I am the caretaker/owner of a 1954 Stihl BLK that has never been sold. The farm dealership I worked at had bought 2 and only sold one. This one was used to cut up wood shipping crates and occasional limbs. I inadvertently threw the float carb away. I believe the saw to have the original bar and chain on it. About 1979 the weighted hose for the fuel rotted off and when we try to take off the top of the fuel tank the screw slots rounded off. I get it down off the shelf to show people what the "First lightweight" chainsaw was. When I tell them to pull the starter cable it usually jerks the cable handle thru their fingers. I had it at a tractor show a few years back and a guy wanted it with a passion. His last offer was $2K and like a fool, I turned it down simply because "I had an unsold BLK".
Me too, I really wish that there was a more in depth video of he and it going into more detail on the collection. He did an excellent job of doing this one, I'd just like more of it.
This is the type of guy that tens of thousands of men need in their life. So much knowledge. I’d kill to live near this guy and have a beer or two with him.
Incredible!🤯 My dad is 85...... worked in the woods all his life... ran McCullochs for some time before we switched to Huskys.....would be so cool to take him to see this....thanks for posting!
Wow that’s a impressive collection. You guys are lucky to get a tour. That guy has forgot more then I will ever know. Super cool. I hope that collection is going or staying when he leaves. Too many collections like that gets lost over time.
Now that was an absolutely unbelievable tour of chainsaws plus. His knowledge of saws and everything else is crazy smart and beyond. Thank you for sharing this experience with us Gordy.
WOW WOW WOW that is absolutely amazing thank you for showing us this collection I’m sure everyone will love this as much as I did so much history and knowledge we need the knowledge form these guys to fuel the next generation of saw addiction. Thanks for sharing Gordy as we will never have such a extensive collection down here in New Zealand.
Only need one saw myself The one I have had for over 40 years and still out performs the new stuff in more ways than one ECHO say no more ! Never let me down I do not know what a repair shop looks like let alone where to find one.. I do however see a ot of issues with that great great saw called a Stihl ?? My mates who all seem to run the famouse Stihl have spent a few hours in the repair shop!! Just like most modern stuff with flash names ie Mercedes B.M.W. Volkswagen etc etc etc All have sold their quality to the Devil have they not ?? Having said all that this was a great up load for anyone that likes saws so a big thanks to you for that !!!!!!!!!!!!! And well done !!
I have 3 Stihl 045's 2 were my grandpas felling saws from the 70's and one was my dads in the 80's. I Just got my dads 045AV running again, but unfortunately both my grandpas saws are done. one has a broken piston and case and the other is in parts, apparently had bad seals on the crank. At least my Dads saw is back running and cutting wood again it is a beast and according to my dad my grandpa hopped it up to an 050 if that is possible?? My grandpa was an incredible saw mechanic and made a living fixing saws long after he retired from felling trees. I feel like i have his bug for saws as my shop is full of saws that I have taken from scrap bins and got running and working again. Every time i dig through the box of my grandpas old saws looking for a part i get a little nostalgic. I am 53 and about the same age he was when he built these saws. My 045av still cuts with the best of them. I just wish Grandpas old saws were not beyond Repair, maybe one day i wil try.
Greetings from the white mts of NH. I first met wayne when he was pouring the floor of his museum, i have been out to visit him 3-4 times. this is a great video you've put up here, and my -oh-my how he has stuffed more saws & stuff in there since my last visit!!
Holy crap, that was amazing!!!!! I got to meet Mr Kiekhaefer @ 1966 and i'll never forget that! Everyone respected him, and my dad said they affectionately called him "The Old Man"!
My local Stihl dealer had that poster in their shop. This would have been late 80's early 90's. Being from the east coast I always thought it was the coolest thing because of the long bars they had in the picture. Very cool to see it again.
Amazing collection i have a stihl farm boss and just recently aquired a 1961 Pioneer Holiday love these old chainsaws cheers from molloy island Western Australia
Boy howdy, no kiddin’ about a bow chainsaw. Was working for a pipeline company clearing right of ways, went into the tool trailer. Came out with a McCulloch bow saw cranked and throttled it till it ripped into my jeans. Thought it was a fluke tried it again same result, no injury. Saw went back in the tool shed.
