Just snapped my third floral knife this season...

I broke another Fiskars this morning while trying to cut through some thick eucalyptus stems for a wedding order... third one this summer. It's not like I'm using them on wire or anything crazy, just regular stems. I've been doing this for six years at my shop in Portland and I swear the quality has gone downhill. Anyone else having this problem with their pruners or knives lately? What brand are you guys using that actually holds up?

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harris.uma4mo ago

Same old set from a garage sale for like eight years" - that's wild because my old ones lasted forever too, but I think the metal composition has changed. I broke three in one season trying to cut through ranunculus stems, not even anything tough. The joint on my last Fiskars just snapped clean in half, and the replacement blade chipped on a single hydrangea stem. I switched to ARS pruners this month and so far they're holding up way better, but I'm not ready to call it a win yet.

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charles_price5mo ago

Third one this summer? Yikes. I've been using the same old set from a garage sale for like eight years and they just won't die.

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