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anvil secateurs?
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? |
anvil secateurs?
"stuart noble" wrote in message ... 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. |
anvil secateurs?
stuart noble wrote:
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? Out of curiosity, why do you favour the anvil type? Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh. |
anvil secateurs?
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says... stuart noble wrote: 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? Out of curiosity, why do you favour the anvil type? Chris I was going to ask that!!! -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
anvil secateurs?
On 09/09/2010 09:01, Charlie Pridham wrote:
In , says... stuart noble wrote: 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? Out of curiosity, why do you favour the anvil type? Chris I was going to ask that!!! I suppose because most of my pruning is of woody shrubs. My experience of the bypass types (albeit the cheaper ones) is that, under any sort of pressure, the cutting edge deflects slightly and traps the material rather than slicing through it. I suppose the fact that Felco don't seem to do an anvil type suggests maybe I ought to re-think. |
anvil secateurs?
On 8 Sep, 18:58, stuart noble wrote:
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? Draper do quite a nice one with non-slip blade, type 45315. It's about 15 quid in the local garden centre and about 4 quid on the web. Cheap enough to throw away when it has had it. Or local farm supplies place has the Wolf RS22 for a tenner, they look quite good. Bahco P138-22 are very rugged, but quite expensive, and I am not convinced about the blade. Or you could do some lateral thinking, and go for an industrial shear: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_1...intS hip=true I have one of the accu-cut and use it a huge amount for pipe, wood, rope, and things like that. |
anvil secateurs?
On 09/09/2010 13:26, bobharvey wrote:
On 8 Sep, 18:58, stuart wrote: 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? Draper do quite a nice one with non-slip blade, type 45315. It's about 15 quid in the local garden centre and about 4 quid on the web. Cheap enough to throw away when it has had it. Or local farm supplies place has the Wolf RS22 for a tenner, they look quite good. Bahco P138-22 are very rugged, but quite expensive, and I am not convinced about the blade. IME it's not the blade that's the problem, but the anvil part that it goes into/against when squeezed. If that's worn, it tends to cut through 99% of the thickness of the material, and leave you the 1% to tear off by hand, which is frustrating. My latest is a £3 job from some supermarket, which looks sturdy enough but, straight out of its shrink wrap, doesn't cut cleanly through a soft 5mm stalk. I'll investigate the above though. Thanks for that. Or you could do some lateral thinking, and go for an industrial shear: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_1...intS hip=true I have one of the accu-cut and use it a huge amount for pipe, wood, rope, and things like that. |
anvil secateurs?
On 09/09/2010 13:15, Charlie Pridham wrote:
In , says... On 09/09/2010 09:01, Charlie Pridham wrote: In , says... stuart noble wrote: 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? Out of curiosity, why do you favour the anvil type? Chris I was going to ask that!!! I suppose because most of my pruning is of woody shrubs. My experience of the bypass types (albeit the cheaper ones) is that, under any sort of pressure, the cutting edge deflects slightly and traps the material rather than slicing through it. I suppose the fact that Felco don't seem to do an anvil type suggests maybe I ought to re-think. I think you will find the Felco range the best, I use the heavy duty ones with the rotating handle and have never had a problem with big stuff not cutting, it copes quite well with 1" diameter branches. Blimey, my maximum size is half that, and precious little of it too, but I may have to go Felco just to avoid the frustration of using lousy tools. I hate scissors that don't cut at their tips too :-) |
anvil secateurs?
"stuart noble" wrote in message ... My latest is a £3 job from some supermarket, which looks sturdy enough but, straight out of its shrink wrap, doesn't cut cleanly through a soft 5mm stalk. Take it back, it's not fit for the purpose it was sold for. It doesn't matter how cheap they were, secateurs are supposed to be able to cut and prune much bigger and woodier stems than that. I always advise people to take back useless stuff. If you don't the company that sell them won't realise how cr"p it is and will continue to sell it, leading to more dissatisfied customers who don't complain who might say to their friends "don't buy anything from xxx, their secateurs were rubbish." Etc. It's in that company's best interest to keep their customers happy and if they don't realise they are not they might find business declining. So, by taking your useless secateurs back you are actually doing them a favour. Remind them of that if they claim otherwise when you do ;-) Tina |
anvil secateurs?
