Corona 10" Curved Folding Saw | Field Review

Hey, what's up Turtles? It's Crick here with Black Owl Outdoors. Today I'm going to be doing a review and a video on this Perona folding saw. I want to say, I think Perona is kind of like a pruner. I know this is in sort of the home gardening, around the house type deal at Home Depot where this was purchased. I want to say, I forget how much it was purchased at Home Depot, but I know they're available online for around 20 bucks. But this is a pruner, you know, around the house you can do some stuff with it. It's a 10 inch blade with a curve, 3 sided teeth. It has a locking mechanism here, but it doesn't come with a case. I'll probably do a video comparison with this and the Baco Laplander, but I'm just going to start cutting with it. That's why I'm doing the video. You want to see the saw being used. You know, say for instance you've got a tree like this around the house. Maybe you want to cut off some branches, do some pruning, you know, just in general around the house. You can use the saw going through stuff. You want to shape the tree you just planted. Take a branch off, new year, shape the tree, anything like that. This cuts on the pool, as it says on the blade. But this is a really nice saw. And I really like the grip up here. You can see the handle, the way it's curved. Sort of trying to mimic some different hand holds depending on the reach you need. But the money's up here when you can hold it up here and you can really control the blade, your hand closest to the blade. So it's really making light work of just this small diameter of branches. This can be used to process firewood. And I'm going to actually show you, I'm going to buck down a log, cut some wood with it. Just keep following me over. It's a nice piece of wood. It's a tree that someone or the wind knocked over. It's been dead. It's still on the ground, but it's not directly touching the ground. So I think this wood will be okay to use as firewood. I'm just going to do a cut down here at the base to detach it. And it pulls, or excuse me, cuts on the pool. I don't know why I keep messing that up. It cuts on the pool. And the difference between that and say the bako, where it cuts on both strokes, is just the technique you use and where you kind of put your weight, put your attention on the forward or back stroke. Made light work of that. So I'm going to come over here and get the shot of this diameter of this tree I just went through, just for comparison. Think about, eh, what is this, 4 inches? Maybe 4 inches this way. Handle to handle here, where I'm touching, is about 12 inches, tip to tip. So I went through that, no problem. Light work. Light work. I'm going to go to a more comfortable spot and cut down some more of this tree. I'm going to just buck this tree down with the intention of having some firewood. Potentially baton it if I have a big enough fixed blade or a hatchet. Or an axe, but smaller diameter firewood, really good for camp. Really good for camp to get this size, if you can, and baton it down. There's a lot of angles for the wood. It really helps the wood burn better, cleaner, you can control the fire better. And actually, as I'm doing this, because I'm putting my, really engaging the back stroke, I'm pulling the tree back with me. And I'm just, by chance, I'm using this branch off this fallen tree as I rock back. It's going to help it stabilize it in the motion where it's most important. There's going to be some tension on this now. The weight's going to want to push. And I made really light work of that. Nice piece of wood, diameter against the blade. Really quick, I'll do another one. I just want to stop for a second and just kind of point out the stance I'm taking. My actual physical body. I'm not standing up right here and keeping my back. I'm putting a lot of tension on my back. I'm bending my legs and getting down kind of parallel with the motion. Get my whole body into it. If you're going to be doing this all day, repetitive task, it's really important to have the proper posture to use your whole body. So you're not just stressing one single point. Watch yourself, this might come back on you. Nope. I really like this saw. I really, really like this saw. For a few reasons. One, it's going through this wood really easy. I hope to do a comparison video. I will do a comparison video between this and the Bako. But as this saw stands by itself, for the price, around $20, there are only a few things I want to mention about it. One, there's a little bit of play in here. But it is locked, it stays locked, it's not going to come above that. Could be an issue for you, not really one for me. And what I really like about this was the ability to go to a store and look at it and hold the saw. As opposed to always looking online and looking for a video for it. I don't know if anyone out there who's watching this feels the same way, but I really miss the days where I could go to an actual store and find all the gear I wanted. Find something and look at it and play with it before online shopping became so popular. So again, the reason why this is getting a few stars, extra few stars, in my book. I can just go look at it and decide if I want it. This is Craig signing out with Blackout Outdoors. Later Turtles.