On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 11:10:02 PM UTC, Emery Davis wrote:
Any recommendations for branch pruning saws? I've started the fall
pruning and it looks like a really big job. Did an oak and a horse
chestnut and really felt like the old rusty Stanley has had it.

Some people are recommending Silky saws as very good, like

I don't have any experience of Silky but they seem to get a fairly good press.
My own is

http://www.axminster.co.uk/trt-curved-pruning-saw

I promise this will be a revelation to you. They cut on the pull stroke and the curve helps enormously - it is very sharp, accurate and fast.
For anything you can't cut with this, you're almost into chainsaw territory.

Rod