MILWAUKEE ?!?!?! 

At this point I think ToT is just seeing how far he can push the limits of making videos on deep dives on random esoteric subjects. And I'm here for it. Clearly, since I just watched 20 minutes on pruning shears.

I love how they put a safety switch on literally every battery powered handtool, but this "FINGER REMOVER 5000" apparently doesn't need one.

As someone from Wisconsin, I apologize for our lackluster power shears.

At this rate I don't care if Tony develops a fascination for hand knotted rugs or wood fired stoves. I wanna see what he's up to and hear what he thinks about stuff.

Old Tony is the champ of shop humor. I laughed pretty hard at the little toot he threw in there trying to get through that 1" by hand....so relatable 🤣

I regularly prune my YT subs list. Never, ever, have I thought “yeah, done with that” - this channel is solid teak-grade quality.

Tony's a real one for actually making me google whether or not that bypass surgery thing was true. His deadpan delivery is just too good.

You almost got me with the vacuum Milwaukee with scissors attached 😂

There’s only so much you can do with just your hands (not that we were getting bored), but you’ve opened a whole new world by introducing feet as well. What a neat concept.

I'm not a machinist but I enjoy the videos so much I probably watch them a couple of times each. I am a gardener and I just checked, I have 5 pruners not counting a couple that are hiding somewhere on the property. This really struck a cord in me. I can't wait to tell my wife. A Kebtek may be in my future.

My family are fruit farmers and the electric Felcos are the gold standard. Analog Triggers and fast as hell. The speed a professional pruner can achieve with them is mind-boggling. Ergonomics is also key if you do it weeks on end in the winter.

My wife had a thing for sleek foreign sounding focus-group tested pruning shears. I bought her a Falco #8 (a decade ago now) and the smile on her face after the first time using it was worth every penny. Now that arthritis is setting in, it's either I take over the pruning or find something electric for her to use to put that smile back on her face. Thanks Old Tony.

I love this video so much. It must be really nice to have RU-vid pay you for thousands of people watching a rant you try to give your wife and friends before they interrupt you 3 minutes in to change the subject. So relatable.

You are a scream!!! Shared with my wife who is a Master Gardner. She shared it with ALL of her local (Waco, Texas) Master Gardeners. They shared it with hundreds more. Most are ladies, but not all. I understand they all howled around the point "you got it off your chest!" Thanks man!

I originally met Fiskars as a cutting blade supplier, and was happy enough with them that I bought (and wore out) a pair of their entry-level loppers. My machine shop and I are in a trial separation so I can't just machine a replacement part for 'em, and with some reservations about plastic I bought some Fiskars gear loppers. I figured I'd take them home and see if they broke while cutting up a couple of tonnes of dry and fresh Eucalyptus branches. To my surprise and delight, try as I might I could not break these things, and I applied enough force at times to wreck the aluminium handles on the old pair. The gear loppers are entering their second year of service, and so far my impression is that these are going to last a long time even chopping up 40+ mm dried eucalypt wood.

I thought to myself, "those jeans seem tight to get over his boots" then the concept of ToT wearing skinny jeans with the emo hair over covering his one black eye-lined eye popped into my head. I laughed at that idea for much longer than I am willing to admit.

Old Tony, you're the best. Really nothing more to say. You just hit all the right spots for this shop hound. The subject matter, the humor, the videography. Top notch. Always have been. Always will be.

Never in my life have I thought “I need some pruning shears” and here I am immersed deep in a 20 minute video on one, good to see you around tony, thanks for the video

I subscribed for machining content but you have a way of explaining and a sense of humor that I enjoy. If your hobbies have steered more towards gardening and you wanted to make more content covering it, I would watch it. Even if it was a second channel.

About the nr 2 Felco: I used to work at a rose grower's. We had Felco shears which also came with an aluminium lip at the top blade, which enables you to cut a rose and hold on to the stem at the same time. Maybe that's why the bottom lip is designed the way it is.

My wife was JUST as thrilled as yours to hear about the new M12 shears. She said something as she left about going to a divorce lawyer. I'm pretty sure that's where she's going to buy me a set of them.

I didn’t think this day off could get better

You are just too much fun man! My wife was sincerely wondering wtf I was laughing so much at. The placement of that fart killed me🤣 And then you add that last part, man you are killing me!

Glad to see the little Bahco in your lineup. I'm a vegetable farmer with a recreational tree pruning addiction and tool collecting habits that seem like they'd be familiar to you. The small Bahco (P126-19) is my all-time favourite for delicate work. I have a pair of Felcos, (yes a present from me) that I'm also plenty fond of but those little all-metal Bahco secateurs are totally unbeatable for the $, quality and ease of maintenance. Thanks for making the best videos on RU-vid.

Hey, TOT, after watching this video, I ordered the Kebtek Pro version. I gotta say it's everything you said. My wife and I are getting along in years, and with a large lawn with maturing shrubs, have more pruning than our wrists are comfortable doing. I thought this would be a good addition to our tools. It's that and more. We've both used the pruner and are very happy with it. Other than the very real risk of cutting off a finger with ease, it's made our pruning tasks a breeze. it handles well, isn't too heavy, is well designed (gitz oiler for the blades, nice blade adjustment lock), narrow enough blades to get into tight places in shrubs, reasonable price for what you get. Your viewers could do much worse for nearly effortless pruning. Thanks for pointing this out.

