Instructions / Assembly

Sharpening with DMT

Sharpeners

Pruner Sharpening

There are two different pruner designs used for two different purposes. Bypass pruners are designed for

pruning live plant growth and function very similarly to scissors in that one blade (the single bevel blade)

bypasses another (the anvil blade). The other style of pruner is termed an anvil style which is intended for

trimming dead wood. In the anvil style, a double bevel blade closes down on a flat anvil stop. The method

of sharpening each style of pruner is slightly different.

In sharpening bypass pruners which only have a single bevel

, the method is like scissors; rest the tip of the

blade on a table top edge and “level the bevel”. Stroke into the cutting edge 6 -7 times from heel to toe as

shown below.

Anvil Pruner

In sharpening the double bevel anvil pruners, start by stroking away

from the cutting edge for 6 to 7

strokes. Then turn the pruners over (rotate 180º) and finish by stroking into the cutting edge. This removes

the wire edge burr you may have produced by stroking away from the cutting edge in step one. Since the

cutting edge of the anvil pruners closes down on a flat surface, it is important to remove an even amount of

material from the entire length of the cutting edge. If more material is sharpened away from one area of the

blade, it will not close down completely on the anvil and therefore will not cut cleanly.

Overview

 There are two different pruner designs; bypass and anvil.

 Bypass are single bevel, anvil are double bevel.

 Sharpen bypass style similarly to scissors, but only one cutting edge.

 Sharpen anvil style first away from edge, then into edge.