AusBonsai

Deemon wrote:Well if you can't see yourself binning the trees and taking up hot air ballooning instead,
why not get the good stuff that will last and do a much better job, in the first place?

Because you are a student and cant afford it? Thats me My cheap Chinese made knob cutters only meet on one side and tend to damage the tree more than my cheap $8 saw does, so i frequently use that instead. You do what you can with what you have.

JayC

JayC wrote:

Deemon wrote:Well if you can't see yourself binning the trees and taking up hot air ballooning instead,
why not get the good stuff that will last and do a much better job, in the first place?

Because you are a student and cant afford it? Thats me My cheap Chinese made knob cutters only meet on one side and tend to damage the tree more than my cheap $8 saw does, so i frequently use that instead. You do what you can with what you have.

JayC

There in lies the rub you do more damage with cheap Bonsai tool's. Get some decent secateurs. Mum and Dad usually have a pair. They are just as good to start with

JayC wrote:

Deemon wrote:Well if you can't see yourself binning the trees and taking up hot air ballooning instead,
why not get the good stuff that will last and do a much better job, in the first place?

Because you are a student and cant afford it? Thats me My cheap Chinese made knob cutters only meet on one side and tend to damage the tree more than my cheap $8 saw does, so i frequently use that instead. You do what you can with what you have.

JayC

Fair Enough