On 31 Mar 2005 11:21:27 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

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~In article , Sally Thompson writes:
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~| My husband has asked for a pair of single handed shears for his
~| birthday - not the sort with a long handle you use standing up, but
~| just shears you operate with one hand. I've done an online search and
~| found some at Garden Direct:
~| http://www.gardendirect.co.uk/productdetail.asp?pid=4530
~| but I wondered if anyone had any better recommendations, or indeed
~| could tell me if these look like a good buy?
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~No idea. I use an old pair of manual sheep shears, which are ideal
~for the job. Doubtless you can still get them, but I have no idea
~from where.
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I have had a pair of the one-handed rotatable scissor shears and bust
them quite spectacularly whilst trimming clumpy grass.

If you're going to buy some, have a good look at the mechanism first.
You want some that are all metal with a wire puller - plastic just
can't cope.

Sheep shears you can get for 13 quid from B&Q. You can get posher ones
but they'll cost you anything from 17 to 30+. I looked for some last
year to trim my lonicera nitidas (which were once a pest of a hedge -
so I cut it to stumps and now clip the regrowth into balls


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jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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