"stuart noble" wrote in message
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Can't seem to find anything decent in the way of anvil type secateurs. My
no name pair have given up after 25 years, and everything I look at now is
under a tenner, and likely to perform accordingly IME. Felco seem to have
discontinued the only anvil type (model 30), so I'm a bit stumped. Anyone
got any suggestions?

you could try a look he
http://www.garden4less.co.uk/proddet...od=RSS-RSM-RSL

As I lose mine often in my large garden I tend to go cheap Wilko style,
which, if I do manage to keep them seem to be good for years.
I tend to get distracted by seeing other things that need doing more
urgently while pruning and put them down somewhere.

My neighbour was worse than me at putting his tools down and losing them.
He once called to me "if you see my rake, let me know.."
I did eventually, he'd propped it up against a tree in his orchard.