"Charlie Pridham" wrote ... stuart_ says... Charlie Pridham wrote: says... stuart noble wrote: 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? Out of curiosity, why do you favour the anvil type? I was going to ask that!!! I suppose because most of my pruning is of woody shrubs. My experience of the bypass types (albeit the cheaper ones) is that, under any sort of pressure, the cutting edge deflects slightly and traps the material rather than slicing through it. I suppose the fact that Felco don't seem to do an anvil type suggests maybe I ought to re-think. I think you will find the Felco range the best, I use the heavy duty ones with the rotating handle and have never had a problem with big stuff not cutting, it copes quite well with 1" diameter branches. No. 7. unless you are left handed. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
anvil secateurs?
On 09/09/2010 17:25, Christina Websell wrote:
"stuart wrote in message ... My latest is a £3 job from some supermarket, which looks sturdy enough but, straight out of its shrink wrap, doesn't cut cleanly through a soft 5mm stalk. Take it back, it's not fit for the purpose it was sold for. It doesn't matter how cheap they were, secateurs are supposed to be able to cut and prune much bigger and woodier stems than that. I always advise people to take back useless stuff. If you don't the company that sell them won't realise how cr"p it is and will continue to sell it, leading to more dissatisfied customers who don't complain who might say to their friends "don't buy anything from xxx, their secateurs were rubbish." Etc. It's in that company's best interest to keep their customers happy and if they don't realise they are not they might find business declining. So, by taking your useless secateurs back you are actually doing them a favour. Remind them of that if they claim otherwise when you do ;-) Tina I really don't know if I can be bothered. Maybe if I'm passing the door |
anvil secateurs?
On 09/09/2010 18:27, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Charlie Pridham" wrote ... stuart_ says... Charlie Pridham wrote: says... stuart noble wrote: 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? Out of curiosity, why do you favour the anvil type? I was going to ask that!!! I suppose because most of my pruning is of woody shrubs. My experience of the bypass types (albeit the cheaper ones) is that, under any sort of pressure, the cutting edge deflects slightly and traps the material rather than slicing through it. I suppose the fact that Felco don't seem to do an anvil type suggests maybe I ought to re-think. I think you will find the Felco range the best, I use the heavy duty ones with the rotating handle and have never had a problem with big stuff not cutting, it copes quite well with 1" diameter branches. No. 7. unless you are left handed. The "for intensive and prolonged pruning" description is hardly appropriate for my small garden, but maybe I'll indulge myself for once :-) |
anvil secateurs?
In article ,
says... "stuart noble" wrote in message ... My latest is a £3 job from some supermarket, which looks sturdy enough but, straight out of its shrink wrap, doesn't cut cleanly through a soft 5mm stalk. Take it back, it's not fit for the purpose it was sold for. It doesn't matter how cheap they were, secateurs are supposed to be able to cut and prune much bigger and woodier stems than that. I always advise people to take back useless stuff. If you don't the company that sell them won't realise how cr"p it is and will continue to sell it, leading to more dissatisfied customers who don't complain who might say to their friends "don't buy anything from xxx, their secateurs were rubbish." Etc. It's in that company's best interest to keep their customers happy and if they don't realise they are not they might find business declining. So, by taking your useless secateurs back you are actually doing them a favour. Remind them of that if they claim otherwise when you do ;-) Tina You are right of course, but I never do, is it a man thing? my wife will allways do the returns but I wont even be in the store while she does it! I am afraid a company never gets a second chance to put things right with me, if it doesn't work out of the box thats it, into the bin and never go there again. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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