Burgon & Ball RHS Rose Pruning Secateurs

This Burgon and Ball rose pruner is a lightweight pruning tool with handles covered in non-slip and comfortable rubber, specifically designed for picking flowers with a maximum stem diameter of 10mm (0.3in). It is a pruner with cross-cutting blades made of tempered carbon steel, equipped with an additional piece with two anvils, which allows to hold the stems after cutting, preventing the flowers from falling to the ground. It is a particularly essential tool for picking roses, which are difficult to hold with their thorny stems, but also for any other flowers with thorny, irritating, urticating stems! Very functional, it can also be used by gardeners who do not want to bend down to pick up pruning waste. Replacement springs available for this model.

The pruner is an essential tool that every gardener must have, whether they have to maintain a small balcony, a terrace, a small urban garden, a large countryside garden or an orchard. The pruner with cross-cutting blades is the most common. It consists of two mobile curved blades that slide against each other when the handles of the tool are squeezed. It works like a pair of scissors. The rose pruner is very useful thanks to a device that holds the stems after cutting. It is mainly used in the picking of cut flowers because it prevents them from falling to the ground and damaging them. It is a pruner that can also be useful for gardeners who do not want to strain their back picking up the cut stems of their perennials and bushes.

 Technical specifications and "plus" product:

• Blades made of tempered carbon steel
• Handles covered in non-slip
• Unique device for holding the stems after cutting
• Cross-cutting mode, ideal for cutting green and living wood without bruising
• Very lightweight: 220g
• Compact dimensions: 200mm (8in) long
• Replacement springs available for this model
• 10-year warranty
  

The English have the privilege of being the reference in gardening (especially when it comes to lawn and flower picking!). Promesses de Fleurs has chosen the English company Burgon & Ball for the quality of its materials and its methods of manufacturing steel that will soon be three centuries old. The company has been working with steel in Sheffield since 1730, initially with a patent for solid steel sheep shears. The production of garden shears and equipment quickly surpassed that of sheep shears, but Burgon & Ball stainless steel tools are officially approved by the Royal Horticultural Society - probably the ultimate reward in gardening.

The steel used for Burgon & Ball tools is alloyed with carbon to give it strength, and with chrome to prevent rust. It is a very precise balance that needs to be found between chromium and carbon, different for each part of the tool. The heat treatment allows to give exactly the right hardness to the steel for each tool. Too hard and the metal can break or chip, not hard enough and it will bend or lose its sharpness. The thickness of the steel used also depends on the tool. The thickness of the steel affects the weight, so it is also a balance to be found, which the Burgon & Ball company, with almost 300 years of experience, has validated to ensure that its tools are both effective and pleasant to use.