Can you recommend specific honing or sharpening tools for keeping the
blades of pruners, loppers, and scuffle hoes sharp? I have seen
Arkansas oilstones, synthetic sharpening "stones", pruner sharpeners,
etc. What is the best all-purpose tool and do you recommend coarse,
medium or fine stones or a combination of stones?
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To briefly answer your question, use a whetstone to sharpen pruners and
fine gardening knives (such as Japanese gardening knives). Large-bladed
shears and loppers, shovels, hoes, etc., can be sharpened with a
medium-grit mill bastard file, and finshed with a finer grit file or
whetstone.
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