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Written by Matt, Crew Leader 2019 When I first met you not too long ago, I journeyed from the top of that old ridge Haoe. You cut me deep with your thorny brush and threw me down the steep ravines of old Haoe. I had had enough, bruised and beaten I made the climb back up, back out, but what did I find? Thunder and lightning and pounding rain along the ridge line. I lumbered away as fast as I could rueing the day I was destined to return. I dried off and collected, healed up a

Saw Filing January 2020 By Paul Dickens – C Sawyer Crosscut, Traditional Tool Trainer and Volunteer with SAWS It is winter. Field work is slow, awaiting spring. But work to maintain traditional tools used in Wilderness continues. Saw filing is a journey. A saw filer must refine their technique based on feedback from sawyers in the field. Back in the day when crosscut saws cleared forests, lumber camps had a saw shack with professional filers who tuned each saw specifically f