On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:18:09 +0000, Phisherman wrote:

I bought a pair of Corona Professional Bypass Pruner (BP6190). They are
forged, heat-treated, cushioned grips, 1" cutting capacity, and a shock
absorbing bumper. Out of the box, I started trimming my sage bush,
removing all the dead branches. These pruners locked up. The cutting
edge curled over preventing the pruners to close. I sanded the edge, and
continued pruning. Same thing happens. My guess is these have not been
heat-treated. These are going to be returned to Lowes and I'm getting my
$25 back. Figures, these are made in Taiwan. Any recommendations for good
by-pass pruners? I think I prefer "Made in USA," under $30 if possible.
TIA

Good day,
I by corona's for my workers due to their good quality and cheaper cost.
I've never had that type of issue with corona before. I buy the cheaper
line down from the BP6190 and never had a quality issue.
The only reasons I could see the pruner's failure would be that you got a
bad one or there was some sort of 'twisting' action that was applied when
cutting through the hard, dead wood. This could of bent the blade edge and
caused the pruner to fail.

If you could find the money for them, I would suggest that you look at the
Felco brand pruners. These (IMHO) are the best pruners on the market.
Evey piece of a Felco can be removed and replaced. I use the Felco 13,
which are a two handed pruner designed for smaller hands / women. My hands
are large and the felco 13 fit just right in my hand which is rare for me.

Felco's in your price range would be:

Felco 400 pruner $31.49

Felco 5 pruner $29.74

http://www.felcostore.com/pruners.jsp

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