Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: Growster... on August 08, 2011, 06:01
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I 'inherited' these chaps when we cleared out the family home, and they're still in regular use.
I can remember my mum cutting down a rambler by mistake with them, and they were always around the garden at some stage...
The spring is still perfectly balanced, and as far as I can remember, they've never been sharpened! The balance is great, and although they're quite heavy, they cut pretty well too.
Just before I posted this, I 'Gurgled' the type to see whether they were a popular make, and apart from a small pic on a board of old tools, I can't find them anywhere! There's no maker's name either, and I suspect they were made in a local forge, as they're definitely not mass produced.
The one problem is that sometimes, you can catch a spare bit of hand in the handles, and that damn well hurts...
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old tools are lovely, aren't they, especially when you're lucky enough to have them in working order :)
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You're right Mum!
They've never had any rust on them either, which is astonishing, as they must have been left out in the rain a few times...!
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I've painted my secateurs handles flourescent orange as I do have the habit of abandoning them aroujnd the garden, think I will do the trowel and fork the same next year then I will (hopefully) be able to find them again!
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I've painted my secateurs handles flourescent orange as I do have the habit of abandoning them aroujnd the garden, think I will do the trowel and fork the same next year then I will (hopefully) be able to find them again!
I am taking great care of my Felco secateurs, partly because they're great, but partly because they were a quite expensive Christmas present.
I was a bit less careful with a pair of Spear and Jackson secateurs which went missing a few years ago and turned up last week in the bottom of one of my daleks. :ohmy:
(They have not come though the experience unscathed; just hope they have added some valuable iron to the compost!) :nowink: