Lawns

Half Moon Edging Knife

Lawn Mower to mow grass (details of Honda mowers from www.gcstevens.co.uk). Whether you need a power mower or a manually operated model depends on your lawn area.

Pruning

Lightweight Stainless Steel Gardening/Pruning Knife 18cm (7in) cuts twine and can be used to weed between patio slabs.

Loppers are a useful alternative to bowsaws and can be used to cut small branches up to 3cm to 5cm in diameter (1.2in to 2in). Many loppers are ruined by cutting thicker material. If you cannot cut through in one cut, with little effort, use a bowsaw or ratchet lopper.

Bypass Action Professional Loppers 40cm (16in) 30mm (1.2in) cutting capacity (P16-40) cuts branches up to 30mm (1.2in) width, close to you.

I tend to have protective barrier skin cream Derma Guard to prevent chaps on my hands (applied once in the morning and again after lunch)

Telescopic Ratchett Lopper cuts branches up to 75mm (3in) width up to a 1m (39in) from your hands (details from Garden Innovation Products) for less effort.

Professional Long Handle Hedging Shears (Sandvik P51H) cuts hedges and topiary work.

Long Handle Edging Shears (true temper W200C) edges lawns.

Bypass Professional Secateurs 20cm (8in) Felco No 7 for right-handed personnel or Felco No 10 for left-handed personnel cuts branches up to 20mm (1in), or N2000 professional ratchet Secateurs cuts branches up to 25mm (1in) using a ratchet system for less effort than the Felco No 7 or 10. (Details from Garden Innovation Products)
Diamond Whetstone requires only light pressure to produce a keen edge on steel tools.

Saws
Pruning Saw — folding (Sandvik) very useful for removing side branches thicker than 25mm (1in) from trees.

Pruning Saw 38cm (15in) (Sandvik) or Silky Zubat 330mm is ideal for close or for confined tree work with a wooden handle or can be used with a 3m (3.2yd) extension pole to prune branches above 2m (2.18yd) by person standing on the ground, if the Bypass Treetop Pruner (Sandvik) on another 3m (3.2yd) extension pole will not cut it. The Hayauchi Telescopic High Pruning Saw could also cut branches higher up. The Jameson Pole System is fibreglass with Kevlar fibres for superior strength and lightness ( with four 8 feet poles you could reach and cut branches over 35 feet high).

Bowsaw 60cm (24in) (Sandvik) is suitable for felling and cross cutting trees up to 22cm (9in) in diameter.

Axes and Hatchets

All-metal Hatchet 450g (1lb) cuts through tree roots.

Clearing Axe (Sandvik) sneds (removes small side branches) trees.

Mattock Grubbing Head 2.2kg (5lb) removes plants/shrubs/trees from ground.