Wood Prep

[snake]

What is your guys experience or preferred method for wood prep in your stoves?  Is one of those hand chain saw things good? or just an ultra lite hand saw?  lightweight hatchet?

[Jingles]

Cutting to length use either a chain saw or a saddle saw for splitting use a hatchet or single bit are. All depends on if I hike in, drive in or ride horses in.

[snake]

Thanks for the reply, sorry for not mentioning I would be backpacking in, and looking for something as light and efficient as possible.  probably wouldn't be cutting much over 3-4" in diameter.

[snake]

Stove is a small titanium seek outside XL

[highcountry_hunter]

Bow saw is pretty handy. The blades are removable with a wing nut so that makes them easier to pack, always bring 2 blades since they don’t weigh hardly anything.

[Tim in Wa.]

Personally I don't carry a hatchet and won't use one in the Backcountry.To easy to slip with cold wet hands.I would take a small axe that I could get two hands on.Its far safer to split small stuff with a big knife and a battn.A folding Corona saw is plenty of saw

[Caseknife]

I had one of these when I was backpacking into the ALW many years ago while in college.  Very compact/lightweight and sharp.  Still have it, seems that the little nub that allows the handle to bind on the backstrap wore down.
https://svensaw.com/?msclkid=4c30066dbe6011ec8f68f5a9a046fb2d

[WapitiTalk1]

Wyoming saw, or Sven saw (as CKnife mentioned) work fine. No need for a hatchet and the plastic handle/folders don’t last long will if you work them hard.

[jstone]

That’s a sweet saw

[Platensek-po]

The silky katana boys are amazing

[Stein]

Silky or Wyoming type, pocket chain saws are a joke and great way to tear up your hands.

Depending on where you go and how long you want to burn a day, just go out and break stuff with your hand. 

[snake]

Thanks for the advice.i will take the pocket chain saw off the list.  Might get a Sven or a silky

[pickardjw]

Are you planning on sawing and splitting a lot of wood? I don't know if you've used that stove yet but big pieces don't work well in it. So unless you're spending a bunch of time sawing then splitting into small enough pieces a saw is pretty unneccessary.

I just gather smaller dead stuff that I can break down to size with my feet and a rock. 8" long or so. Anything much bigger and it's hard to get enough air flow through those stoves to get it lit.

[ganghis]

I use this with laplander saw with my ti stove when backpacking.  In my experience you don't really want to go much over 1-2 inches in diameter anyway - too much smoke.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001IX7OW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

[snake]

I don't have much experience with the stove yet. Just in my back yard.  Thanks for the advice.  I'll have to take it out on some scouting trips prior to season to get a better idea of how it performs with different types and sizes of wood.