Wilkinson SwordJNS_405126 Aluminium Bypass Pruner

There are very few products I can genuinely say are practically perfect, but this really is one of them. Read at the end for my hot pro-tip!(There is also usually a price/quality trade-off present in most products, but this, at around £9 (in fact, a ludicrously cheap 6.50 when I got mine 5 years ago) is stonking value for money yet has NO DRAWBACKS and has everything you would want in a pair of scissor-action secateurs.)There is genuinely NOTHING I would change or improve, it's that simple, AND they offer you the possibility to maintain them (clean and SHARPEN THEM YOURSELF) very simply, should you be even a little bit handy, AS WELL AS an option to slightly customise their action - read at the end to see what I mean.Let me run through the basics: the arms are made of solid aluminium with rubberised inserts at the outer grip sides - so they are strong, light and comfy. The good quality *carbon steel* blades (means they can rust, so be careful not to leave them outside or on wet soil, and wipe them with a dry or oily rag or a tissue after use, and maybe oil their surface if you want to be extra sure, though this is not necessary unless you're putting them away for the winter and they're kept in a basic outdoor shed) are solidly joined to these handles by 2 screws, INSIDE a channel cut in the middle, so no working themselves loose.Despite looking slightly awkardly high-protruding, the hex bolt that holds the 2 halves together does not get in the way BUT confers the superb advantage of being able to easily take the unit apart for cleaning (10mm Socket wrench will do it) or (more usefully) for EASY, almost foolproof sharpening on a whetstone. FURTHERMORE, you can use this bolt to adjust the ACTION of the shears: tightening it to give a bit more resistance allows you to set it so that THE SPRING NO LONGER HAS THE STRENGTH OPEN THE ARMS ALL THE WAY, but, say, around HALF-WAY - makes it more comfortable for smaller hands to hold the pruner for extended periods of time. Hah, you didn't even think of this pro tip, eh? :)(This for when you don't constantly need the full strength offered by cutting at the root of the opening, yet you can still easily spred them open the full way for when you do!)

Nice to use

The handle lock clicks back nicely and it is sharp, cuts cleanly and nice to use. The only thing it lacks is a knuckle guard for when you are cutting brambles or spiky bushes etc.

These are the best cutters I've ever had they are very sharp and a great design.

Have bought these before, I am gardener so I go through alot of secateurs, these are robust & good quality.

Excellent product, bought 2

My last Wilkinson Sword Secateurs/ pruners lasted me for very many years and have never rusted or ever lost their sharpness. A genuine must have "old faithful" garden tool

Brought to replace old secautars, for the price does the job perfectly

Ich kaufe diese Schere zum 2. Mal, nicht, weil sie vielleicht defekt ist, sondern weil sie genial ist.Das Material ist robust, sie liegt gut in der Hand und schneidet sicher. Die beste Schere, die ich in 30 Jahren Gartenarbeit je hatte.

Va benissimo consigliata

Sehr gute Verarbeitung und Quallität. Liegt gut in der Hand.

Sono un giardiniere professionista nel senso che quella é la mia occupazione da oltre 15 anni. Colleziono anche forbici quindi penso di aver provato le migliori in commercio, per lo meno in Italia. Oggi l'ho provata su un buon numero di glicini insieme alla "piccola" della Lowe, la 14.La tedesca é molto piú morbida ed ergonomica, ma il confronto é improbo.Dopo un paio d'ore d'uso la vite si é un attimo allentata quindi ho sospeso la prova.Anche il filo s'é leggermente piegato, poca roba, ma ho dovuto riaffilare. La riaffilatura é difficile...La lowe invece dopo un mese di uso, a parte la decolorazione della lama, sembra appena uscita dalla confezione.In sintesi una forbice che non é proprio un disastro ma che é inadatta ad un uso professionale.Diffidate sempre delle recensioni entusiasticheIn effetti dopo aver dato una veloce affilata alla lama e una stretta alla vite, ho testato la forbice su una dozzina di rose e devo dire che non é male, il taglio é pulito. Per il costo (11-12 euri) prodotto discreto, soprattutto per uso hobbistico.

I primi tagli fatti in queste settimane, posso dire che le forbici si sono comportate sempre molto bene. Aspetto ancora un paio di mesi per poter aggiornare la recensione in merito alla qualità del taglio della lama