Godd choice. I recently bought the hayuchi myself, because once every month or so I get that job with the deadwood 20 feet up and waaaaay out on a flimsy limb. That saw makes things possible that werent before, its big weakness though is the difficulty in manouvering in the canopy. Its heavy and if your not in the perfect position, takes allot of muscle to aim when extended. The fact that it has no hook adds annother logistical problem to bringing it up there. The first time I used it in a tree I didnt take the time to improvise a way to hang it and was lowering it by hand in its fully extended position, when I got to the blade, it slipped just a bit and shazam, four stiches in my thumb and blood all over my groundie. Silky is not kidding with that blade. Now that it has tasted human flesh I have to be extra carefull.