More than once I have emptied my large green bin to retrieve my pruners. I also tend to leave them behind in whatever garden bed I was working in when interrupted. I keep meaning to paint the handles a bright colour. Recently I looked for them high and low only to find that I had hung them up where they belong in the garden shed! I take mine apart a couple of times a year to clean, lubricate, and sharpen. For that I have a sharpening stone I put in my drill for serious sharpening, but I also keep a simple file in the shed for quick touch ups.
If folks have different needs, ARS from Japan make a fruit harvesting very compact snip. The blades do not have pointed ends but have a slightly curved blade. I know this sounds very unusual as your choices have straight blades and pointed ends. I have found young helpers can dead head flowers or harvest things like peas or beans using them without "yanking" the vines and doing little collateral damage. Sorry for the l o n g note...💚😅
More than once I have emptied my large green bin to retrieve my pruners. I also tend to leave them behind in whatever garden bed I was working in when interrupted. I keep meaning to paint the handles a bright colour. Recently I looked for them high and low only to find that I had hung them up where they belong in the garden shed!
I take mine apart a couple of times a year to clean, lubricate, and sharpen. For that I have a sharpening stone I put in my drill for serious sharpening, but I also keep a simple file in the shed for quick touch ups.
Who would think to look for our pruners where they belong? Do some gardeners always put their tools away?
I've been using the same ones for 30 years (I have more than 3) I just clean and oil them every year and they keep going.
You are better at keeping track of your tools than I am!
If folks have different needs, ARS from Japan make a fruit harvesting very compact snip.
The blades do not have pointed ends but have a slightly curved blade.
I know this sounds very unusual as your choices have straight blades and pointed ends.
I have found young helpers can dead head flowers or harvest things like peas or beans using them without "yanking" the vines and doing little collateral damage.
Sorry for the l o n g note...💚😅