A drag saw is an early responding saw utilizing a 1.8 m (6 feet) steel crosscut saw to buck logs to length. Before the advancement of the cutting tool amid the Second World War, the drag saw was a prominent method for taking the diligent work out of cutting wood.

As per one theory, proof for the utilization of drag saws may go back to the fourth line of Egypt, two thousand years prior to its usually acknowledged date of invention.Early drag saws were steam fueled and later gas controlled. A few makers included Multnomah, Vaughn and Wee McGregor.