In article cd52a158f827ef3e042374d14dab2f65@TeraNews,
says...
I'm with you on this one.
I always thought Felco was
way over priced.
My present shears I picked up
for $5-6 from home depot 5 years ago.
paid $42 for some felcos bout ten years ago and the only moving part, other
than the blades, which is the catch, broke--or rather, unscrewed itself and
disappeared--within a year or so. It is the weakest link and I always thought
this was pathetic, that under average use this could happen and so quickly.
So I could never close them.
http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~mstephen/pruuners.jpg
(a shocking view actually hahahahaa, complete with blade angle inset,
which almost perfectly mirrors felcos as well)
My fave pair, even before the felcos buried themselves somewhere, remained
the Wiss 600 unit, although I kinda like that Wallace unit there too, they're
a good 15 years old. The Wiss guys are pushin 40 and still performing
flawlessly. An ultra simple design, able to snip the tiniest bud off the
smallest of micros. And if I can get the blades around it, it's as good as
hacked. Any gd rose cane, that is.
You can pretty much go and buy one of each kind of cheap and good pruner for
the price you pay for felcos and you have to know that the taiwanese etc.,
go to great lengths to gussy up most things they copy.
Corona's pretty much getting too proud of their units too. Forget them too.
They think they're felcos or something.
Of course if you go this way you can't put your pruners out on the coffee
table for all the world to see, everybody'd know how cheap you are.
I has a nitride cutting blade I've never
sharpened. All metal parts with nice
soft grips. I use it to prune dead wood
and even woody growth.
Since its only 5 bucks
I don't worry about damaging it.
I've even left it out in the rain
several times. No effect.
I didn't particularly like the looks
and it looks cheap but man is it
easy to use.
--
Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City
I'd say the best way to get pruners is to inherit them. But I'd otherwise
agree with you philosopy.
m