Please recommend a lightweight saw for pruning small trees

[Thertza]

Novice gardener with no tools. What type/make of saw would I need to saw branches of smallish trees come Spring? Links welcomed. Quite wimpy so nothing heavy.

Think one of the trees is fantasia japonica about 8ft tall and spreading

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I have a folding one like this and it works fine.

Do you really need a saw? I have these geared loppers and they are great.
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"Silky" saws are what arborists use for small branches. Often quicker and easier than using a chainsaw.
You can get them in lots of places.

Another vote for a mini folding saw. Just sanitise it before use (hand gel will be fine) and clean and dry it before you put it away (use an old toothbrush and some bike oil or whatever you have) and it should give you years of use.

I have a Wolf saw. You can get interchangeable handles for their tools so, for instance, you can fit a long pole to the saw for high branches.

Bahco 384-6T Pruning Saw https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0001IX6ZW?ref=ppxpoppmobappshare

wildbounds.com/collections/all/products/timber-saw

As others have said, you’re looking for a folding pruning saw. Silky are the top brand, but expensive, Wolf are a reliable brand, don’t know about the others mentioned.

basically small and convenient secateurs take you up to up to 1-1.5cm, loppers, more cumbersome to use, but quick, for up to 3-4cm, and a pruning saw above that.

Could your “fantasia japonica” be a Fatsia japonica? In which case, you might be able to do it all with loppers.

Loppers are heavier than a pruning saw, but will cut in one chop, whereas sawing is obviously slower. For bigger branches, I brace one handle against my body and use both hands on the other.

I have some Fiskars power gear loppers, very lightweight (much lighter than my cheaper loppers) and they’ll go through branches of around an inch or so.

I got a good folding one from wilko if they still have a website. I used it to cut down a bay tree