On Nov 13, 6:24*pm, krw wrote:
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:40:31 -0800 (PST), Doc
wrote:

Anvil lopper or bypass lopper - why would you pick one over the
other?

Depends on what you're cutting. *Some plants like to be cut with a
bypass, some with an anvil type. *I always look up the recommended
technique for each plant before destroying it. *;-)


At the moment that isn't even an issue, I'm clearing a bunch of trees
a bit at a time and just using the loppers to cut up branches into
haul-away friendly length. The anvil broke on the beefy looking but
inexpensive flea market loppers I was using. The anvil is apparently
made of cheap pot metal and succumbed to stress fractures after a
moderate amount of use. Otherwise it's intact but I don't even know
where I'd get a replacement anvil for an off-brand POS lopper.