That Japanese steel is excellent stuff...if the tips on the tsumura withstood regular bore cutting I would put them right up there with Sugi.
I personally like a wrap, sure makes falling nice.
Knowledge is power
if that question was to me?
I agree . They make the 59" narrow because they can but bellies are for even tension as much as structural. I could only imagine how tight the ends would be to run a Stihl lite in that length unless it's just strictly under the dogs. It would be hard on the engine, gear and all, otherwise. That's a long straight span.
Wrap handles are nonexistent in the Midwest as well. Loggers in the north east seem to say wrap handles just get in the way and prefer shorter bars.
Seems the majority of mid size and up saws here are sold with them now. I’ve seen more than a few 357/359 sold with them from new too. But, it wasn’t always that way. My dad never ran one, he always ran double dogs and a 36 on the 2100s but hated the wraps, and most of the guys I knew that he worked with did too. Even into when my uncle was working in the bush 15 years later almost everyone ran half wraps. Now almost everyone runs full wraps. Our poplar doesn’t have much for a butt swell on it, but I prefer them because I like to run the saw ambidextrously, it’s much more comfortable and natural to position yourself for accurate cuts using both hands and both sides of the saw universally once you get on it. I also move around a lot. Dad said he didn’t, speed was their game more than shooting for accurate lay or saving out wood so he’d always notch and back cut from the same side of the tree, notching with the bottom of the bar and back cut being back barred when necessary for a low stump. He said they got in the way and slowed him down, I find the opposite but I stump likely 6” higher than he does even now. And I run the Skidder too so there’s not one but me to complain about stump height.
How exactly do they get in the way?[emoji111] Walnuts seem to grow straight without much of a taper.
Yep. Or a piece of veneer rock maple...
I wouldn't mind a full wrap for yard work or firewood but a common phrase I read on this site is "BORE CUTTING". I seldom read about the rest of the procedure of cutting the tap roots and controlling the direction of fall by which tap root you cut last. That is when the full wrap is "ALWAYS" in my way. I have trees that you dig around the base for the extra footage/MONEY. (Backhoe once on a walnut that was a veneer and got tired of digging after 2 or 3 feet)... ended up with an extra 7 foot of veneer and log was a 20" at 17 ft. Farmer had pushed in a draw around the tree, Had to use the bar nose straight up and down to "Tip cut the tap roots, Dad wasn't monkey enough so you know who got to cut it. We used a trench for getting away when it fell and had the hoe over the trench for some safety. Was a hot smokey job down in that hole. Back in the days of the 051 AV we used outboard motor oil. Made for a miserable job, even when yer young and fit. Johnny Bowen (Landowner/Farmer) said he would never complain that we didn't cut the stump low enough