I was fortunate enough to visit Wayne Suttons chainsaw museum about three years ago. One of the finest men i have ever had the pleasure of meeting! And as courteous as they come! I have a chainsaw collection as well but not even a third of what Wayne has! But I would highly recommend if you can get a chance to see this place do it! I only live forty five minutes away from his museum in Portland Oregon and the funny thing was I bought a Husqvarna L65 chainsaw from a guy who lives about a half mile up the road past Wayne's place and while talking to this guy he says to me, I wish I knew someone who has as much knowledge as you do about chainsaws! I laughed my ass off! I ask him if he was serious? I said, Do you not know Wayne Sutton who lives down the road about a half mile from you? Your living practically next door to the guru of chainsaws buddy! I couldn't believe he had no idea that there was a chainsaw museum that close to his house and the guy had almost all stihl in his pile of saws!
This was a great video and what an amazing man! I'd like to sit down on a back porch and spend the day talking with him. Knowledge and wisdom like his is to be cherished! Thanks for not only the video but traveling all that way there to share it with us... well done!
That guy was marvelous! What a wonderful way to spend a few hours with a real gentleman! I thought that some people collected certain makes of saws, but this one is over the top. Great job documenting it for those of us who would have never found him. Another great one Gordy 😊
I'd like to hear what was going to be said about a rototiller at the end of the video. I have a love for old tillers. Great video hope you go there again and show more of the collection.
Well now , this collection is truly amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this information together. Much appreciated. Really enjoy all your video's. Keep posting them and I'll keep giving thumbs up. Les from Eastern Oregon.
Fantastic! You can post up all the footage you cut out when editing, and I'll still find it amazing. You legend for filming this and old mate is even cooler for collecting it along with the history of it all. Bad to the bone! Thank you.
I like the collection. Great video. What works for me doesn't for others, like guns. I like HMR17/20ga/450Bush/5.56/270/300win, 9mm single row pistols. Not for everyone but they work well for me. A man skilled with his tools, then following the crowd with out knowing why or how.
Wow what an incredible collection! It’s super interesting to see the evolution of technology over the years. So many different ideas and how far things have come! A huge thank you to you Gordy for taking the time to record this to share it with everyone!
Wow this guy is like me. Over the years I just got rid of somuch stuff after watching the hoarder shows. I was going to buy one of them two man saws. Just to have it. Just talked myself out of it. Now I just keep what I can make money with. I did keep my 015. But I can't count the old saws I use to have. Thank you for making this video. I was like a kid in a toy store.
This was an unexpected and welcomed video tour. It was like seeing the evolution of the power saws coming up from the industrial revolution to today. The cool thing was to see how one company would come up with a new, revolutionary design and the others would try to work off of that and how little things here and there would stand and others would become abandoned until the industry designs eventually made it to where it is now. There doesn't seem to be much revolutionary design changes taking place these days, but who knows, the 500i might have is own epitaph in a museum like this one day, like the diesels lol. Awesome opportunity, thanks for sharing this with us.
The Ol’ Son, ya got riding shotgun, is one helluva man!You’re lucky to know him!! And even luckier to call him a friend. I sure have, for many years. Thanks for sharing that incredible bit of history. What an amazing collection.
I'm sorry you're passing so much eye candy it's driving me crazy before I die please Lord let me visit here and meet this gentleman and see his wonderful collection please Lord 🙏 no I've been doing tree work 30 years
Gordie & Wayne, you guys need to check out Tom' logging camp in Minnesota just north of Duluth. They have old turn of the century vintage chainsaws!! Very cool place to visit!
