How do I service my secateurs/pruners?

officeguru

Hi all you garden lovers

I have a good set of garden secateurs.. I have a large garden so they are used constantly. Unfrotunately, due to carelessness on my part, they are needing serviced... They need the blades re-aligned... as well as sharpened... I am quite happy to do them myself, since it is my fault they are like this.. but I don't know how to... They are Fiskars and well made... so any advice will be much appreciated

Cheers

Newbird

Have you tried Fiskars website? if they have one...sorry I haven't looked, just an idea....

foxgloves

Anyone who does knife sharpening will also do secateurs. When I was a child, (& I'm only talking 1970s, not a 1000 years ago!) we used to get people knock door to door asking did we want anything sharpened. They'd do knives, secateurs, hoes, lawnmower blades, practically anything. I wish this still happened, I reckon it's a niche market, but with all the extra gardeners coming onstream, definitely a gap in the market, so could maybe be a little earner for somebody. My father in law is keen on sharpening things, has grinder, whetstone, etc, so luckily he does all our stuff now.

officeguru

Thanks for your replies..

I got onto Fiskars and they said they had a sharpening kit... It is not so much the sharpening of them but the re-alignment of the blades as they don't meet like they should and I am a little reluctant to take it apart in case I make them worse than they are already...

Cheers