Mitchell,
I'm gonna guess that "ossie50" is in the province of Victoria, Australia.
All the climbers I know in Victoria, B.C. will order Silky's and such through Sherill's, etc. There is Pacific Arborist Supply in Van, but I haven't been in his store on River Road for over a year, can't say what kind of handsaws/scabbards he might be carrying at the moment. I agree, that Ibuki scabbard was trash.
Jomoco,
Would also like to see pics of your custom boot scabbard. I buy Corona handsaws locally (Alf Becker's on Glanford, Mitch, they can't tune a saw to save their life, but I go there for files, wedges, sprocket grease, plus there's a cold beer store next door, Cheers!) I've made a couple of prototype boot scabbards myself, but have no way to upload pics.
Definitely agree, a quick access to your handsaw to swipe away epicormic fluff on a removal is great to have. I will finish some tricky branch grabs with the handsaw too, but blocking? Maybe I've been doing too much straight up and downish trees, I'll try thiis on my next wierd leaner. Always something to learn here!
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