Yes very nice thanks' for sharing and showing what chain saw sickness defined. I got a Stihl 009 and an AV012 that one has 45 cc believe it or not. I also have 2 Jonsereds 2171 ,24' bar and a 2145 with 15' bar and my newest saw is a Husqvarna 257 that runs but isn't running right at the moment . Be safe an and thank you sir.
watched this twice hoping to see a Strunk, first saw i ever ran.dad said if you can start it you can use it,i was around 10 or 11.so my brother and i built a 8'x8' cabin
I thought sorry Gordy I thought this was Richard's channel for a minute I apologize but I love your channels well I just got an axe with your handle on it absolutely amazing love it
I'm surprised there aren't more Homelite's in this. They were the logging and homeowner saw with several innovations from the 60's to 80's before sthil took the market. Very impressive nonetheless :D
@@koda7820 I would say if it weren't for the homelite's that you wouldn't have the versatility of chainsaws that you have today. Homelite had several adapters that allowed you to add just about anything to a saws powerhead. I've personally got the auger, winch, gear drive and auto oiler adapters. Also some of the first I know of that had auto oiling. Now the later cheapo homellite's were complete junk. At that point they lost the market anyway. The xl series were a leap into the smaller more "current" saw sizes. Even the sthil's 0 series saws were modeled somewhat identical to the bigger homelite's using the same parts.
I am the caretaker/owner of a 1954 Stihl BLK that has never been sold. The farm dealership I worked at had bought 2 and only sold one. This one was used to cut up wood shipping crates and occasional limbs. I inadvertently threw the float carb away. I believe the saw to have the original bar and chain on it. About 1979 the weighted hose for the fuel rotted off and when we try to take off the top of the fuel tank the screw slots rounded off. I get it down off the shelf to show people what the "First lightweight" chainsaw was. When I tell them to pull the starter cable it usually jerks the cable handle thru their fingers. I had it at a tractor show a few years back and a guy wanted it with a passion. His last offer was $2K and like a fool, I turned it down simply because "I had an unsold BLK".
Nothing better than a collector who has his life devoted to what he loves, thanks for sharing I thoroughly enjoyed it
You Tube needs more of this guy!! I could watch and listen for days.... Thanks Gordie!
Thanks for listening
Me too, I really wish that there was a more in depth video of he and it going into more detail on the collection. He did an excellent job of doing this one, I'd just like more of it.
This is THE perfect example of chainsaw dIsease we’re all living with... what an amazing collection!
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This is the type of guy that tens of thousands of men need in their life. So much knowledge. I’d kill to live near this guy and have a beer or two with him.
Incredible!🤯 My dad is 85...... worked in the woods all his life... ran McCullochs for some time before we switched to Huskys.....would be so cool to take him to see this....thanks for posting!
What a wonderful trip down memory lane and an honour being in that shop Gordie.
Awesome video footage!!!!! Thank you
I can’t even get my mind around this place.
Very interesting. Bucking Billy would love that place.
Big building with all the saws, literature ,storys,videos of your past ,history for generations to see you would deserve that
Wow that’s a impressive collection. You guys are lucky to get a tour. That guy has forgot more then I will ever know. Super cool. I hope that collection is going or staying when he leaves. Too many collections like that gets lost over time.
I work west coast bc sandpit logging 1976 see this thing old type saw .this collection is out this world.very nice collection
Ahh,sandspit. I used to heli log up that way,Sewell inlet,the old Husby camp in Eden lake and a couple other spots that I can’t remember 😊
Now that was an absolutely unbelievable tour of chainsaws plus. His knowledge of saws and everything else is crazy smart and beyond. Thank you for sharing this experience with us Gordy.
Glad you enjoyed it!
WOW WOW WOW that is absolutely amazing thank you for showing us this collection I’m sure everyone will love this as much as I did so much history and knowledge we need the knowledge form these guys to fuel the next generation of saw addiction. Thanks for sharing Gordy as we will never have such a extensive collection down here in New Zealand.
What a great video to share our passion for forestry and saws. What a great museum and owner. Thanks.
Thank You Gentlemen for Preserving & Sharing these, so much History in these Saws, Tools, Signs & more
Only need one saw myself The one I have had for over 40 years and still out performs the new stuff in more ways than one ECHO say no more ! Never let me down I do not know what a repair shop looks like let alone where to find one.. I do however see a ot of issues with that great great saw called a Stihl ?? My mates who all seem to run the famouse Stihl have spent a few hours in the repair shop!! Just like most modern stuff with flash names ie Mercedes B.M.W. Volkswagen etc etc etc All have sold their quality to the Devil have they not ?? Having said all that this was a great up load for anyone that likes saws so a big thanks to you for that !!!!!!!!!!!!! And well done !!
