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Bahco Laplander Vs Silky F180
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Feb 4, 2024
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Hey guys, welcome back to the channel
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So today I got something in the mail and I wanted to share it with you guys because I've
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been pretty excited about getting this thing. I've been looking at a new folding saw for my Habersack and this is the one I chose
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This is the Silky F180. I just picked this up the other day and what I've been doing is I've been doing some field
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testing around home. I've got some dead standing wood that I've cut in my backyard and I've been using that
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to kind of play with this thing and see how it performs
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And my thought process is that I was going to get this saw and this is going to be a
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replacement for my trusty old Baco Laplander. Of course everybody knows the Baco, it's been around for quite a while
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It's definitely what I would call the bushcraft gold standard. Most people who are into bushcraft have a Baco Laplander
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They're great saws, they're readily available, easy to find and they're trusted by a lot
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of people. So I wanted to find something a little bit different than the Baco and Silky is my go
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to saw, big saw when I'm out doing overnight. That's what I use is the Big Boy 2000 and that thing cuts like a laser
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It's just a fantastic saw. So when I saw some reviews online about the F180 I really wanted to try it because this
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has the larger teeth like the Big Boy, you can see it right there, and it has the second
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position like the Big Boy as well. So I thought well that makes sense, it's just basically a scaled down version of the
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Big Boy for me. It's economical, it's right around the same price point as a Baco
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So I wanted to put these two saws head to head and see which one did better, which one
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outperformed the other one, if they do at all. So the first thing we're going to do is we're going to cut in some wood that I brought inside now
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I will say this is a little bit unusual video for me because I'm not outside field testing
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I've been sick for the past week and the weather has turned really crappy here in Ohio, it's
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just bitterly cold. So going outside and being outside is not probably the best idea for me, but I still
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want to shoot video, still want to post stuff for you guys, want to show you a review
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So this is what we're going to do, we're going to do some cutting indoors here with
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these saws on these two pieces of wood and then I also did some cutting outside on a
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bigger tree that's in my yard and we'll see how it did, how the two saws perform on that
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because that tree is actually probably a little bigger than I would cut with these type saws
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So alright, that's what the video is about so stick around. Alright so the Baco, here it is close up, as you can see it has a much thicker handle
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than the Silky. When you handle this thing, the Baco, it fits your hand perfectly, it feels good, it's actually
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a very nice ergonomic design. The Silky has finger grooves built into it and it's pretty comfortable, not bad
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It's certainly not as nice as the Baco, the Baco really fills your hand up because it's
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got that swell to it and it's rounded. This is a little bit more square
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Now as a size comparison, these saws are very close in size
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As you can see, the Baco is just a little bit shorter
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The Silky comes out at 7 inches exactly, so the Baco is just a little bit shorter than that
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You can see that just a little bit shorter. And the blade is not quite as wide
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Now for teeth, the Silky has much more aggressive teeth than the Baco does
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And they're very similar to the same teeth style that the larger Silky saws have
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So the first thing we'll cut is, we'll cut this piece of wood right here
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Of course, the Silky has very aggressive teeth, so it's a little bit harder to start on wood
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But once you get going, as you know with Silky saws, it's a pull stroke
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You're not pushing, you're pulling. And you let the saw do the work
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I'm not putting a lot of muscle in behind this right now
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Okay. Pretty effortless, pretty quick
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We'll move down here. This is pretty similar. There's the Baco. You can push and pull
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Now what I'm noticing on the Baco is... I feel like I'm sawing more to get not as far as I did with the Silky
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Of course, this is not an ideal cutting surface. This is moving around a lot because it's so short
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And I don't have a way of clamping. Let me see if I can clamp this down
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Okay. Got to clamp down. Now once I got this clamped down, this saw really picked up
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And how quickly it was able to get through. Because I'm not fighting movement
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So let's do the same thing with the Silky. I'd say it went through a little bit faster
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And since I had that clamped down, I was really able to pull through those strokes and put some power behind it
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And that helped. But any doubt this is not dry season wood
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Look at that, that is solid. It's probably elm. Let's go ahead and make sure we're still in the shot
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Looks like there's a knot right there. I'll go this side of it
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You can really feel these teeth biting in. And it feels like I'm just going deeper quicker with the Silky
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Let me put that on my wrist. Take that up again
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Alright. Alright
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It's just not biting as much as the Silky is. But, it's cutting
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I bent a little too much there. Now to be fair, this Baco has been used
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The teeth probably aren't as sharp as the first day I got it
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And that may have something to do with the test. I'm really starting to feel in my hand the fatigue
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You know, when you saw with these small saws, you're going to feel it
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Yeah, this Baco or the Silky just really rips through this thing
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So much faster. Cross cut. Across the grain
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Alright. Alright
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Alright. Alright
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Alright. I don't know
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I think there's pros and cons to both these saws. So the Silky, I think, cut through the wood faster
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It felt like it was biting deeper with every pull. The Baco, I felt like I was doing more sawing to get the same distance
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And it's probably because these teeth are so much smaller. Compared to the Silky
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The Silky, since it has a thinner grip and it has these little finger grooves
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it's not as comfortable to hold as the Baco. Baco is very comfortable
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Now, I think the intention of the Baco is to cut soft wood
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Because it is, you know, it's a Scandinavian company. It's probably designed more for pine and other soft woods
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that you would find over there. In my neck of the woods, it's primarily hardwoods
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So the larger teeth, like this stuff, it does a really nice job
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I'd be curious to see how these two do on pine. And I think that's going to be part of the field testing
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We'll start with pine and then we'll compare these two and see how they do
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I have a feeling that the Baco may be better for that application
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But, you know, I think if you are looking for a new saw
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and you haven't tried any of these yet, I think either of them would be fine
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But if you're primarily doing hardwood, you may want to stick with the Silky
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If you're in a lot of pine forest, then you may want to stick with your Baco
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It's really up to you. So there's really no clear-cut winner. I think they're both thumbs-up saws
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Okay guys, I hope you enjoyed the video. As always, please like, subscribe, share, all that good stuff
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And we'll see you next time on the Prepared Launderer
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