Need Bonsai Tools in Sydney

eeiko321

hi guys

i live in sydney and i need to buy a pair of bonsai scissors as a start.

i saw in a shop called BONSAI & BEYOND in balmain, they were selling it for 40$
i know that shop is expensive.

can anyone give me suggestions? im a bit low on the cash at the moment and wont be able to afford anything thats around the 40$ mark.

and i see some on ebay, but seriously, i dont think sharp objects can make it through customs here.
and even if i tried to ship it, custom will quarrantine something liek that.

so anywhere local i can get a cheap pair from, sydney people

thanks heaps

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AndyWilson

Dont know about Sydney, but you can definately get away with buying a pair of secatures from a local garden shop and using those until you find your shears. You dont always need every tool to start off with.

If you have a pair of clean sharp scissors or secatures lying aroung use them. Save up and get the tools you need at a later stage, birthdays are always good for getting someone to buy you a tool or two. Christmas etc too.

The only thing i would never scrimp on is proper wire, the rest is mainly personal taste. Dan at Elanden gardens uses secatures quite a lot i am told.

pup

Try Bunnings or K,Mart for cheap scissors. You could go and have a look at what is left at Koreshoff Bonsai in Castle Hill, they are closing so you never know. When one of the nurserys in Perth closed, they had 20% off all tools. Pup

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eeiko321

hi guys
yeah ive got plenty of scissors at home.
but i was watching a video clip online about cutting bonsai branches.

and it was saying that normal crafting scissors are different in design, it cuts by crushing, which can damage the part its cutting...where the bonsai scissors does a good clean cut withought a crushing edge.

ill give bunnings a ring. and maybe koreshoff...but from memory, there was pretty much nothing left at his shop when i went last time.

i might just use the normal scissors for now, cant be that bad can it?

thanks

pup

By what you are describing they are not scissors, but branch cutters or concave cutters.
They are different to scissors and do cost more.
As has been suggested secateurs will cut heavy branches but not close to the trunk.hope this helps.

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eeiko321

OK, ive got another question about tools!!!

i have noticed that garden shops etc in sydney and some bonsai nurseries sell the scissors for around 50$...and im sure that would be the medium quality range.

im kinda on the budget and wouldnt mind even an inferior quality thats made in china, just for the time being to get me out of trouble.

i have noticed that EBAY.com has real cheap examples...
however, has ANYONE in australia or sydney Purchased bonsai tools ONLINE/EBAY??

because im pretty sure that scissors or sharp objects, knives etc... will be quarrentined by Customs.
and ive noticed that some of those tools dealers on ebay dont post outside united states due to strict custom laws internationally.

let me know guys...

JayC

Well, i once bought a pair of scissors from Bunnings for this purpose. They seem fine and i still use them now. I do, however, use them only for foliage and small twigs as i have concave cutters (also ought cheap, from a nursery near Hornsby).

I have had no troubles with either of these tools and i cant understand how paying an extra 300 dollars for Japaneses traditional ones would make your tree's wound any better than mine, so long as the aftercare is the same.

JayC

pup

G, day eekio, I have taken the liberty of posting some tools. So we know what you mean. The scissors you keep telling us cost $50.00au. You do not need however a pair of branch cutter's is different.
The first pic is of branch cutters 20 plus years in use worth the money. The next is a pair of scissors again 20 + and worth the money.
Here are some scissors from K,Mart $7-50 au and Bunnings $14-00au.

Then you have the expensive stainless steel worth the money.
However all do the job well the only thing is with branch cutter's
is cheap is not the best. A friend of mine has in the last 5 years,
spent more in cheap cutters than I have in the last 20. Pup

Ps some of the local nurserys sell on ebay Ledantajust one I know of.

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