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Choosing a Pruner
Choosing a pruner can be difficult task given how many competing models are available. One of the first choices you must make is Anvil or Bypass.
Anvil Pruners
Anvil pruners make a drawing cut against a fixed base plate (the anvil). This principle was developed by Walther Schroder in 1923 and has since proved its ability to make a very easy cut, especially on larger stems and branches. Anvil pruners have the following advantages.
- Better transmission of force
- Better suited to robust use on harder woods
- No cutting impact and less force exercised during cutting
- More Protection of the hand and joints
- Low-cost maintenance during cutting
Bypass Pruners
Bypass pruners have blades that pass by one another during the cut resulting in a clean and gentle cut. They are ideally suited to more exacting tasks and to sensitive or fibrous plants, which do not require as much cutting force. Bypass pruners have the following advantages:
- For hands large and small
- External blade position for rapid replacement
- Extremely light weight
- Special surface treatment of the blade for maximum edge retention
- Precision cutting head with optimum geometry
- Bevel-ground blade and anvil blade for improved service life