sugoi 420

[david miller]

has any one use this h/saw yet been waiting 3 month now from sherrill hopefully by June. i have the 360 and love that saw sometime go for days not using a chain saw the only thing for lefty you have to strap it backward get aggravating with the curved blade

 

[tree md]

I'm a little confused. Silky has been offering the Sugoi 420 for sometime now. Sherrill has 420 blades available, or so their website says, and has so for some time now. I was thinking that they were offering a shorter blade when I first noticed. No such luck though, I already had the shortest blade on mine as I learned when I checked. I'm not a big fan of the longer blades. Don't get me wrong, the Sugoi rocks but even the 360 is a little longer than my liking. I am about an inch shy of 6' with long legs and the 360 is a little cumbersome if I try to wear it with the scabbard strapped to my leg, I tried it like that for awhile and it kept snagging on stuff in the tree and I couldn't get used to the handle getting in the way all of the time. I eventually ended up clipping it to my saddle and wearing it on my hip. If I had it to do over again I would go with the shorter Zubat.

Whatever floats your boat though. To each their own. If you think you will like the longer blade just check out the the bottom line of the description on Sherrills website. You'll see that they do indeed offer the 420 blade:

http://www.sherrilltree.com/Professional-Gear/Saw-and-Scabbard-Combos/Sugoi-360mm-Handsaw-1373

 

[tree md]

Looks like the scabbard is different for the 420. You can check it out here:

http://www.silkysaws.com/SUGOI-420-Extra-Large-Teeth