Talk:Pruning shears
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[edit] Merge
The reason for a merge is that Americans don't use the word secateurs, but call them loppers. So I suggest we put all these terms and varied meanings on this one page, with explanations of usage. I'll find out what Australians call the different tools. JackyR | Talk 09:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- No, apparently the American who posted on Talk:Secateurs was just confused. So scrub that idea. :-) JackyR | Talk 17:32, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
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- I asked another American here and when I described secateurs, he called them small pruning shears, and when I described loppers, he called them large pruning shears. I would call the large tool branch cutters, but Home Depot and Lowes call them loppers. (Though they also stock "bypass pruners" which look like secateurs.) I think secateurs should be merged here; loppers are at least distinctly two-handed. -- Beland (talk) 22:24, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Actually, now I'm wondering why this article says that pruning shears have been "superceded" by secateurs. -- Beland (talk) 22:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
