Bushcraft your own Bowsaw!

[@chrisleggatt3240]

This is excellent, I got a blade for Xmas, and had plans to build a frame for it, and this has opened up far more options! Love learning resourcefulness!

[@brucewmclaughlin9072]

Now I just have to go out and try this !

[@joefrank7159]

Knowledge is the best thing to have in a bugout bag. Thanks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Nice demonstration! Definitely a weight saving idea and pretty effective as well. Thanks.

[@BuffaStuffa18]

Great video.

[@BlackMetalVikingCustoms]

Another great video Dan the Man! One thing to point out, you can essentially steam frozen saplings over a fire to make them flexible again.

[@jasonw.perkins3490]

That's a simple method a lot of people overlook. Thanks for the video.

[@douglasmaccullagh1267]

Very cool. Brass rings & key rings - more used than I realized.

[@michaeldean5787]

Great info. I appreciate the detail about the sap levels affecting the flexibility of the branch. Most people don't mention that!

[@marleneplatcek6364]

Great looking bow saw

[@bushcraftpiper]

Very useful tips. Many thanks

[@peterrae6347]

Man, I have no words. Except awesome.

[@nomadicneanderthal1377]

Thanks Dan. Enjoy your videos.

[@willybee3056]

Mr Obvious here... I store/carry my blades inside my machete sheath. The Homelite doesn't fit. 🤓 Thanks, and keep up the good work.

[@MasterofForest]

nice video👍

[@JackyHeijmans]

Sofar I love all of your video's that I saw. I'm learning a lot from you! Thank you so much!

[@johnnyrebel5458]

Excellent vid,another tool for the box so to speak. I really enjoy your stuff you keep it simple unlike most others on KZbin. I’ve been practicing bushcraft/survival for 12 yrs now and somehow you still seem to show me a trick or 2. Another reason I like your channel.

[@RolandsDad]

A fun little note: you can do this same thing with those emergency saw blades, if you wanted a similar tool at much lighter weight. It wouldn't be nearly as affective as a proper blade, but it's an option.

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Great idea! Thx Dan!

[@dennisgawrylik8037]

Great Tip Dan, very inventive..

[@brentweigelt5365]

Excellent!!! Thanks Dan!!!

[@prettyoutside7464]

One more great vid! Thanks for sharing.

[@thomasnugent7602]

Very good ideas. Thank you very much

[@thaddeusmikolajczyk9055]

Great idea.

[@williamcox3120]

Nice.... i will add that as a training item next scout campout.

[@thomasnugent3836]

Very good, thank you very much

[@ronmeyn2741]

Simple and perfect. Thanks

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

Right on Dan Wowack I've found willow is a great wood to use for this even in freezing temps👍

[@grimreaper6557]

another awesome tip thanks Dan

[@OutdoorsWithShawn]

Thanks for this video! My buddy and I were just talking about making one of these and a buck saw. Looking forward to your other saw videos.

[@lettersquash]

Great video - made me decide to stick with a bow-saw with a proper blade instead of getting a wire saw. The other thing I learned from using these blades generally is to set them a little wider than they usually come, i.e. go along the blade and bend each of the teeth that are already bent to one side or the other a tiny bit more. There's usually some that are straight in-line with the blade, and then alternate ones bent to left and right. This just gives a wider cut so the rest of the blade slides through easily without any binding, particularly useful on wider cuts. Also, do sharpen them when they get blunt - there's no need to throw them away and use a new one!

[@onetimeoutdoorsdj1394]

Very nice thank you

[@linklesstennessee2078]

Good information Dan

[@guns4funcajanajustin]

it works well good info. my friend

[@gator83261]

Good video

[@spider5001]

Awesome! Definitely going to try this

[@crappymeal]

Done this many times, i use holly bush branches

[@phillipmerritt1428]

Really helpful video lot of Venom super simple you did a great job on this one. New to. Bushcraft prepping Gingdah 🚶💀

[@jeremydean6103]

Awesome

[@nealheidekat5726]

If it's not too late, could you post a follow-up video on how the wood cures and ages in that application?

[@TheBlueEyeDevil]

Neal Heidekat I am guessing it is designed to be disposable after camp is broke.

[@mikegilbert5851]

Improvise adapt and overcome the creator should have combined videos to show the idea as a whole great way to keep us interested 👍🏻

[@Don-gt1wo]

Thanks for another great tip, I have an unrelated question about oil cloth, will linseed oil work with paint thinner as the drying agent or do you think it will deteriorate the canvas over time. I know you talked about certain solvents breaking down the canvas over time but I cannot find the video, thought it was when you visited the Townsends. Thanks

[@1noryb]

Awesome Dan, would you consider assembling a 3 part frame with cordage tensioning (bucksaw type frame) time permitting?

[@outdoors2228]

As I was watching your video about using just the blade I was wondering why you didn’t just use a branch and make a handle. Also why not use the saw to cut the slit in the end of the improvised saw frame that way you would be putting less strain on the slit. You would still have to bind the handle ends but you would not have to force the blade into the slit causing extra strain on the ends.

[@bombproofbushcraft]

Hey Dan, would you suggest a blade made for dead wood or live wood. Is that more of a personal preference or is it dictated by time of year and of course wood in your area that you intend to cut?

[@MrSheckstr]

BOMBPROOF BUSHCRAFT live wood is going to flex with out cracking more than dead wood, even in the dead of winter you can thaw the sap in a piece of live wood and get that flex better than dead wood

[@bombproofbushcraft]

steven heckert , Thanks, I was asking more about the blade of the saw. Is it better to carry one for live wood or dead wood. The bow itself pretty much has to be make of living wood. Is it better to have an aggressive blade or less aggressive blade.

[@crappymeal]

​@@bombproofbushcrafti use a live wood blade because I can usually break dry wood by hand or over a stump where as green wood needs cutting

[@hemansr3893]

Your a geenis Dan!!! :>)>

[@Aaron_Barrett]

The blade cuts, not a frame

[@johnnydookes7769]

decent dan decent

[@johnstrelow2533]

Yeah I’m 140th liked!

[@johnstrelow2533]

Key rings are good to carry anyways I used them for the extension of a metal Marshmallow stick smh kids thought I was a genius not using a lash.

[@magicdaveable]

Juniper

[@ocoro174]

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[@MrSheckstr]

Respectfully, while I can appreciate the ability to make an improvised bow saw frame. I’ve never understood the mindset of deliberately packing just the blade and not the handle. I have a choice of saws that I will used out in the field to make the cuts that a jury rigged saw is meant for. A smaller bow saw with a triangle handle, a larger one with a trapezoidal handle that you can actually have two men cut with, a small keyhole saw usually used in carpentry but I made a sheath that would carry it, a hatchet and two knifes on a belt and hip rig I even have a compound walking stick that can be reassembled in a multiple different ways and one of them allows you to feed a bow saw blade halfway into one of the segment so it looks like the worlds biggest box cutter and has a little curved piece that braces the exposed end into a small bow saw not unlike an orchard pole saw. All of which boils down to I don’t see the point of deliberately just taken the saw blade.

[@edieboudreau9637]

steven heckert maybe not for you. Maybe one day it will be....or not. Still good option for those with less $ than you have spent. So was still good he made this vid. Sorry it didn't help you.

[@crappymeal]

It's about not carrying additional weight