I have 3 Stihl 045's 2 were my grandpas felling saws from the 70's and one was my dads in the 80's. I Just got my dads 045AV running again, but unfortunately both my grandpas saws are done. one has a broken piston and case and the other is in parts, apparently had bad seals on the crank. At least my Dads saw is back running and cutting wood again it is a beast and according to my dad my grandpa hopped it up to an 050 if that is possible?? My grandpa was an incredible saw mechanic and made a living fixing saws long after he retired from felling trees. I feel like i have his bug for saws as my shop is full of saws that I have taken from scrap bins and got running and working again. Every time i dig through the box of my grandpas old saws looking for a part i get a little nostalgic. I am 53 and about the same age he was when he built these saws. My 045av still cuts with the best of them. I just wish Grandpas old saws were not beyond Repair, maybe one day i wil try.
Wow! Mind blown! Thank you for taking us along.
Wow! What an amazing collection! One could spend days taking it all in. I would love to run that Jet saw! Thank you for sharing Gordy.
Greetings from the white mts of NH. I first met wayne when he was pouring the floor of his museum, i have been out to visit him 3-4 times. this is a great video you've put up here, and my -oh-my how he has stuffed more saws & stuff in there since my last visit!!
Thanks for sharing that he’s a great guy
Where is this
Holy crap, that was amazing!!!!! I got to meet Mr Kiekhaefer @ 1966 and i'll never forget that! Everyone respected him, and my dad said they affectionately called him "The Old Man"!
That was awesome! What a treat. Thank you Wayne for showing us all around!!
Crazy you said Pollock Pines I live in Pollock on the Blair ranch , the Blair's had many mills , all over !!! Super Rad collection there !
1st off' THANK YOU FOR SHARING ❤
what a wonderful & beautiful story and video, that is a lot of Knowledge, History, and Absolute Love .
My local Stihl dealer had that poster in their shop. This would have been late 80's early 90's. Being from the east coast I always thought it was the coolest thing because of the long bars they had in the picture. Very cool to see it again.
1980 is the year I started too... My life I mean. That's an awesome collection. Thank you
I have met Wayne a few times back when he was a rep. Great guy.
Amazing collection i have a stihl farm boss and just recently aquired a 1961 Pioneer Holiday love these old chainsaws cheers from molloy island Western Australia
Amboy saw suspenders!!!! I loved that saw shop!!!!!
Boy howdy, no kiddin’ about a bow chainsaw. Was working for a pipeline company clearing right of ways, went into the tool trailer. Came out with a McCulloch bow saw cranked and throttled it till it ripped into my jeans. Thought it was a fluke tried it again same result, no injury. Saw went back in the tool shed.
Could watch hours unedited of you guys talking. Truly deserving of the “he’s forgotten more then I’ll ever know”
nice fella, the owner is. and the interviewer is most respectful
I was fortunate enough to visit Wayne Suttons chainsaw museum about three years ago. One of the finest men i have ever had the pleasure of meeting! And as courteous as they come! I have a chainsaw collection as well but not even a third of what Wayne has! But I would highly recommend if you can get a chance to see this place do it! I only live forty five minutes away from his museum in Portland Oregon and the funny thing was I bought a Husqvarna L65 chainsaw from a guy who lives about a half mile up the road past Wayne's place and while talking to this guy he says to me, I wish I knew someone who has as much knowledge as you do about chainsaws! I laughed my ass off! I ask him if he was serious? I said, Do you not know Wayne Sutton who lives down the road about a half mile from you? Your living practically next door to the guru of chainsaws buddy! I couldn't believe he had no idea that there was a chainsaw museum that close to his house and the guy had almost all stihl in his pile of saws!
I’ve been wanting to go see Wayne’s collection. Only a couple hours drive from where I live. I could easily spend a whole day there
The only words that I have for this is "Holy SHIT!". What an amazing collection absolutely mind-blowing!! Thanks for recording this!
so stoked to see museums to wood felling equipment and lifestyle; i collect old saws and restore them; great presentation!
