SawTroll
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Yes, but the distinction was that prior to Andreas Stihl and Emil the saws were big industrial ones.
These two fellows made them portable, as in two people could sort of carry them around and use them and I believe the distinction between them from what I've read was that Emil Lerp used a petrol powered engine before Stihl, who used an electric motor for his first one.
Lerp's saw was carried into the forest and used, rather than just at a mill.
It was still a fair while before the one man operated chainsaw as we know it came about, the saws that Stihl and Lerp (Dolmar) first made were huge.
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Jonsered used to brag about the first true one-man saws, but their first saws (XA, 1954) were just refined Comets that came out in 1949 (Norwegian brand, but I believe most parts were made by Jonsereds). I also believe that the French PKK brand beat them to it, and maybe more.....
As always, it is back to how you define a "chainsaw".....:msp_sleep: