heyyyyyy will run two three here if you
have one of these Fiskars pruners you
need to watch this video I want to show
you how to take them apart and clean
them and keep them oiled I spent quite a
bit of time yesterday working on this
one you can see that nice bevel shine in
there I'll show you how to clean clean
those up these I used on today and they
worked pretty good I'm still not super
happy with the amount of deflection that
happens sometimes when you're cutting
smaller stuff that's still pretty pretty
stout pretty hard I was trimming
actually some tree branches which this
is not the correct thing to do that with
but some small little tree branches we
were just kind of pruning some of those
and a couple of them they twist out here
so I'm going to show you how to fix that
a little bit apart super simple I have
three pairs of these these are we're
gonna work on and this one I've already
got taken apart so I can kind of show
you how they come apart you first have
this lock I like to take that out first
so I don't lose it it does have an allen
key on the back I don't know why Fiskars
use three different types of fasteners
here but we have an allen key here and a
Phillips you just unscrew that and it
comes out like that and then and then
you have a nut here I prefer to just
because there's nuts on each side it's a
ten millimeter and that fits on there
but it will spin so I prefer to just put
that in my vise that way I don't lose it
I put the bolt and the vy7 I undo this
and it comes off and it comes out and
looks like that and there's a spacer
here that you want to make sure you pay
attention to it is what spaces it out
here so that it all lines up even so
that's important it won't
without us so this little spacer and nut
on a bolt so I'm gonna run this through
the wire will and get it all cleaned up
and I'll be right back
so having a wire wheel is not entirely
necessary
it does help clean up you know some of
the parts and things make some shiny and
looking new but it's definitely not
necessary but if you have one use it if
not you can just get by with cleaning
this really well degreaser make sure
it's all nice and clean there's no junk
on there so I'm gonna start on the back
and the only thing that's kind of weird
that you might not have and you've got
to have a whetstone to do this this is a
coarse and fine that you can get on
Amazon they're not expensive but I'm
gonna start on the back and I'm just
going to hold this flat down to my piece
and we're gonna use back and forth
strokes and you'll be able to I'll come
back and show you a little bit about
what that does
okay so you need a little bit of soapy
water I just have it in a spray bottle
here so we're just going to press this
down and use back-and-forth strokes
we're on the fine side because we don't
really have any damage that we're trying
to address back and forth like this and
then we'll switch it over to the other
side here in just a second on there so
we'll keep going here on the stone until
we have this all nice and smooth
okay we now have contact all the way
across the back and so we can say that
this is relatively flat and ready to go
now
a lot of times people will say to use
some of those knife sharpeners that you
run across the tip and I've seen guys do
that with these they don't work on this
type of pruner for a simple reason this
is a single bevel design it's not like a
pocket knife it has two Oriya or a
kitchen knife that has two bubbles that
come together it only happens one flat
side and then it has the bevel coming to
it so if you run that across there and
you're making the back not flat it might
work for a little while but in the long
run you're not gonna have a sharp tool
so now that our back is flat we can
concentrate on the front now I'm gonna
switch over to the coarse side here and
we're gonna try to find our angle and
we're gonna make smooth strokes across
the knife so we can get rid of any of
that damage you can feel across your
first of all this is not sharp at all
and there's a little bit of damage in
there you can feel with your finger
finger now so we're gonna work on that
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all right so after some back and forth
here you can see we're left with a
really nice edge and I finished on the
fine and I got a really nice bevel there
it's sharp
you can feel kind of dig a little bit
which kind of lets you know it's sharp
we could do a paper test or whatever but
I'm gonna finish here on the back where
we started I want to just make sure that
I'm moving that burr to the edge and
that we're just as flat as we can get
and that makes it even feel a little bit
sharper all right okay so next we want
to pay attention to the bottom part of
the pruner and it's important that this
also be free from any damage which this
one does not have any damage this is a
bigger piece of metal so it would take
quite a bit to chunk this up but we want
to spend a little bit of time making
sure that's nice and flat so that we
have a good surface when this comes down
and chomps so we have a nice flat
surface now it comes together on this
side actually and so that where they
meet right there we want to make sure
that's just as smooth as it can get
all right if you don't have one of these
wet stones you might have one that maybe
came with a pocketknife or something
this is one theme with uh with a buck
knife and this is an Arkansas stone they
also have Japanese stones and they're
just different types of stones this is
one that came with a pocket knife and it
would also work its finer so it's gonna
take a lot of time to repair some damage
but it is possible with any any
whetstone you just want to make sure you
avoid the kind that you run across the
tip that book that doesn't work for
these that works for kitchen knives and
pocket knives but it doesn't work for
single bevel edges like this one so our
back is flat we're smooth here the
inside is good we're gonna have a nice
smooth mating surface and we can get
this put back together assembly is
pretty easy
I'm gonna start with this one here on
the bottom it kind of helps hold it all
together next goes our spacer
I'm just gonna barely tighten this one
spin it on the backside just gonna
tighten this enough to help me hold it
all together it's nice when you have
something to base it on there's a little
spring right there if your pliers are
not coming back
very quickly you can also bend that
spring up a little bit and that will
give you a little bit more tension but
it should be set to find the way that it
is
when this one goes together with a bolt
bolt through on the backside
and you're gonna push back against that
spring that comes right through
well that is a nylon nut and so it's
gonna provide tension right away so I'm
gonna put this in the vice and tighten
it up okay so it is a little bit awkward
to tighten that screw just because you
have to have a screw on each screwdriver
on each side I put one side in the vise
if you don't have a vise you just kind
of do two screwdrivers you need a third
hand but you can do two screwdrivers and
tighten that down though and then the
nut is tight now that nut tension will
provide some feedback here so make sure
that it's not too tight or you won't be
able to close them easily I can fill
this surface right here mating all the
way through it's nice and tight all the
way across and you should be good to go
last thing is we're gonna put our lock
in
if it spins on you you can put a allen
key in the back there but a finger tight
it seems to work for me make sure that
slides back and forth okay all right so
when you're done a little bit of oil on
the blade and then the mechanism will
help keep it all rusting all moving
smooth and rust free just pick that all
through there this is a really tight
pair I think these are gonna work great
wipe off any excess oil now regular
maintenance on these will be oiling
making sure that they stay clean and if
you have any damage in your blade try to
fix that as soon as you can hey you will
run to three we're all done here that's
how to clean and take apart and sharpen
and tune up pair of sisters pruners
thanks for watching