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 ...

If the idea that a battery-powered saw can compete with a conventional gas model sounds ridiculous, you probably haven’t used an electric chainsaw recently. Stihl MS 180 C-BE: This 11-pound ...

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 ...