new bonsai tool help

Eric Schrader said:
I'd return this set if I were you and start by buying a basic set including just the following:
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I understand there are some as you stated. There is however the same set of Stanwood manufacture that is pretty darn good... Not all of those sets are bad and I suspect very few are.

Grimmy
 
GrimLore said:
I understand there are some as you stated. There is however the same set of Stanwood manufacture that is pretty darn good... Not all of those sets are bad and I suspect very few are.
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Grimmy - would you mind providing a link to the ones you mention. My student bought his from a local store and it's really the visual and the coils of shiny wire that are making me suspect the set in the OP's photo as lacking in quality. Obviously impossible to tell for sure from a photo.
 
maverickheath said:
Ok gf has got me a tool set
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Let's see, get girl friend, she blesses me with $229.31 tool set. I in turn am in debt to the tune of somewhere between $82.57 and $1487.23 per month at least for the next six years. Guess I'll still buy my own tools as the need comes up. Actually, nice gal, I'm happy for you, I think.

Thanks for the branch bending jig photo. Looks easy enough to build myself. I get my chopsticks at the local chinese restaurant. Walk in and ask for a pair, comes as a set of two,(free). Was actually offered two sets, no charge.
 
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Eric Schrader said:
Grimmy - would you mind providing a link to the ones you mention.
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Sure two posts actually and I find it interesting they are manufacturing right in CA and sell direct - never had a problem with any of around 40 tools from them yet.

First one is a post to their page and the history of the Company -
http://www.stanwoodimports.com/about-us/
Second listing some of their products on Amazon, they are packaged similar but I have never seen them sold with wire -
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...tanwood+bonsai+tool&sprefix=stanwood+,aps,134

On occasion I also find them easy to get back to razor sharp in moments with a couple of Lansky ceramic rods.

Grimmy
 
GrimLore said:
Sure two posts actually and I find it interesting they are manufacturing right in CA and sell direct - never had a problem with any of around 40 tools from them yet.

First one is a post to their page and the history of the Company -
http://www.stanwoodimports.com/about-us/
Second listing some of their products on Amazon, they are packaged similar but I have never seen them sold with wire -
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_5_9?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=stanwood+bonsai+tool&sprefix=stanwood+,aps,134

On occasion I also find them easy to get back to razor sharp in moments with a couple of Lansky ceramic rods.

Grimmy
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It appears they are a California company who buys Japanese manufactured tools and redistributes them under their brand name.

Impossible to know how well they hold up without using them.

They sell complete sets on Amazon for $70?

If these are truely quality tools, then that is practically giving them away. But at that price, I'd be suspicious.
 
Boscology said:
Nice if you just need more stuff to buy. Wood ones from whatever thai restaurant ive eaten at recently seem fine for me
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I use chopsticks for a bunch of things. Actual "chopsticking the soil" is probably the least!

I use them as markers to indicate the front of a tree. Sometimes I use them when repotting as follows: if can't find a strong root to use to secure the tree down into the pot, I'll jab a chopstick into the rootball well under the surface, and use that as a "root" for tying down. Sometimes I use them when grafting as an additional pressure point to hold the scion in place. I'll cut a one or two piece chunk off a chopstick for this.

The ones you get at Chinese restaurants work just fine.
 
Adair M said:
It appears they are a California company who buys Japanese manufactured tools and redistributes them under their brand name.
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It may be they manufacture in Japan but their statement, well -

"Our online business was going nowhere due to high return rates. In early 2006, we realized that we had to produce merchandise under our own quality control. What a great decision we made!

After we started our own manufacturing, our business has gone up steadily year after year. We only take on niche home and garden products and directly sell them online. There is no middleman between you and us. All of our products are manufactured under the strictest quality standard one can possibly impose."

All I know is I usually leave the expensive stuff aside(not always) and the sets of Stanwood tools were the daily go to when I had plants. They are inexpensive but I would refrain from calling them "cheap" - just me...

Grimmy
 
sorce said:
Better that than a damaged tree!

If you can't take em back Mav....
At least use them cautiosly while you acquire others!

Good Eye Eric Schrader!

Sorce
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They are ment to be carbon tools they feel good and very heavy iv also used the big trunk splitter tool to rip a old pc case to bits with no damage to the tool

Ohhh she also got me this

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That's nice
She must trust you if she bought you a knife.
 
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