This was a great video and what an amazing man! I'd like to sit down on a back porch and spend the day talking with him. Knowledge and wisdom like his is to be cherished! Thanks for not only the video but traveling all that way there to share it with us... well done!
That guy was marvelous! What a wonderful way to spend a few hours with a real gentleman! I thought that some people collected certain makes of saws, but this one is over the top. Great job documenting it for those of us who would have never found him. Another great one Gordy 😊
I'd like to hear what was going to be said about a rototiller at the end of the video. I have a love for old tillers. Great video hope you go there again and show more of the collection.
Great man keeping history alive!!! Awesome video! Enjoy listening to the backstorries!
Well now , this collection is truly amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this information together. Much appreciated. Really enjoy all your video's. Keep posting them and I'll keep giving thumbs up.
Les from Eastern Oregon.
Thank you Les
Always makes me wish I hadn't sold my collection years ago. But starting again.
I hope he has a fire sprinkler system installed. This is a priceless collection.
Super cool. Thanks for sharing Gordie!
Fantastic! You can post up all the footage you cut out when editing, and I'll still find it amazing. You legend for filming this and old mate is even cooler for collecting it along with the history of it all. Bad to the bone! Thank you.
I like the collection. Great video.
What works for me doesn't for others,
like guns. I like HMR17/20ga/450Bush/5.56/270/300win, 9mm single row pistols. Not for everyone but they work well for me.
A man skilled with his tools, then following the crowd with out knowing why or how.
Awesome!!! What a cool guy!!! I could listen to those stories forever! You will be back, I am sure!!!
Yes Wayne is great super knowledgeable
Thanks for showing some appreciation to the 056 Stihl's. But that's an awesome collection he has.
I really want a 056 mag 2
I have 3, 5 041s, an 051, but I'll contemplate on sending you guys one of the 056s,lol
Wow what an incredible collection! It’s super interesting to see the evolution of technology over the years. So many different ideas and how far things have come! A huge thank you to you Gordy for taking the time to record this to share it with everyone!
Thanks for watching!
Wow this guy is like me. Over the years I just got rid of somuch stuff after watching the hoarder shows. I was going to buy one of them two man saws. Just to have it. Just talked myself out of it. Now I just keep what I can make money with. I did keep my 015. But I can't count the old saws I use to have. Thank you for making this video. I was like a kid in a toy store.
Now that is a piece of heaven! Hope these kind of places stay when the generations change...👍🏻
This was an unexpected and welcomed video tour. It was like seeing the evolution of the power saws coming up from the industrial revolution to today. The cool thing was to see how one company would come up with a new, revolutionary design and the others would try to work off of that and how little things here and there would stand and others would become abandoned until the industry designs eventually made it to where it is now. There doesn't seem to be much revolutionary design changes taking place these days, but who knows, the 500i might have is own epitaph in a museum like this one day, like the diesels lol.
Awesome opportunity, thanks for sharing this with us.
I think the chain design was my favorite part of seeing the progress so many different ideas it’s really cool to look at
Whoever is videoing is a mouth breather.
I’m surprised he was able to even breathe! That is breath taking!
The Ol’ Son, ya got riding shotgun, is one helluva man!You’re lucky to know him!! And even luckier to call him a friend. I sure have, for many years. Thanks for sharing that incredible bit of history. What an amazing collection.
What an awesome collection…
Thanks for sharing! 👍
Mr bigsaw was the first time I seen Wayne’s world….even more incredible today…that turbine unit is fly…😉
Wow that is amazing how the chainsaws have evolved over the years they were beasts in the older days 😲 great bit of history 😊
Thank you for this! What an amazing collection!
Wow who would have thought there were stick shift chainsaws amazing saws in this museum
That was amazing to see. Thanks for taking the time to share this.
This IS officially on my bucket list now! Thanks SO MUCH from a chainsaw NUT!!!
That was awesome! Beautiful saws and so much history.
I want to be that cool when I'm older. I just picked up a McCulloch 5-49, 2 person saw and now I can't stop looking at all these old saws.
I'm sorry you're passing so much eye candy it's driving me crazy before I die please Lord let me visit here and meet this gentleman and see his wonderful collection please Lord 🙏 no I've been doing tree work 30 years
Gordie & Wayne, you guys need to check out Tom' logging camp in Minnesota just north of Duluth. They have old turn of the century vintage chainsaws!! Very cool place to visit!
