"Rod" wrote after Bob
wrote:

Rolcut Anvil Secateurs.
Anyone know what has happened to this British make of secateurs?
Neighbour,
a retired Head Gardener, is asking as his, he has had for ever, are now
showing their age and he needs a replacement pair.
He tells me he has done the local GC's without success, indeed he got
blank
looks from most.

I managed to find an on-line shop in the USA advertising lots of "these
British made secateurs" but I can't find anything about them on a UK
site.
Strange!

Used to use those when working in our garden at home with my Dad,
horrible things. Let him try your Felco secateurs, he won't want to
use his Rolcut ones again.

Me too, except my dad left most of the gardening to me; and I would agree
with you Rod but lend anyone used to a Rolcut my Felco No.7's, would you?
:-)
Anyway, he prefers Anvil Secateurs, always has (and always will).

I mailed the US firm I found www.wigginsinc.com and Joe Wiggins replied
immediately to the effect that Rolcut (of Horsham?) were bought out by a
competitor some years ago and closed down. He has the only remaining
original stock as far as he knows.
I have therefore ordered from him a pair of Rolcut No'2's, total cost
including postage from the US is only about £12.50 although I did have to
phone him to order.
The postage is only US$6 to the UK, Joe assures me, for any pruners (as they
call them).
They are therefore very cheap for the solid metal product they are and
compare very favourably with any Anvil one's out in the marketplace now.
Are our Felco's 4 times better?

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Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK