Sharpen Your Pruners

Sharpen and lubricate your pruners for best success in propagating, and for clean cuts around the garden. Disinfect between plants so as to prevent the spread of disease. I'll show you how to do so in this video, and I'll also compare my Felco pruners to some of the cheaper models.

If you find these videos useful, there are a few little things you can do to help me out:

[rdlBham]

I like how you explain the WHY of everything. I asked my husband to sharpen my Felco pruners a while back, and when I tried sharpening them myself recently I saw he had sharpened both sides of the blade, which I now understand defeats the bypass function. In your rose deadheading video you explained why it was better to go down to a five leaf spot. Now that will stick with me. Thank you!

[maggie-annecoffison]

Thanks Jason I was taught 50years ago how to sharpen the blade. It took a while. Now it will only take mins. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I always say you get what you for. Regards Maggie Australia

[holyspiritpjs]

Thank you, Jason, for your videos. I’ve never been a gardener, but after 45 years I bought a house that came with a beautiful flower garden, including some beautiful rose bushes that needed love. You have such an easy to understand way of teaching, and you clearly explain the why behind it that makes sense. I feel empowered because I understand the science behind the it. I enjoy your videos. They aren’t rushed and very practical. The various roses are doing fantastic and coming back to health. Thank you for your videos!

[glory_gate]

Finally i learn how gardener properly sharpen their clipper . Thank you. Few other channels videos have been showing very complicated way

[fuyu]

Thanks for your video on sharpening the pruner. For years wanted to learn the proper way to sharpen it

[jessicafromm]

I appreciate his careful, thorough and informative explanations.

[ignaciaforteza]

Great and helpful explanation. Not only intelligently exposed but enjoyable watching. Blessings for your efforts. Thank you.

[NA-srkf]

I'm so new at gardening, much to learn! Thank you for this video!

[pensionat]

Directly to the point…., love it. Plus the video was very informative.

[davidhill]

I store my tools in a pail filled with sand in my shed
Even my scissors. I slide them in the sand, open, handles up. Handles stays out of sand.
The sand sharpens a bit but they never rust even throughout the winter
In the spring their in very good shape
Patricia

[jenniewilliamsmural]

Thank you Jason! This video was very helpful in a couple of ways.
Although I have a couple of sharpening stones I confess I have never sharpened my hand pruners - (even though Monty Don has said many times that a sharp pair of secateurs is vital) I also own a couple of cheap pruners and never thought of getting a better pair.
I like sharpening blades - even better I love coming back to a sharp tool later.
I hope your summer is going fantastically.
Warmest regards Jennie

[anniehyams]

Hi Jason thank you so much for sharing the beautiful videos ❤️❤️ they are really helpful and also the one rose plant that I had said did not have any leaves is starting to get spring summer leaves so like you said leave the stem to see what happens I did what you had said in your video stay safe keep well happy and healthy

[mojaadresa]

Thanx Jason for a good and usefull lecture. As a hobby, mostly flower gardener, I started to follow videos about flowers. My favorite flowers were spring flowers: tulips & co.
I find Keukenhof garden in Holland as a paradise for me 😀 but since they do not bloom for long time, I started and aim to multiply roses in my small garden. Why roses?... The reason is that i have a dog which I love very much. So, I guess that dogs and flowers in a small garden do not go that well together. lol.
So, once again, thanx a lot for your videos and advices.
BTW, now I feel such a pitty I was not a gerdener.
❤️ From 🇷🇸

[portiaholliday]

My daughter granted my Amazon wishlist. The Dramm pruners/snips you recommend are wonderful! I also got the sit-upon. It is very nice too. Thank you for the recommendations!

[vjc]

When cutting diseased stems, do I have to disinfect after each stem on one bush or finish cutting of all diseased stems on one bush before moving on to the next bush with diseased stems?

[bryan]

I just lust after Felco pruners but they are just stupidly expensive here in Australia...
I've had great success with the cheaper ones, by stripping them, dressing the cutting blade by itself and reassembling carefully, making sure the "gap" is minimised: even on the Felcos, after a time that pivot adjuster needs nipping up a bit to maintain a clean cut. You might have mentioned that... 😉

[joegallehgos]

Can pruners be honed for daily maintenance? What tool is out there for honing not for sharpening which removes metal from the blade...

[sherrywalker]

Thank you, your information is so helpful!

[jamesmiller]

I see you use the Felco brand. I have owned probably four, and even replaced blades and other parts. But my best ones are the Stihl brand with hard chrome plating that clean-up easily with alcohol. And to sharpen, I take then apart and use a 42 in belt sander with a fine grit I obtain from Lee Valley. My Stihl never looks dirty or corrodes, and now they are available at Farm & Fleet. They too have a replacement blade. Felco was the go-to brand years ago, but now I don’t prefer them..JCM

[dalesemurath]

Could you use a triangle file to sharpen the blade?