How to remove sap build-up residue from Saw Blades and Secateurs?

The teeth on Silky Saws are like super sharp little chisels that are dragged across the surface of a branch with each chisel taking a bite out of the wood it is cutting.  Using Japanese ingenuity, saws cut on the pull stroke and to stop the saws binding they developed a process that is called…

When pruning with a saw why use a Straight or Curved Blade?

I’ve been working in the horticultural equipment industry and it is amazing a number of times you see the wrong tools being used for the job.  It ends up that a grower may not be comfortable using the equipment and not get the efficiency from the tool.  Today we are going to look at Pruning…