Monday, August 20, 2012

Keeping gardening tools sharp

What comes to mind when you think of the difference between using a sharpened tool or a dull gardening tool?
Work!
Why work hard at pruning jobs?
If you had a sharp pruner or garden shear you could be enjoying the art of gardening and be inspired to do more.
Sharpening gardening tools does not have to be difficult especially if you have the right tool for the job.
We're glad we discovered the All In One Sharpener to help make garden tool blade sharpening faster and easier.
It is made in the U.S.A.  - Good for America
 The All in 1 tool sharpener is great for sharpening knives, pruners, loppers, shears, axes, mower blades or scissors.
Now there is one tool that takes the ambiguity out of getting the right blade pitch on each of your tools for consistent sharpening.
This sharpener has an ergonomic handle that is easy to grip with adjustable carbide inserts that you merely draw along the edge of your tool blade to sharpen.
It is designed to sharpen single or double edged blades
The portion of the sharpener that you can use on your bypass pruners (or other single edged tools like mower blades) is designed to reach all the way to the back of the blade so you can easily sharpen the entire blade edge of most bypass pruners.

The All in 1 tool sharpener actually makes sharpening gardening tools fun!
When we were first testing this product; after I had sharpened just about all the tools we have, I just needed to sharpen more tools!  We were invited to be a part of a permaculture workshop by the Blue Ridge Permaculture Network. It was a great opportunity to meet some of the best gardeners and farmers in our area and sharpen all of their tools. The event was hosted by Dave and Leora Vincenti at Montfair Resort Farm.

We had no idea that we would have such a response when we offered to sharpen tools while we were there.
It's was amazing to see the numbers and types of tools that had seen the "full potential" of their usefulness by the farmers and gardeners who brought them along for the workshop.

While the folks who attended the permaculture workshop were sharpening their skills and developing their potential to produce healthier food and protect their land for future generations; their tools were accomplishing similar goals.

The gardening tools we use are one of our best allies.
Keeping them sharp helps both the tool and the gardener, and in a way the people we serve and the planet we nurture.

It has been established: the All in 1 garden tool sharpener is truly a Way Cool Tool.



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