Recommendations - Gloves and Secateurs Please
Broadway Offline
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Morning folks,

I’m after your recommendations for gloves and secateurs please.
 
Secateurs - Ideally left-handed
 
Gloves – Flexible but strong, so can withstand blackberry thorns
Regards..........Danny Smile
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Felco for secateurs. More expensive but you can buy replacement parts or send them off to be serviced.
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There are the rolls Royce of gardening gloves. £25 to £39. I find them a bit thick to wear for much other than dealing with thorns - bramble and hawthorns mainly. The ladies size were to small for OH. I bought a pair from Trentham Gardens.
https://www.harrodhorticultural.com/gold...d7548.html

These look similar to some I bought from a local gardening centre for £6 recently. There are flexible to use for most jobs. The brand there was Town and Country. I find them OK for dealing with brambles as long as I'm careful.
https://www.harrodhorticultural.com/show...d7545.html
My son used a pair of these when he did a job gardening for people in the village several years ago and they still have some life left in them though some of the rubber is coming off now.
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Broadway Offline
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Thanks guys, will take a lookSmile
Regards..........Danny Smile
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Jimny14 Offline
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Okatsune secateurs. Come with two springs, they're not technically left handed but I am a left hander and have used them no problems. I have a pair of their snips (I love them) and have put the secateurs on my christmas list as i got some for my dad for his birthday and he loves them.
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I've been using the same pair of Felcos for over 20 years. I keep meaning to send them offf for repair - the red handles have worn away in places - blades are still good.

I use town and country gloves - good for brambles. I like them as the small fits well without a ton of room in the fingers! I hate flappy gloves.
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Broadway Offline
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Thanks for your advice folks….
 
Although I didn’t choose the recommended secateurs it did help me in the selection process…
 
In the end I went for Kent & Stowe left handed secateurs, I couldn’t really justify the Felcos as they would last longer than me!

Regards gloves I went for Showa 451 Thermo Grip Insulated Gloves, influenced by a link/comment from Mark.

Both have arrived and seem good quality and sturdy?
Regards..........Danny Smile
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Spec Offline
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Why do you need to bother with left handed secateurs, I am strong dommanent left handed but have never had any bother using anything from the other side, as for gloves there is a factory outlet close by where I can get XXL working gloves that fit my hands as XL are usually too small
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Broadway Offline
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(13-12-2020, 04:42 PM)Spec Wrote: Why do you need to bother with left handed secateurs, I am strong dommanent left handed but have never had any bother using anything from the other side, as for gloves there is a  factory outlet close by where I can get XXL working gloves that fit my hands as XL are usually too small
Because I canSmile
Regards..........Danny Smile
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I like Fiskars secateurs. I have a ratchet action pair which are good for when my hands are sore, plus a bright yellow pair which, in theory, I shouldn't lose too often. I've had quite a few pairs now.
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