My wife is Portuguese and they use a style very similar to this for cutting up poultry. There’s a Portuguese restaurant that also uses these style for cutting up cooked meats. They go through it like buttah!

I have a pair of those. Bought them new in 1960's. Still have original paint. Been using them since. Problem I have is they can and will pinch pretty good.

Thanks very much for this video. I can’t remember if I saw it before. I recently acquired a similar tool. I will refurbish it for my wife as a Birthday present Always love your work. Hope you’re safe there and doing well. .

I come across those shears quite often, after looking at this video I don't think I will ever let one get away.

This particular segment has come up on my KZfaq feed over-and-over, and I never chose it to view thinking "how interesting could garden shears be?" Wow these are just beautiful! Elegant, sharp, safe - very nice.

Beautiful as always! It’s amazing seeing the quality of the old tools compared to what’s made today. Thank you for all the uploads recently. I get excited every time you upload a restoration video. I enjoy them for sure! Have a great one my friend

What a lovely pair of secateurs. They are a testament to the fact that quality always lasts. A beautiful restoration as always. Can I reiterate other people's comments that these videos are a pure joy to watch.

Just subscribed to your channel, nice to watch a man after my own heart, giving a new lease of life to attractive, useful metal. The circular spring housing on these shears is a work of art. Got far too many secateurs myself!!

Seems like I see these all the time, mostly in junk boxes or “anything for a buck” boxes. I never suspected they could look so nice and be brought back to useful functionality. What a surprise! And I never suspected that hole was for lube. Duh. I’ll never pass on another one. Very nice job!

Doctor! I'm always amazed how well the wire wheel brings back what ever your working on. And of course the nice lite touch of red. Makes them pop. Outstanding! Thanks again.

Turned out great diggin the red on them!

Another great restoration tutorial . Thanks John .

I’m a florist and just got this old pruner

Very enjoyable to watch. Thanks.

Love the results...very nice...very well made...

My mother had the same shears when I was a kid. I think she still has them and I always like them. Thanks

Nice , I think i have a pair of these. Great job

Really nice. Thanks for another great vid.

I like the touch of red. I also liked your story of sharing the other pair of shears with your neighbor. Giving of your talents to help others is its own reward.

Excellent job again.sir. I like this spring system. It seems very solid.

And he did it again......a beautiful restoration of these shears. Great job my friend, you definitely have a talent for this. Can’t wait to see the next tool....

Another great video, inspired me to do an old set I've got in garage that came from my grand father

Another great job.

I have two of the same shears, I did a partial restoration on one, I soaked it in rust remover, buffed it and then used gun bluing on it. You have made me want to do a full restoration now.

Nice job! I have a pair similar to those. They are stamped Deltawerk Soligin Germany. They were my grandpa’s. They have a locking plate with a screw to hold the main nut from coming loose. Beautiful shears!

Great job on the restoration. I have a similar pair, but the spring is missing. Where would I get replacements?

wow looks amazing 😉 good job 👏

enjoy your channel, really like your history lessons. my question is since I don't have a furnace setup like yours to bake a finish on can I use a heat gun or hairdryer(low heat settings) to get similar paint results in my tools?

Just found an exact pair of these the other day. I will try to clean them up.

Only just found this guy he's great

Those are awesome awesome I have I have worked on landscape management going on 20 years now I carry my pruners every day and use them for cutting ,digging hammering and when I'm off work and not wearing them I'm constantly reaching out for them only to realize I don't have them 😁😁 😁😁😁

Very nice.

I have an almost identical pair with the steel spring, I started the restoration and had to put it on hold because I couldn’t reassemble it. After watching your video I now realize they banged on the threads. My bolt is “square” if that makes any sense and it will not pass back through the hole, let alone the fact the nut won’t screw on to the bolt, I figured it was gauled. What’s the fix to get the o.e nut and bolt to fit right again?

amazing the edges escaped chipping, ive seen several with awful edges, im sure been used to cut wire

Just wanted to let you know for the sake of accuracy: Your oil hole is not an oil hole. The peened-over bolt was a repair someone made. The "oil hole" is/was threaded to accept a small machine screw which held down an odd shaped washer. The washer had a six sided hole in the middle of it which went around the nut. This kept the nut from unthreading. This allowed the secateurs/shears to be easily taken apart and reassembled for sharpening. Nice job on the restoration. They look great!

Very good video for me Like, also educational and inspiring me to the field of restoration!!!!!!

Love your work you do a great job buddy heep m coming

Whatever was done to the threads was done after it was sold. I have a pair of these and they have a small brass plate that locks around the nut and is prevented from rotating by a screw that goes into the hole about 5mm behind the nut. This in turn prevents the nut from rotating. The hole is present on yours but unfortunately not the brass plate. This part is commonly lost because the softness of the metal makes the threads stupidly easy to strip. I recently restored mine to use for harvesting herbs in my garden and they're amazing. I didn't polish mine as after rust removal they came out a nice shade of matt grey but you'rs do look really nice with the paint and the polish on them. If you want pictures of the brass plate so you can replicate it let me know.

Nice job on the shears. Most people out there wouldn't even bother repairing or sharpening those. They would just throw them away and buy another new cheap pair.

Great work, turned out beautiful but did you ever consider as a final step using cold bluing,..it really makes old tools like that "pop"?

Great job! Is there a commercial source for generic replacement springs for this type of garden shears?

I noticed a notch on the back near the pivot point. Must be for cutting light gauge wire maybe?

I have a pair of those exact shears that need repair, along with a wiss pair still in the box

This video has started a new "addiction" for me! I just picked up my first pair of shears. Do I need to lubricate the coil spring after it is cleaned up?

Great video, around from what year are these shears?

Amazing! Out of curiosity, let’s say you wanted to clean up the inside of that spring, it wouldn’t really be possible, right?

Similar springs are available from Felco #2/91. On Amazon.

If you need to replace the spring in the future, Felco has the same type of spring as a replacement part.

Oh golly, (yes , golly) did those come out pretty. I think they need a leather holster.

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Good job...they are ready to be lost in the hedge again!!!

Thanks, my be too nice to use.

I notice the shears have a wire cutter built into them; leads me to think that they may have been designed with the vineyard in mind :) These type of shears turn up in England- often French made.

I have the same shears from my grandfather they could be from the 40s

That type of spring is called a volute spring.

Beautiful. Your small tool restorations kill me.

I have one its come frome spain and was the shear my wifes fhathe that thing is 1950 tool

That type of spring is called a volute spring.