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I like them with a manual oiler and a sharp chain...
The chips are flying 
I like them with a manual oiler and a sharp chain... The chips are flying 
Bow Bar pro’s n con’s?
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I didn't like them in the 70s and think less of them now. I have known too many to get cut up with them
Cycledude
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I happen to be from Wisconsin and have never seen a bow saw up here. Am a retired truck driver and hauled a lot of paper out of paper mills in southern states, back then bow saws were very popular down in some of the southern states and I always wondered why so it’s been very interesting reading this thread. Yes to me bow saws always looked extra dangerous.
Post up pictures and I'll give you the value. Include the 262xp with bar attached.
They used the Bow Saw for a Pulpwood saw not a Logging saw, you found them mostly on the logging ramp where they were bucking mostly and cutting short wood. If you had an 18" bow saw that meant it would cut up to an 18" log. The weight of the bow saw would work to your advantage, since the saw would self-feed all you had to do is hold onto the handle to control the saw. If you were cutting short wood that was a lot of cuts a day, and by the end of the day you would see the advantage of the Bow Saw. It made a really good firewood saw where you made a lot of cuts, but remember it's not a good limbing saw,I always used a Bar for cut down and limbing and used the Bow to buck it all up.
Since we're posting pictures of bow bars, here's the only one I have in my collection:
1st picture is the one that got me. 2nd picture is the one I use from time to time.
Pulpwood Bow - 14 3/4" opening.
Brush Bow - 5 3/4" opening.
Ron
Pulpwood Bow - 14 3/4" opening.
Brush Bow - 5 3/4" opening.
Ron
