German manufacturer STIHL (pronounced "steel") has been making chainsaws for nearly a century. Founded by Andreas Stihl in an effort to push forestry tools beyond basic axes, the first chainsaw (an ...
Stihl is one of the most popular power tool manufacturers in the world. The brand has been going strong since 1926 and makes some of the most powerful gas-powered chainsaws on the market. Perhaps ...
1785: A chain handsaw model appears in John Aitken's Principles of Midwifery, or Puerperal Medicine. The fine serrated chain is used to remove diseased bone. 1926: Andreas Stihl patents two-person ...