Wrist Saver Pruning Saw by Vertex

Wrist Saver Pruning Saw

Unparalleled comfort, power and control. Ideal for cutting branches and shaping unwieldy trees with an aggressive 3-way sharks' teeth design. Great for camping too! Heavy-duty steel construction and resilient powder-coated finish with a comfortable handgrip and flexible arm cuff for support. 9" Blade.

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Serious pruning demands this tool. Some styles look like miniature logging saws, while the standard is a curved blade saw. Usually a pruning saw can handle cuts up to 4 inches easily. Since the teeth on this style are curved back, the cutting action is on the pull, making it easier to do overhead work. The teeth on the pruning is more course than found on the carpenter’s saw. Variations on these styles include the pole saw (on a long pole for reaching high or inaccessible branches) and a bow saw for faster, smaller cuts than the standard saw.

Saws generally have ash or hickory grip handles. More important, are the blade and teeth. Only buy saws with tempered steel blades and individually beveled teeth to provide a cutting edge. Four to eight teeth per inch is standard; 4-6 teeth is good for green sap wood and 6-8 is best for hard or dry wood.

MAINTENANCE TIP - Resins and other materials will accumulate on the cutting edges of a pruning saw and you can hardly detect them. Professionals will always wipe their saw blades with oil after every pruning session. That will keep the resins from accumulating and causing the edges to be less effective.