New garden sheers required

 My trust rusty old sheers sadly need replacing. It will be mainly for
light clipping,I will not need long handled ones. what are the
recommendations
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Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire

 wrote:


I have Fiskars 'Powergear' shears which are excellent for dealing with
our mixed hedgerows and tidying up mature shrubs.  IMHO you cannot go
wrong with Bahco or Fiskars shears and lopping kit.

rbel

 
Moonraker;936305 Wrote:

i was recently given two pairs of sheers both quite rusty i just took
them appart and attacked with a wire brush which got rid of the surface
rust and the steel underneath was fine so re-sharpened and oiled and now
work fine so might be worth a try before spending money on new ones, to
sharpen i used an old chisel sharppening stone which worked fine just
remember that the inside of the blades has to be flat and the angle/edge
on the outside




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shailer

 On 09/12/2011 04:11 PM, Moonraker wrote:

I had to replace my old ones last year, ended up buying Bahco
"Professional", they are long handled but they also make a short handled
model.

I'm very happy with them, the handles are aluminium with a rubber shock
absorber, very light and easy to use.

HTH