Burgon & Ball sharpening stone

The Burgon & Ball sharpening stone is specifically designed to quickly and easily restore the edge of all sharp tools, particularly pocket knives and secateurs.

The dormant season is the ideal time for pruning and training ornamental or fruit trees in the garden. To ensure clean cuts, use perfectly sharp tools.Don't wait until the cutting edge of the tools is too dull to sharpen them. A cut that is not clean damages the plant by leaving strips of bark or tissue, which are prone to diseases or parasites.Only sharpen clean tools. To do this, wash them with clean water and then dry them to prevent rust.

Sharpening stones are essential for maintaining the cutting edge and ensuring not only the quality of the cut, the longevity of the blades and counter-blades, but also an optimization of cutting effort. This also allows for longer intervals between sharpenings.

Often overlooked by gardeners, it is necessary to disinfect cutting tools as often as possible. To do this, use a cloth soaked in 90° alcohol. It destroys parasites, fungi, or viruses that may have settled on a diseased plant.

Remember to sharpen your cutting tools after each use

Sharpening a cutting tool after each use is much easier than waiting until the tool no longer cuts at all. In the first case, it will require little time and effort. Whereas in the second case, the task will be much more difficult.

The correct sharpening technique

Sharpening is always done from the inside to the outside and from both sides. Respect the original angle for better efficiency. At the end of the operation, remove the slight burr that forms at the tip of the cutting edge with a flat file.

Sharpening tip

Before you begin, colour the part to be sharpened with an indelible black marker and sharpen until no trace of the marker is visible on the cutting edge.

This traditional sharpening stone is guaranteed for 10 years, but we advise you to take care of your sharpener and store it away from the weather and sunlight.

Technical specifications:

• Length: 28cm (11in).

• Weight: 200g

It must be acknowledged that the British have the privilege of being the reference in gardening (if not in cooking). Promesses de Fleurs has chosen the English company Burgon & Ball for the quality of its materials and its methods of manufacturing steel that is soon to be three centuries old. The company has been working with steel in Sheffield since 1730, starting with a patent for solid steel sheep shears. The production of garden shears and equipment quickly surpassed that of sheep shears, but the stainless steel tools from Burgon & Ball are officially approved by the Royal Horticultural Society - probably the ultimate reward in the gardening industry. And it is known that to have good tools, they must be well maintained.