Wife is very keen gardener and with her birthday coming up I want to get her some good garden snips (not secateurs) - the longer gardening type scissors that Monty Don wields very Friday night. Budget wise up to £50. Thanks.
Felco are the normal 'go to'.
Something from this range should suit https://darlac.com/product-category/gardening-products/snips-scissors/
Have a look on the Niwaki website. They sell most of the stuff used by Monty.
https://www.niwaki.com/
I know you said not secateurs but the Okatsune secateurs are really really good.
Another vote for Niwaki.
They have a great reputation.
That is the most STW site ever.
£159 for a pair of secateurs...
Buy Japanese.
crikey - you missed the secateurs at £249; if they don't float your boat, how about the £599 kitchen knife?
+1 for Felco's. Have had a set for over 20 years now (old boss bought them for me when i was a landscape gardener)
+1 for Felco. As much as I’d love something from Niwaki I’d be scared of losing them!
crikey – you missed the secateurs at £249; if they don’t float your boat, how about the £599 kitchen knife?
or £24 for garden snips
and £39 for a kitchen knife
from the same site
Buy Japanese
BONSAI !
I know nothing of this quality, but they are really nice to look at.
https://www.workshopheaven.com/forged-finish-shirogami-nigiri-japanese-scissors-short.html?googleshopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googleshopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoub_7tXg6wIVmPhRCh0CJw7DEAYYBiABEgKihfD_BwE
murray - yes, I saw...
or £24 for garden snips
and £39 for a kitchen knife
My post was merely commenting that there were even more expensive items than the example quoted by crikey.
My Tobishos are great. I got them from www.tetsufuku.com a few years back but the price has increased a bit .
Felcos are excellent but I prefer Tobishos because there's no annoying little thumb catch that I've accidentally knocked in the past which then locks the secateurs. The catch on the Tobishos is sprung loaded and located at the end of the secateurs so when I pull it out of the holster in one movement I can also unlock them by rubbing the catch against my hip, and likewise when dropping them back into the holster, grip the secateurs to close, knock the catch against hip which springs back and locks the secateurs and then pop back into the holster. This is good when switching between different tools whilst thinning out a shrub for example. I might be using a folding saw or short handled loppers and interchanging between the tools quickly keeps the job flowing along nicely.
Definitely recommend getting a holster whichever secateurs you get as it keeps them to hand and reduces chances of losing them. I have a double holster containing secateurs and a folding saw.
A another vote for niwaki
Pretty sure Felco are Monty's recommendation. I got so e for my birthday with a sharpener.
Ended getting these which apparently are the ones Monty uses