Desert Rat
Yamadori
I've pieced together a basic toolset based off my readings here. I currently have mostly 8" Tian tools: Concave cutter, knob cutter (that I hardly use), jin pliers, and wire cutters. Rounding out the toolset are a handmedown set of curved forceps, handmedown root rake, and a small pair of Fiskars leaf cutting scissors.
So far, this set has served me pretty well, but there's two gaps I "think" I need to fill. I would like either a large 11" cutter, or a small 6.5" cutter. The large cutter obviously for larger branches, and the small cutter for the branches that are too small for my existing concave cutters, and too large for the Fiskars scissors.
Which tool *might* get used more? I will probably be looking at Tian stainless tools for the purchase, to match the set. I'm afraid that I'd obsess over a non-matching tool and think about it too much- my wife points this out all the time.
So far, this set has served me pretty well, but there's two gaps I "think" I need to fill. I would like either a large 11" cutter, or a small 6.5" cutter. The large cutter obviously for larger branches, and the small cutter for the branches that are too small for my existing concave cutters, and too large for the Fiskars scissors.
Which tool *might* get used more? I will probably be looking at Tian stainless tools for the purchase, to match the set. I'm afraid that I'd obsess over a non-matching tool and think about it too much- my wife points this out all the time.
