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What secateurs do you use

TeTe Posts: 193
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Just a quick question really, most of us I would imagine own a pair or even several pairs of secateurs, what’s your favourite pair and why ?
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  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    Felco 2, just because they work so much better than anything else I've used
  • TeTe Posts: 193
    stephentame said:
    Felco 2, just because they work so much better than anything else I've used
    I believe you can readily get replacement parts for such secateurs as well
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  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    Te said:
    stephentame said:
    Felco 2, just because they work so much better than anything else I've used
    I believe you can readily get replacement parts for such secateurs as well

    Yes, and I sent mine off to be serviced a couple of years ago - well worth the money.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Felco 2 also. Mine are at least 10yrs old and with a 10 minute service once or twice a year they're good as new
    spares are available too
    There are several models of Felco available I'd suggest have a look at them and decide which would suit you best. Some fine the No2 a bit too heavy

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  • TeTe Posts: 193
    One of my personal pet hates, blunt secateurs, saying that my other half is very good at keeping all the necessary gardening tools sharpened😊
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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Another Felco user.
  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    I have a pair of Okatsune and really like them, sharp and hold an edge very light. I like the folding catch as I hang it off my trouser hammer loop (I wear my builder work trousers in the garden) rather than use a holster or pocket. 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Felco 2 and Felco 8
    Devon.
  • TeTe Posts: 193
    Wilderbeast said:
    I have a pair of Okatsune and really like them, sharp and hold an edge very light. I like the folding catch as I hang it off my trouser hammer loop (I wear my builder work trousers in the garden) rather than use a holster or pocket. 
    @Wilderbeast I like the Okatsune and have also used Felco 8, at the mo using a pair of Monty’s favourites - Tobisho secateurs but they are similar to the Okatsune’s
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  • TeTe Posts: 193

    "There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true"
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