Small acute blade sharpener by Burgon & Ball

The Burgon & Ball small steel blade sharpener is specifically designed to quickly and easily restore the edge of all sharp tools, particularly pocket knives and secateurs.

The dormant period is the ideal time to undertake maintenance and shaping pruning of ornamental or fruit trees in the garden. To ensure clean cuts, use perfectly sharp tools. Do not wait until the cutting edge of the tools is too dull to sharpen them. A cut that is not clean damages the plant by leaving strips of bark or tissue, which are conducive to the development of diseases or parasites. Only sharpen clean tools. To do this, wash them with clean water and then dry them to prevent rust.

Sharpeners are essential for maintaining the cutting edge and ensuring not only cutting quality and blade and counter-blade longevity, but also optimization of cutting effort. This also allows for longer intervals between sharpenings.

A precaution often overlooked by gardeners is the need to regularly disinfect cutting tools. To do this, use a cloth soaked in 90° alcohol. It destroys parasites, fungi, or viruses that may have taken hold when pruning a diseased plant.

Remember to sharpen your cutting tools after each use

It is much easier to sharpen a cutting tool after each use than to wait until the tool no longer cuts at all. In the first case, it will require little time and effort. Whereas in the second case, the task will be much more difficult.

The proper technique for sharpening

Sharpening is always done from the inside to the outside and on both sides. Maintain the original angle for better efficiency. At the end of the operation, remove the slight burr that forms at the tip of the cutting edge (wire edge) with a small file held flat.

Tip for sharpening

Before you start, color the area to be sharpened with a permanent black marker and sharpen until no trace of the marker can be seen on the cutting edge.

This small blade sharpener, a true steel honing rod is guaranteed for 10 years, but we recommend taking care of your sharpener and storing it away from the weather and sunlight.

Technical specifications:

• Length: 7 cm (3in).

• Weight: 200 g

It must be acknowledged that the English have the privilege of being the reference in gardening (if not in cooking). Promesses de fleurs has chosen the English company Burgon & Ball for the quality of its materials and its nearly three-century-old steel manufacturing methods. The company has been working with steel in Sheffield since 1730, starting with a patent for solid steel sheep shears. The production of garden shears and equipment quickly surpassed that of sheep shears, but Burgon & Ball stainless steel tools are officially approved by the Royal Horticultural Society - probably the ultimate reward in the gardening industry. And it's well known that to have good tools, they must be well-maintained.