Keeping garden tools such as lawn mowers, pruning shears and loppers is suggested to be a very important function in every gardening book. However, keeping tools sharp is very difficult for most yardeners. Beware of using a powered grinding wheel. If you are not skilled with such a device, you can take much too much metal off your garden tool in a few seconds of not paying attention.

Here are a few sharpening devices that we have found on the Internet, but have not yet tested. We will give you a report after this season.

DMT Diafold Diamond Sharpener

Once you’ve invested in good quality pruners and loppers it is important to maintain a sharp cutting edge. Sharp pruning and cutting tools produce cleaner cuts that are easier to perform and are better for the health of the plant. DMT sharpeners are made with monocrystalline diamonds, a strong single crystal structure that doesn’t break apart with use, bonded in nickel to steel with recessed dots for chip clearance. Diamond is the hardest material and is the most efficient sharpening abrasive requiring just a light pressure to produce a sharp edge with just a few strokes. The two-in-one Diafold has two grits, fine and coarse, on reverse sides for added versatility and convenience. By using the coarser side first, and then moving to the finer surface, a razor sharp edge can be achieved. Use coarse to restore a dull edge and then fine to maintain an edge. Folding plastic handles protect the Diamond Sharpener when not in use. 9½”/24 cm open, 5”/12.5 cm closed. Made in USA. To order go to Gardenscape Tools Web Site

Lansky Sharpeners

Lansky Sharpeners LGRDN Garden Tool and Lawn Mower

Multi-Purpose Lawn and Garden Tool Sharpener - This Lawn and Garden Tool sharpener offers flat and curved surfaces to make it easy to restore like new performance to lawn mower blades, shovels and spades, hoes, sickles and scythes, machetes and other cutting and digging tools. The special design of this sharpener minimizes fatigue and enhances user comfort. Quickly removes dents and knicks that result from hitting rocks, stones and concrete. For more information and ordering go to The Lansky Web Site

Lansky Sharpeners “The Puck®”

The Puck® - Multi-Purpose Lawn and Garden Tool Sharpener
This pocket-size Lansky Dual-Grit, Multi-Purpose Sharpener is ideal for sharpening lawn mower blades, machetes, hatchets, axe blades, shovels and spades plus a variety of other cutting and chopping tools. The Puck's easy-to-grip contoured shape provides safe and simple tool sharpening. Dual-Grit design provides a coarse side for quick cutting and shaping, and a medium side for final sharpening and finishing of your edge.
For more information and ordering go to The Lansky Web Site