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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Apr-2006
Location: NJ
Posts: 1
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Introduction and tool question...
Greetings fellow Bonsai enthusiasts 
I've been reading a lot on these forums in the last few weeks and learning a lot. I wanted to introduce myself and say thank you for the wealth of information.
I got my first "mallsi", a little Juniper, in 1993. Until 2 years ago I had a small, much loved collection of 9 trees. Well, now I have none and that's a very long story that sounds like something out of a horror movie. The very short version is that I had a dispute with the other tenant in the two-family house that we shared and she poisoned them with daily small doses of bleach and battery acid.
Fast forward to now, we purchased a home far away from the crazy woman and we have a beautiful 9 month old son. So I've been keeping myself busy. When my son was born last year I went out and bought a lovely little "Crimson Queen" Japanese Maple and planted it. And since then, though it still hurts to think about the ones I've lost, I think I am ready to begin collecting those lovely little trees again.
So that brings me to my question. I decided to treat myself to a new, good set of Japanese tools, which arrived yesterday. My question is about the pruning shears. The new ones wiggle. They are not tight and there does not appear to be a way to tighten them. My cheapo Chinese shears are tight. I feel like an idiot asking this question but I really don't know. Should I ask the vendor to replace them?
Though I had kept trees for over a decade I still consider myself to be very much a novice.
Many thanks,
Sarah
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