Single handed shears - recommendations?
 

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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Sally in Shropshire, UK
bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk
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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?

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.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article , Sally Thompson
writes:
|
| 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?

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.


How's about these?

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...=20323&recno=1

Regards,

Neil

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

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~In article , Sally Thompson writes:
~|
~| 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.
~

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

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you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
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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?

I did have some like that once but did not find them to be very robust
but that is only my opinion.
Have you considered battery shears, I have had two for about 5 years and
find that they are the most useful tools I have ever used, would hate to
be without them
kate

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:34:32 +0100, "Neil Bush"
wrote:


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article , Sally Thompson
writes:
|
| 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?

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.


How's about these?

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...=20323&recno=1

They look just the job, Neil - and thanks also to Nick. I hadn't
thought of sheep shears. However, I can see we'll have to buy a goat
to practise on! (Your point about being well made is answered by the
above link, Jane, because these look really sturdy).


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Sally in Shropshire, UK
bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:01:55 +0100, Sally Thompson
wrote:


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?

I have a pair of the one's you've found and they are excellent. The
swivel head makes all sorts of jobs mucn easier.

Pam in Bristol

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:34:32 +0100, "Neil Bush"
wrote:


How's about these?

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...=20323&recno=1

We use 'em. Don't be put off by the price, these are good steel made
by folks I used to buy mountaineering hardware from (ice axes,
karabiners, crampons etc)
Axminster is a good one stop shop for almost all tools except a few
very specialised items.

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On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:10:07 GMT, Pam Moore
wrote:

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:01:55 +0100, Sally Thompson
wrote:

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?

I have a pair of the one's you've found and they are excellent. The
swivel head makes all sorts of jobs mucn easier.

Thanks for that Pam. My stepdaughter is buying the present, and I
have sent her the above link and the one to the sheep shears. My
guess is that she'll go for the ones from gardendirect (but then I
have the excuse to buy myself the sheep shears at a later date!).
I thought the price was a snip - sorry, couldn't resist...

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Sally in Shropshire, UK
bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk
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