Hunter, fisherman, and content creator Josh McFads owned a three-piece folding saw when a friend introduced him to Silky.

“When I was cutting, the blade would twist, and I had to assemble the saw and break it down again every time I used it,” said McFads. “When I used a Silky for the first time, it blew me away that I could bring the saw into a tree stand, clear a path for archery shooting, and that the saw would simply fold up and store in my pack until I needed it again. Silky’s Outback saws cut extremely well and look super badass. They’re the coolest saw I’ve come across.”

That was enough for McFads, a serious outdoorsman, to be hooked.

Josh McFads, from Manitoba, Canada, says his whole life is about being outdoors. “I grew up in the sticks with my folks and brothers. My grandparents had cottages on Lake Superior in the middle of nowhere in Ontario. I spent all my free time in the woods with my dad and grandpa, both big game hunters and fishermen. As I grew older, I realized it’s my top priority to spend every moment hunting and fishing that I can.”

In his early 20s, McFads started a cabinetry business, but he missed being outside. He returned to his roots and created a side hustle making media for hunting and fishing brands while building his brand as a content creator.

“Eventually, my hobby and my day-to-day looped into the same thing,” said McFads.
Since then, he’s traveled the world to hunt and fish, he started a fish and meat seasoning brand, Catch and Cook, and he built a media business on the same concept.

“A lot of outdoor brands wanted to get into the food space, but they didn’t know how,” said McFads. “I realized I could do the hunting and fishing, the prep and cooking, and capture all of it, making food look good for photos and videos.”

McFads found that Silky came in handy on jobs and his personal adventures. “I often build tripods for cooking over a fire,” said McFads. “I use my saw to take down a few small trees and to notch them before I lash the trees into a stable tripod. I can hang quite a bit of weight off that structure. I often suspend a giant cast iron cookpot from a rope, and I’ve never had an issue.”

Last winter, McFads Bigboy Outback played a key role in a cooking production for a client. “We had to cut through trees to get into the location; then we had to limb a tree to get the fire going to cook ribeye beef steaks before we lost the light,” said McFads. “The sunlight flees quickly in wintertime.”

On that shoot, McFads was cooking meat he had packed in. But he often field-dresses animals on assignment and uses his Silky to do it.

“Having a saw that can dress an animal is key,” said McFads. “It gets the job done quickly, and it lets me take more of the animal. Instead of leaving the ribs or cutting strips off, I use my Super Accel to cut the ribs off the backbone in the field.”

McFads uses his saws for fishing, too. “I’m not just backing the boat up to a lake for the day when I go fishing,” said McFads. “ I hike into cool locations, and having a saw in my pocket or pack is key. I use it to build a fire on the shore to cook my catch, to clear trees in my campsite, and to make pegs and stakes for my canvas Esker tent. It sure is nice not to have to pack in the weight of those pegs and stakes, and to make them onsite instead.”

More recently, McFads discovered Silky’s Katanaboy. “It’s wild how efficient it is, “ said McFads. “I do a lot of snowmobiling from lake to lake in the winter on backcountry trails. I come across fallen trees a lot. I keep my Katanaboy strapped to a big case on the back of my sled where I can reach it easily and keep moving. It hasn’t failed me, and I don’t expect it ever will.”

Follow Josh’s adventures @joshmcfads