Sales up for snow saw

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Building a snow fort, igloo or snow sculpture is part of winter’s outdoor fun for children living in snowy climes, and construction can be much quicker with the right tool.

Enter the Snow Saw, a lightweight plastic saw manufactured by Oak Bluff’s Corey Bossuyt, retailing for $16.

Bossuyt said he can’t claim to have invented the saw as he’s aware that a Saskatchewan company was making and selling a similar item at one time. However, that company ceased operations and he adapted the design to make what he believes to be a better saw.

“The design from the Saskatchewan company had some flaws,” he said.

Bossuyt operates a small plastic fabrication company, and he began making pliable saws out of arena board. This material allows the saw to stay flexible yet strong in cold temperatures.
He now has a Winnipeg company making the saws.

Starting with sales of about 100 saws 10 years ago, Bossuyt estimates that he sold more than 1,000 last year. While he has a small ad in the Macdonald-Headingley Recreation District’s Winter Resource Guide, and also recently placed another ad in a national publication, Bossuyt said he decided early on not to invest in advertising, and most of his sales come through word-of-mouth and the company website.

However, word is spreading and he recently packed up an order of snow saws for a client in Alaska.

“We’re almost selling across Canada now,” he said. His product has proved to be popular with schools since students often construct snow dwellings and sculptures as winter projects.

For more information on the Snow Saw, see www.snowsaw.ca

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