Hand saw for bone?

[wch]

I got some beef leg bones that I want to cut into smaller pieces.
What hand saw would you recommend?

[Pepe Ray]

They make a "bone"saw. Should be available in rural hardware stores.
A course toothed hack saw will substitute. It will have more set in the teeth than required but will get the job done.
If all you have is carpenters saws then choose the cross cut teeth.
Pepe Ray

[gwpercle]

The old bone saws I have look like hack saws . Usually deeper but that was for cutting bone with meat attached, the blades are course toothed. A few look like hack saws on steroids and were use to saw a carcass down the middle from front to rear. For bones a hack saw with course tooth ( or regular metal cutting ) will do nicely. Thats what I used when I tried to make some knife scales from cow leg bones.
gary

[wch]

Thanks, fellas.

[dale2242]

A reciprocating saw with bi-metal blade will do the job.
Be sure to clean a use blade first or use a new one.
Clean the blade after cutting bone....dale

[mongoosesnipe]

tooth count for bone saws is similar to that of cross cut wood saws

[MT Gianni]

Search around the web or a good meat shop and get a bone brush. If you always brush any bone fragments off it improves taste alot.

[gbrown]

Northerntool.com has one for $14.00. I'm sure Allied Kenco has them also. Probably find them on Amazon.com, too.

[10 ga]

A reciprocating saw with bi-metal blade will do the job.
Be sure to clean a use blade first or use a new one.
Clean the blade after cutting bone....dale

Fastest and easiest way to go! When you walk into the skinning shed and there are 13 deer hanging up and only 3 guys to process stuff you find the fast way PDQ. With the saw and the right knives and experience you can go from a whole deer to a pile of meat to wrap in less than 5 minutes, slowest thing is getting the hide off. 10 ga

PS, do not ever put the backstraps in the grind bin, you'll regret it! LOL

[psychicrhino]

+1 on the hacksaw

[S.B.]

Hack saw with fine toothed blade should work.
Steve

[kenyerian]

Cabela's sells a set of blades for a saws all that work really well for deer. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Home-...3Bcat104238180

[jgt]

Hacksaws are a poor substitute for bone saw blades. Even rough cut hacksaw blades. The set in a bone saw blade is offset to the tooth ahead and behind it. A hacksaw blade has the teeth all in a streight line. They fill up easily with goo. Then are worthless. I have a 25" and a 14" bone saws. I can find blades for the 25" saw at most hardware stores but the other one I have to order because no one carries them now days and try to sell me rough cut hacksaw blades.

[grampa243]

hack saw with the right blade will do any bone and meat cutting you need.. I get a new blade every deer season

[mikeym1a]

for years, my uncle simply used his carpentry band saw to cut up his deer. He cleaned it, of course.

[w5pv]

A regular 8 tooth per inch carpenter saw does a good job.Just clean it good before and after.

[John in WI]

for years, my uncle simply used his carpentry band saw to cut up his deer. He cleaned it, of course.

My family owns a furniture factory. One day my dad (a foreman at the time) came in to work and saw a big old bandsaw with blood, meat, and scrap in the sawdust barrel. He completely freaked out, as you can imagine as he did't know if it was an accident, emergency, or a murder or what. Sure enough one of the guys chopped up a half a beef that he bought. Dad was pretty high strung, and he didn't see the humor in it!

[Nicholas]

I use a Milwaukee reciprocating saw and a blade recommended by the local hardware guy to cut off deer leg bones and ribs.

It requires a firm hold to the leg to get a quick cut. It zips through the ribs. I also use it to slice through much tougher pork ribs in our annual half pig carcass.

[jgt]

A reciprocating saw, carpenter saw, or butcher saw all work with the right blades. A rough cut hack saw is a poor substitute for any of the above. A new blade does little to make up for it's sorry design for the application. If you doubt it, try cutting the scull plate out with horns in tact for a mount and see which one works better.

[yoter]

For hand tools, a bone saw is best. But in a pinch, a sturdy metal bow handle type tree pruning saw will work.