Love to garden sorry my pc is in winter mode , i can here him now horse and cart "Rag bone, ragbone, goldfish for rags ,goldfish for rags,, days gone bye,
We have these people called The Tinkers who come in their van in the spring for a week or so and sharpen everything, including my ancient paper cutter! I touch things up with a stone in between times. Having sharp tools is a delight!
I sharpen all our knives, secateurs, anything with blades, myself - my father taught me. My friends warn each other about my knives etc., as they are all extremely sharp - so much safer that way. Secateurs are easy enough to do - the little gadget shwn earlier works well, as does the one that looks like a pen and clips in your pocket for a quick rub up between jobs.
Hi, in a recent episode of G/W Monty Don showed how to sharpen your garden tools including a secateurs,it might still be available on iplayer,(use an oilstone with some light machine oil and rub the curved blade in a figer of eight over the lubed stone,
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I go to my local shoe repair shop. privately owned, very useful little place.
Love to garden "Rag bone
Love to garden sorry my pc is in winter mode , i can here him now horse and cart "Rag bone, ragbone, goldfish for rags ,goldfish for rags,, days gone bye,
figrat thank you for that link, I will put it on my christmas wish list.
figrat, it's going on my Chriatmas list too, hope it comes with instructions though
Figrat ---- That little gadget looks very handy, I think there will be a rush on to buy them. They are also available on Ebay.
Kate,---- I think Figrat has probably supplied you with the ideal solution
.My OH uses something called a wetstone, and oil, sounds messy to me.
Chris.
We have these people called The Tinkers who come in their van in the spring for a week or so and sharpen everything, including my ancient paper cutter! I touch things up with a stone in between times. Having sharp tools is a delight!
I sharpen all our knives, secateurs, anything with blades, myself - my father taught me. My friends warn each other about my knives etc., as they are all extremely sharp - so much safer that way. Secateurs are easy enough to do - the little gadget shwn earlier works well, as does the one that looks like a pen and clips in your pocket for a quick rub up between jobs.
Hi, in a recent episode of G/W Monty Don showed how to sharpen your garden tools including a secateurs,it might still be available on iplayer,(use an oilstone with some light machine oil and rub the curved blade in a figer of eight over the lubed stone,