You can sharpen your garden tools easily and quickly
You can sharpen your garden tools easily and quickly
This is a quick and easy guide to sharpen your garden tools. It’s absolutely for beginners (without fuss or drama) or just those who need a refresher. Let’s keep things super simple and sharpen your secateurs, shears, and more – a guide for everyone.
There are two types of sharpening, you can go in for the expert level with flat-based sharpening stones and get the most beautiful, mirror edge that you can shave with or we can go down the practical “field sharpening” route where we can sharpen quickly and easily making sure we always have a sharp tool for the job, even when we are knee-deep in pruning.
I’m going to take the fear, complications, and fuss out of sharpening your garden tools and show you that we can all manage our tools so that we always get a cut rather than a crushed stem.
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Great video, I always love them. You always explain really clearly how to do things. Can I ask, what do you oil your tools with?
Keep the videos coming. Thank you from Dublin, Ireland ☘☘🙂🙂
Useful information to have! – there’s nothing better than having a really sharp pair of secateurs! ✂️ 🌿🙂
Thanks for the vid. Do you sharpen things like spades with it too?
Brilliantly explained and I’m off to sharpen things! I am obsessive about sharpening my knives and axes but for some reason have never even considered the garden tools. Though it’s probably because i’m not really much of a gardener- we tend to mainly cut stuff back when it gets really overgrown rather than actually enjoy the whole process….
I’ll be ordering a new sharpening tool like this real soon. I just placed it in my online shopping cart.🤣 The one I have I think has seen better days. Thank you for sharing this info.😊
Loved your presentation. Your smile and happy attitude. The informational knowledge was great! Would like to see more with other types of garden tools, are, shovel, hoe…
Thanks!
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To you and Kate: Stay safe and Stay Healthy.
Thank you so much for sharing this video with us. I now feel confident to have a go at sharpening my own tools. I am going to order the Sharpal using your link.
Thank you. Cool little sharpening tool. 🙂
Fabulous little informative video, sharp is safe, stay safe and well guys. 😀
Thanks Eli, I only started gardening recently and wondered what bypass secateurs were and how to sharpen my tools. Win win! 😊
Super useful video Eli – I’m so guilty of not keeping my tools in good nick. Do you know how long that little tool lasts? Does it have a replaceable head?
That was so clear and well-explained, thank you so much!😍😍 I’ve subscribed!
Your correct a blunt tool is dangerous … a worse cut from a dull edge!! Meant to say other than me you are the only peep I have come across that has a HoriHori which is a fantastic tool. Happy days
Thank you for the non-fuss demo of what I need to do. It is a rainy coolish day here in Brisbane so catch up things is the order for the day and sharpening garden tools is on the list. Where would I be able to get one of the small hand held stones and are they available in Oz or can they be sent? Would be so handy. Thanks again for the great tips.
Such a great video. I could listen to you talk all day
where did you get your sharpener thing. What’s is called etc. Thank you
Love your style! Thanks for the great video – I learned so much!!
Thank you. I send off my favourite Felco secateurs to be fully serviced and overhauled (wonderful servicefrom Parkers!) but I’m lazy about the other stuff. No longer – I shall follow your good example. Took me a while to source the Sharpal without resorting to Amazon – but I have now found and ordered one!
Such useful information and I love that you always make the information entertaining as well!
Thank you you literally stop me from ditching my prunes
Thanks lifesaver
Everyday is a learning day. Always wondered how to sharpen your secateurs and the different types. Well explained 😁
Wonderful clear, helpful instructions – many thanks.
Fabulous! Thank you so much! I can do this! ❤️❤️
Where can i buy the sharpening tool? Can’t see a link
Youtube and British summer time don’t like each other, so this one came out an hour earlier than planned. I wonder how many of you will notice 🙂
Hahahaha you a hilarious 😍 but this was such a fantastic video simplifying everything!
Thank you! You did a great job for me! You are sooo cute, too!!! I’m going to watch all of your videos!❤
First of all I am buying a plane ticket so I can hop the pond and soon as you and Kate (I think lol) send me an address! Put me to work 😂 that accent is is the shit lol I LOVE IT! Second, you crack me up, so I am giggling while trying to pay attention! I have to get busy this morning but I’ll be back! Thank for the help with learning to sharpen my own tools 💪🏻
Never seen these before. Just ordered one via your link. Another great video!
Very good video. Thank you.
Great information Eli. I’ve just bought the Sharpal using your link, along with a Crean Mate 🙂
Thanks Eli! I’m terrible for not maintaining things properly, was never quite sure how to sharpen tools, no excuses now!
Thanks for sharing. I think a pocket sharpener is great.
I just did this for the first time ever on all of these I have, my snips and loppers too. You explained this so well especially how to hold them and how to tell if you have a burr. Thx
Thank you. 🤗🤗🤗 I spent a good bit on those trimmers, and I really intend to use them for the rest of my life. You have helped me follow that dream with less frustration.
I thumbs up as soon as you said “how sucky is it” never watched before and like you already!
Eli, this is so useful. Thank you. I will confess to being one of those gardeners who has never sharpened tools for themselves. I always ask my husband to do this for me. Not anymore, I’m off to try this now. I’ll let you know how I get fair.
Hi Eli and Kate, 👍👍👍 it’s as simple as that, very well explained thank you, Take care and stay safe.
Another great video. I am so bad at caring for my tools. It’s in my list to do better with.
Another step on my learning curve, thanks! 😀 I’ve invested in that Sharpal! True confessions, I went a bit spendy back in the spring and invested in some good Japanese secateurs. Unfortunately, after a couple of months I was horrified to see they’d gone a bit rusty. The internet suggested vinegar to get rid of it. I only had apple cider vinegar. It did take the rust off, but also turned the blades and the join in the middle (also submerged in the glass of ACV) black, when previously it had been shiny stainless steel…. I’m not sure that it actually damaged the blades, but the colour change was a bit of a shock and I have resolved to do better and am apologising to my secateurs by buying them a nice sharpener.