In my 20 years with the recurve, I've had two decent pairs of hand-held ratchet pruners to clear smaller branches from shooting lanes (and also two LOUSY pairs!). The lousy ones would not cut "squat" and were soon ruined, and the good ones finally broke, or wore out after pushing the limit on way too many 1" branches.
My second pair has served well for 6 years or so, but the ratchet is no longer working properly. They are the anvil-type that I prefer, and pretty "beefy" in design, but I see no marks on them to indicate a manufacturer. I got them long ago from a booth at a farm show.
Does anyone here have some favorite pruners they would recommend? I'm in the market!
Thanks,
Daryl