Wayne is a special person. Thanks Wayne.
Very cool video!
Yes very nice thanks' for sharing and showing what chain saw sickness defined. I got a Stihl 009 and an AV012 that one has 45 cc believe it or not. I also have 2 Jonsereds 2171 ,24' bar and a 2145 with 15' bar and my newest saw is a Husqvarna 257 that runs but isn't running right at the moment . Be safe an and thank you sir.
you're excited, hell I can hardly wait till you pull up in front of the museum
Amazing just absolutely amazing thanks for talking us there.
His knowledge is just as impressive as his collection. Amazing.
I've met Wayne at a Stihl U seminar awesome guy full of knowledge thanks for the show an tell Gordy
Popped up on my youtube. Not into chainsaws but the happy look on the guy in the thumbnail made me feel happy for him enjoying life! 😊
Thanks for sharing. Love them old saws. My dad run homelite when he was sawing.
Gordy, Thanks so much for taking us along. That was an awesome video!!!!
You bet thank you
Wow!! What an awesome video!! This is how you do it Gordy!! Things people have never seen!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Amazing thanks for recording this and sharing crazy 🤪 mind boggling collection
Man that is amazing. I now have a new bucket list place to visit and he will have to charge me rent as well. What a great find. 👍
Man!!!!😲😲😲 sir bucken billy ray my teacher needs to see this place!!!!😲🤠👌🤙🤙🤙💯💯🥳🥳🥳😉😉Nice 😊
Wow! Very very cool! Thanks for sharing this! I'd love to go there some day just to see it, though it's way over head.
The pictures you sent me don’t do it justice! Awesome video pal!
Wow a wonderful collection and all the knowledge he has.👏👏👏👏👏👍
What an amazing place. I would love to spend a day in there. Wonderful host with knowledge and stories for days.
this was so cool to watch man i would love to go there
Wayne you need a building stretcher, you are definitely running out of room. Great video.
do0d! I'm just 7 mins into this vid and I can't stop smiling at all the COOL STUFF in his collection! omfn'g. This is so bitchin. Thanks!
This is better than any other museum ever!
watched this twice hoping to see a Strunk, first saw i ever ran.dad said if you can start it you can use it,i was around 10 or 11.so my brother and i built a 8'x8' cabin
Thanks for taking the time to put this up. Very impressive collection.
What a privilege to be able to see his collection. Very lucky.
Wonderfull! Greats from Germany! I have the Stihl 07S and 08S! Fine Maschine!
Excellent museum, I would love to see it if I didn't live 3000 miles away.
I thought sorry Gordy I thought this was Richard's channel for a minute I apologize but I love your channels well I just got an axe with your handle on it absolutely amazing love it
I'm surprised there aren't more Homelite's in this. They were the logging and homeowner saw with several innovations from the 60's to 80's before sthil took the market. Very impressive nonetheless :D
They’re junk that’s why
@@koda7820 no. The xl12 is still a legendary saw
@@koda7820 I would say if it weren't for the homelite's that you wouldn't have the versatility of chainsaws that you have today. Homelite had several adapters that allowed you to add just about anything to a saws powerhead. I've personally got the auger, winch, gear drive and auto oiler adapters. Also some of the first I know of that had auto oiling. Now the later cheapo homellite's were complete junk. At that point they lost the market anyway. The xl series were a leap into the smaller more "current" saw sizes. Even the sthil's 0 series saws were modeled somewhat identical to the bigger homelite's using the same parts.
So damn cool!!!! Wayne seems like a great guy.. Thanks for taking us along Gordy!!
U bet
Stick shift chainsaw 💪
Awesome collection and collector, loved the video 👍🏻🇺🇲
wow Gordy you were absolutely right. You could stand in one spot for hours at a time
Yea it was a lot to take in 😁
Wow, what a collection and what an owner, I could listen to him for hours.
Wow, just wow. What a resource in history. Thanks for sharing.
super cool! man i’d love to hear so many of them run! that jet engine stihl….
Yea I wanna hear that jet bad 😁👍