Comments on: Fiskars Softouch Micro-Tip Pruning Snips http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/23/fiskars-softouch-micro-tip-pruning-snip/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Phutney http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/23/fiskars-softouch-micro-tip-pruning-snip/#comment-971088 Phutney Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:18:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=26073#comment-971088 Gave my mom a pair of those. Within a year, one of the blades snapped at the pivot. Gave my mom a pair of those. Within a year, one of the blades snapped at the pivot.

]]> By: HammerDrill http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/23/fiskars-softouch-micro-tip-pruning-snip/#comment-970780 HammerDrill Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:30:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=26073#comment-970780 I have 2 pairs. One pair I purchased from Homie's and another pair I I found. It looks like over the years they changed the mechanism to close the snips. On the pair I purchased about 3 years ago there was a a rubber sleeve that was used to keep the sheers closed for storage. Not a good idea if you loose the cover. With the newer model they incorporated a latch for this purpose. I think they are great for deadheading herbaceous plants and maybe even some small diameter woody plants. I have 2 pairs. One pair I purchased from Homie’s and another pair I I found. It looks like over the years they changed the mechanism to close the snips. On the pair I purchased about 3 years ago there was a a rubber sleeve that was used to keep the sheers closed for storage. Not a good idea if you loose the cover. With the newer model they incorporated a latch for this purpose.

I think they are great for deadheading herbaceous plants and maybe even some small diameter woody plants.

]]> By: John Doe http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/23/fiskars-softouch-micro-tip-pruning-snip/#comment-970611 John Doe Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:55:19 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=26073#comment-970611 I've had several pairs of these as backup to my (expensive) Japanese made bonsai scissors. They're a great value for the price, and I can leave them out in the yard without a second thought. They stay quite sharp, do dull a bit over time (but not bad at all). I'd buy a pair again if, say, the raccoons in the yard absconded with the current pair..... I’ve had several pairs of these as backup to my (expensive)
Japanese made bonsai scissors.

They’re a great value for the price, and I can leave them out
in the yard without a second thought.

They stay quite sharp, do dull a bit over time (but not bad
at all).

I’d buy a pair again if, say, the raccoons in the yard
absconded with the current pair…..

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