those of us who still use bow saws for serious work, they are no longer made as well as they once were. Today's bow saws are almost all made by contract with companies in Asia and marketed for very light use.
Nonetheless, in the midst of this sad situation, the Fiskars stands out as one bow saw that is reasonably good. It is lightweight, has excellent balance , feels right in the hand, and has a tensioning mechanism that is fairly firm and keeps the blade taught in spite of hard use.
By comparison, the Corona 30 inch saw is strong but feels a little heavy. The Bahco and Gilmour versions of the 30 inch saw are lightweight and well balanced, but their tensioning handles are not as firm. The cheap plastic hand guard on the Bahco saw I own actually fell off the first time I used it and I have had to wrap the saw with tape to keep the handle tight.
I have used the Fiskars 30 inch bow saw in trailwork and around the home, felling, bucking and limbing trees up to 14 inches in diameter quite easily. It cuts well in both green and dry wood with a Bahco No. 51 blade (all cutting teeth, no rakers), and it is small enough to get into tight places, which is often needed when clearing blowdowns or when limbing large trees. To increase the size of trees one can handle, one can, of course, cut from two directions. With a little practice, one can master the art of getting both cuts to meet so that the log is cut through cleanly, almost as if it was done from one direction only.
I use this saw all the time in combination with the Fiskars Pro Chopping Axe, which is a superb tool and an excellent companion to the bow saw for forestry and trailwork. My only regret is that Fiskars doesn't make a 36 inch bow saw in addition to the 30 inch and 21 inch models.
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