Walking around your yard and see a 3-4″ limb or entire tree trunk that needs to be cut through? The lightweight ARS Pruning Folding Turbocut Saw fits nicely in a coat pocket. It is infinitely superior to the Fiskars equivalent sold at Home Depot and not much more expensive. I own two already, so think that I will buy a slightly longer non-folder ARS saw: ARS Straight Blade Professional Arborist Saw. Also worth considering: ARS pruner.
[This is part of my personal scheme to help our Japanese brothers and sisters recover from the tsunami.]
Phil: thanks for the tip. I am going to order the pruner If you have a slightly bigger log to saw, please consider your American brothers and sisters in California by taking a look at this 28″log saw.