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Well I took the plunge and bought a pair of 8's plus holster, drilled the belt clip off and have managed to keep hold of them for a whole 2 weeks now, they go with me everywhere along with my Gerber multitool.
The Holster is the clincher as they come out snip, go back in..simple. Here is hoping I keep hold of them for a good while !
Glad yours are back to tip top, like Progard I'll service them myself.
Felco secateurs are very easy to service yourself, within minutes. I teach all my students. Make sure you have a good flat oil stone well soaked in clean engine oil. WD40 is too light & will be absorbed by the stone in seconds. Lay the flat of the blade on the stone & using a figure of eight action slide the blade over the stone using the whole stone surface. Then turn the blade over & holding it firmly against the edge of a bench, use a thin tool file or diamond file sharpen the cutting edge by drawing the blade away from the edge, not towards it. Once you have a clean edge, wipe the blade with a rag & "Strop" the edge with a piece of leather to remove the burrs. When re-assembling the secateurs, fill the central axis appeture with Vaseline or high melting point grease. If the handles start to become tatty, you can order the new red sleaves. Cut the old ones off & the slide the new ones on & submerge the handles into boiling water. This will make them shrink to the handles.
If the blades need replacing, go to you nearest Horticultural Trade supplier such as Avoncrop or Monro's, they always have boxes of blades at very cheap prices. Try to service & clean the Felco's at least once or twice a month. If they are constantly sharp, the handles take far less of a beating & so will your "Carpel Tunnels".
Hope this is of use to you.
Robert
can you post a link
mine have just about fallen apart I was going to buy a new pair but I could save a fair few pounds with this.
Great post ta
As far as where to send them...
http://www.worldoffelco.co.uk/menu/354/Felco%20Servicing.html
Phone the number and the very helpful Felco people will tell you where to send them...somewhere in Leicester...I don't have the address off hand or who to write the cheque out to...
Still got mine they are now totally part of me I feel naked without them, I may even get a new blade and spring for them soon...strange as I seemed to have a spate of poor springs but the last one has lasted ages ?
Mark
Quite true Robert, you can do all the work yourself but if the blades need replacing, the red sleeves are shot, the spring is rusty..... you might as well send them off for a service as you aren't going to saving anything worth worrying about and you save your time. Its actually worth putting some bad nicks etc on the blades, if they don't already have them, to ensure they are replaced... worth removing the spring as well and keep that as a spare.
I've got three pairs of Felco 2. One is for "best", always kept as sharp as possible, one is a tatty old pair for where perfect cuts aren't needed, and one is a very poor old pair that are basically wire-cutters. They were lost, but found a year later when I went back for the annual hedge cut: a bit of rust, but it was like finding an old friend again.
Might send the worst ones off this year, £15 sounds an absolute bargain to renovate them!
Constant sharpening is the key to keeping them working well, my oldest pair have had about 5mm of the blade sharpened away over the years. Mower blades the same, but how many people remember to sharpen their hoe? A much neglected tool, it's cheaper and safer than glyphosate and a sharp hoe on a sunny day is lethal to weeds.
Another favourite is the Gardena ratchet secateur which has clever "switch" to go from normal to ratchet. They are quite powerful in ratchet mode & often avoid the need for loppers.
Be like an early Christmas presents for my lads, might wrap them up lol
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