TRUTH! Bout 10 yrs ago in Northern MN. We had wood stove too!
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No. I use the canna brush to spread oil on pb&j Sandwiches. It is worthless as a trimming device.
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I used to do that. I pop the fan leaves and pinch off the smaller tips coming out of the bud. Never cared to sit around and manicure buds, Also; I always felt when you manicured your buds tight, you are removing trichomes.
soo, yeah, hell yeah, I know where you are coming from. It is quicker too 
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I have three pair of those scissors Sharp As a Razor and very keen point, I love them. Theyâre not bad to gum up. I will probably purchase another set before next Harvest so my wife and I both have two sets when we set down to trim.
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I 1000% agree tight trimming might look good at the store but lose a good chunk of bud doing it
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@latewood You absolutely do lose a lot of trichomes snipping off the sugar leaves. I actually smoke my sugar leaves. Yum yum.
I would love to see some trim up my monster plants. Its going to drive you bonkers. Oh grab like 10 friends to make it easy.
I had a Blueberry Kush and it was an Auto. It took me over 3 days to trim her. She was small. I will look for her picture and post it again. 
An oldie, but goodie.
Trim thisâŚgo. 
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The trimmers I recommend are the AC Infinity branded set. I bought Fiskars, then after trying @MaD-VapoR 's AC Infinity pair, I bought some of those and never going back. Nice smooth action.
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Never heard of em. Might need to check these out. The ladies would love to do arts n crafts without trichs fighting their fingers. Haha
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The only real difference is a resin resistant coating. I doubt there is much difference in the actual metals used as far as tensile strength. The slick coating though would keep them sharper and straighter longer. Just like putting oil on your cutter when cutting metal. Makes the cuts easier, smoother, require less force and cause less tool wear.
Itâs like Teflon except not really. Same concept. Kind of weird the more I look into it. Does it keep residual radiation I wonderâŚ
There is only one naturally occurring isotope of fluorine, fluroine-19. ⌠Only one radioactive isotopes of fluorine, fluorine-18 , has been prepared. A radioactive isotope is one that breaks apart and gives off some form of radiation. Radioactive isotopes are produced when very small particles are fired at atoms.
So the scissors are closer to hydrophobic than nonstick.
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I disagree. Spring placement and tension can change the amount of effort required to operate, which could have positive or negative effect on amount of fatigue associated with each. Just as differences in blade clearances could have positive or negative effect in how long they hold an edge.
Some may not care about stuff like this, but others do. I probably have 20-30 of them, just because they look the same doesnât mean they all behave the same. But there is also a trade off in having several over one set of trimming shears. I would choose to have multiple sets of mediocre trimmers over one set of really good ones. As long as youâre not buying super cheap, mediocre works pretty good, and I would much rather trade them out for clean set and do a mass cleaning then stop often to clean a single set.
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I use the same thing as oldmarine basically. But I have a pletheroa of them. Sharp as heck, older than me. High grade stainless. No springs. Using a springed scissor would cause more fatigue to my fingers than mine do. Because I have so many and they wipe clean after a 2 minute iso soak anyway. Ofc I file out any nicks. I am a tool maker by trade afterall.
Iâve tested some of the pruning scissors out at Lowes. I would believe them all to be more stressful on your fingers than just a smooth sharp pair of scissors not dealing with the spring and probably constant sticking after a few cuts since the blades look so thin theyâd bend for dust to get in the way. But thatâs just my theory and I know using these scissors is way better than other options Iâve tried. Plus theyâre old, so the tensile strength is there. They werenât manufacturered for lowest bid, also didnât have engineering interns trying to ensure failure asap after end of warranty. Which is what engineering interns do now. Lol. 100% of them. Make it fail immediately after warranty.
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Just recently bought two of the ACâs.
(I usually always buy two of everything, so you have one when the first one breaks)
I havenât used them yet but they feel and look high quality. Iâll be putting them to the test tomorrow 
going back for the trim bin for sure.
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@Budz, I have a lot of those too and other old school Mil issue stainless shears, which iâd planned to use for heavier stalk and some smaller scissors for mid sized branch/twig and then some nice trimmers, probably get a pair of the Fiskars just because i likeâem, lol and use that for the finer trimmings 
You canât beat the old stuff though. We could bring ANY subject matter up, and the final answer is âthey just donât make things like they used to, with pride and qualityâ (and in the US )
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Once I schwazzy on day 21 , I donât have to trim , whatâs left for the final push drys and cures are keep for kief or butter !
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Hard for me to swallow to hear a Va, woodsman support a Fiskar axe.
Thatâs like saying that Poulan makes the best chainsaw lol
I would take a nice piece of 100 year old steel for my axe head,
Sorry to interrupt the chat
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Poulan isnât the best. But if you buy the right model and realize itâs 100% Husqvarna parts⌠You can immediately void the warranty by porting the exhaust before break in. Break it in properly. Then you have saw thatâll run just as hard if not harder than your husqs or your stihls. Sure it probably wonât last as long. But it also costs 1/5th the price. Lol. Literally the saw I use most. Starts the easiest. Tears shit up. Sounds fierce.
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I have had several poulans that ran like a scalded dog when when all others had crapped the bed, I was using it as a example really and it was all meant as a joke really. I think fiskar axes are light and great for little stuff but not really heavy wood work
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I like my Lexivon. Well made tool.
Edit. Iâve litterally done everything it says not to with these axes. Never broke a handle. Hardened edged last pretty well, no longer than expected ofc before some chips. But you gotta expect to eventually have to sharpen any tool. Just not nearly as often with these. High quality steel, Iâve filed out mushrooms and never found a crack. As a tool maker by profession I know what to expect. So trust when I say. Oddly great brand.
I have several different pairs of trimming scissors, but my favorite are my Hydrofarm titanium bladed ones.
I have a straight bladed set that has some beef to it, good for rough trimming and lobbing side branches off. Also, I have a curved blade set, the blades are slightly thinner than the straight ones, and the curved blade is fantastic for getting in to clip a leaf without disturbing too much bud.
The titanium blades donât bind up as quickly from resin as their Stainless Steel counterparts do. I keep 90% IPA around at all times anyways while trimming! 
100% was worth the extra scratch for the titanium blades on my opinion!
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