
Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
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Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
Does anyone know a shop or an online store selling good quality bonsai tools at reasonable prices? Please recommend some 

Orion
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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
you can always message Leigh Taafe
He has good tools for good prices.

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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
Ive been in his site ledante or something like that. his tools are a bit epensive probly because of shipping prices...
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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
Shipping will do it, but I have a branch cutter and shears from him. Great tools, stand up to the thrashing I deal out. Remember shipping is going to be the killer for you.
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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
hey asus101 I heard recently there could be a bonsai group starting at Rustons roses--just wondering if youve heard anything
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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
nope, I gave up trying to find bonsai people up here two years ago and about 150$ later.
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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
leighs tools are pretty exspensive but youll get what you pay for you can buy direct from kaneshin but it will still cost alot save up and get some from leigh
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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
You have to compare apples with apples. If you want quality "buy once" tools - then compare the same brand between 2 sellers.Orion wrote:Ive been in his site ledante or something like that. his tools are a bit epensive probly because of shipping prices...
Good luck.
Cheers,
Leigh.
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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
Great point Leigh, cheap and quality don't usually go together. Have one or the other, or find a balance of the two!
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Re: Bonsai Tools - Quality & Price.
Buy the quality because cheap will let you down.
Again you asked a question which was answered. You can have quality tools. Or cheap not both.
JMHO cheers
Pup
Edit
25 years ago I bought a pair of scissors for the excessively expensive price of $38-00, Japanese made Kaneshin.
Bloody idiot I was told by one guy who payed just,
$ 20-00, for his, in the 25 years since he has had 10 (ten ) pairs of scissors still buys cheap shari. $ 200-00 will buy you at least two good tools with change.
Again you asked a question which was answered. You can have quality tools. Or cheap not both.
JMHO cheers

Edit
25 years ago I bought a pair of scissors for the excessively expensive price of $38-00, Japanese made Kaneshin.
Bloody idiot I was told by one guy who payed just,
$ 20-00, for his, in the 25 years since he has had 10 (ten ) pairs of scissors still buys cheap shari. $ 200-00 will buy you at least two good tools with change.
Last edited by Pup on May 3rd, 2010, 11:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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