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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited August 2021
    I just had a look and it was @Topbird who answered the question and it was at Peter Beales Roses - (last post on the page)
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1020924/secateurs-for-roses

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited August 2021
    Mine are by Top Garden and have shapely handles and a catch.  I actually keep them in the kitchen for when I'm spatchcocking chicken as my IKEA poultry shears are hopeless and I have 3 pairs of Felcos and a small pair of Wolf secateurs which do me well for snipping. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    As per my original posting highlighted by @Pete.8 I have been using the same pair of  ARS snips for about 8 years now. They really suit my smaller hands and sharpen up very quickly and easily. Have hardly used my regular secateurs since. 

    Best £10 ever spent. Have bought a couple of pairs as X**s presents. Wasn't met with  unbounded gratitude initially - but both pairs are now used day in day out by the recipients.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • Tanty2Tanty2 Posts: 231
    Thanks everyone for the insight and links, I'm very grateful :)  Now for a spot of snips shopping...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
     "ARS snips"
    Just be careful how you say that @Tanty2 ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Tanty2Tanty2 Posts: 231
    :)  i'll say Parsnips instead, see if anyone notices....
  • Bright starBright star Posts: 1,153
    I can recommend the ones that Pete.8 has mentioned, they stay sharp for a long time between sharpening.
    Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    I love telling people about my ARS snips @Fairygirl - it always makes them do a double take😁
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's usually after you've sat on something you shouldn't @Topbird :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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