This is the tool you pick up most often: deadheading, taking cuttings, cutting roses, tidying a border. The Fieldstone is a proper bypass pruner – a curved cutting blade passing a fixed hook – so it slices a stem rather than crushing it, which is what a plant needs if it is going to heal cleanly.
The body is forged aluminium rather than pressed steel, which keeps it at 0.6 lb while staying stiff enough that the blades do not splay apart on a hard cut. It takes green stems up to 3/4 in. The grips are moulded with a small palm swell, and the lower handle is set at a slight angle so your wrist stays straight through a long session – that angle is the difference between an hour of pruning and twenty minutes of it.
A sliding thumb catch locks the blades closed, the coiled steel spring sits in a captive seat so it cannot ping out into the grass, and the blade, spring and catch are all replaceable. The blade is high-carbon steel, hardened and given a non-stick coating.
Specifications
| Overall length | 8 in. |
|---|---|
| Cutting type | Bypass |
| Cutting capacity | Green stems up to 3/4 in. |
| Blade | High-carbon steel, hardened, non-stick coating |
| Body | Forged aluminium, moulded grips, angled lower handle |
| Safety | Sliding thumb catch, captive coiled spring |
| Weight | 0.6 lb |
| Dimensions | 8 x 3 x 1 in. |
Care
Clean the sap off the blade at the end of each session with a rag and a little oil – a sticky blade is a blunt blade. Sharpen only the outer bevel of the cutting blade with a fine diamond file, ten light strokes at the original angle. If the cut starts to fold rather than slice, check the pivot nut before you blame the edge.
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