Regarding tool safety, I'd have designed it so the trigger is still a mechanical lever attached to the moving blade, with electric assistance only instead of 100% power drive. That way, the blade only moves as fast and as far as you pull it and it backs off immediately if you release the lever. I.e. your pain reflex might stop you from pruning a digit. It would also let you do something you probably shouldn't but I do all the time; grab cut branches with the the blades then have the option to either release or cut through. It's the quickest way to trim to a consistent length - handy for fitting cuttings efficiently into a wheelbarrow or green bin. Also means you can trim directly into the barrow rather than having to pick up the bits in a second pass.

"Is my finger worth $1000? I asked my wife and she said no" LMAO!

Tony sir, you are a treasure. Never stop what you are doing please. Most well adjusted person I've seen for sure.

Thanks Old Tony, I've been coming to you for gardening advice since I was a REALLY young child. You've never let me down since that time Ireland ran out of food. Cheers!

Mr Tony, i am watching you quite a while. Struggling with deppression and you are the only person that makes me calm and smile. I just wanted to say thanks for that.

I was literally talking to my wife about you yesterday. We hadn't seen a video from you in a while. We chalked it up to "This Old Tony has a life outside of YT" glad to see your vid. Love it sir and keep it up! Thank you!

I told him once that I'd watch him mow the lawn as long as he narrated it... Looks like he took it to heart. Can a deep dive into pest control be far behind? I can't wait! Love ya Tony!

As someone who doesn't own an edge trimmer and has used shears to clean up the edges of my lawn, I can appreciate the finesse a pair of shears can have.

Electric pruning shears are the next leap on technology after the rolling-hand pruning shears. As someone who has spent years pruning vineyards, each fellow worker would almost always have the same gear. When you're making thousands of cuts a day the little improvements make a huge difference. It took only two days after the first belt-pack pruner took a skip on a job before we all bought them😅

I bought the Kebtek 40mm, 25v model. Yes, it goes right through 40mm with no problem. It also has a half opening mode when working on thinner branches so it cycles faster. It also has a cut counter on it so you know how many cuts you've made on a charge. After 200 cuts I still have a decent charge left on the first battery. I love these things. Yes, it will eat your thumb or anything else you get in the jaws in a second flat. Not for children or anyone accident prone.

I bought a pair of these last spring and OH WOW! The have saved me so much time, especially when cutting up branches to fit in my garbage can. Like your manual shears, they do seem to reproduce. Shortly after my neighbor saw mine, he ended up with a pair (nicer then mine, of course). I have be keeping mine in the garage at night. I don't want too many in the neighborhood. 😉

The felco I got from the electricians I worked side by side with. Wonderful tool. Cuts branches, steel supports for roofs, piping, nails and noses. Best thing ever!

I am a landscaper, so you are so right about this topic, as always. I e been watching your channel for years and I always find you far funnier than you need to be, and I love it. keep up the work sir.

From one Tony to another, I've , missed you!! And since seeing this have bought my wife the 30mm version (she gardens, I make stuff and grow veg) which arrived today and she loves it :) Thanks ToT

The best thing about a bypass pruning shear is, they are the same design as a hose cutter. I have a pair I use just for cutting PEX pipe. A lot cheaper than an actual plastic pipe cutting shear. Any tool is the right tool if you hit it hard enough. Love the vids ToT. Keep up the awesome work.

I worked in gardening for more than 20 years and always used the Felco ones they never disappointed me. Also tried the Japanese ones but maintenance is a bitch with them. I own 20 apple trees, and when I get to pruning them seriously are used to get serious aches in my hands. Last year, a friend of mine loaned me a stihl one with akkupack on the back and powercord and it was quite an amazing experience, but as you said the cable is not so convenient, but my hands were happy.

A note to people who still want to use hand pruners after seeing this: When making cuts that are at the limit of what your pruners can do, push the branch away from the cutting blade a bit (i.e. push on it, don't bend it) while cutting.

Two This Old Tony videos in less than a month? I must be in heaven!

I've never done actual gardening other than cutting branches that were growing into a walkway but I watched every second of this video. Keep em comin.

There is always room for a fart joke. By far my favourite Chanel of all times! ToT is always a great source of inspiration.

12:50 that absolutely killed me :D Perfect comedic timing as per usual haha

I'll be honest, this is the best work you've ever done on behalf of Happy Bear Consolidated Atomics and Heavy Tool Co. You had me wanting to buy one of those power pruners and I don't have anything to prune!

Their 90° die grinder is my most used tool. As a machinist, it's so nice to not need air to cut, grind, or debur.

Always a good laugh! Thank you!

Your videos are funny in a way you don't often see outside the really old manufacturing job shops. Really helps me while I do chemo.

Tony, this is fascinating. As someone who has spent endless hours figuring out the best way to cut materials using the shear method or the pinch method, manufacturing these devices also comes into play.

When I saw the Milwaukee vacuum I fell of my chair with my broke leg and was still laughing 😂

Thanks for the video Tony. However I do beg to differ about the use of (blade and) anvil secateurs. I used to work as a viticulturist and we used them exclusively. I use them for my citrus trees as well (despite having a VERY good pair of Bahco PG-10 bypass secateurs with glass fibre reinforced nylon handles). Also I'm told that, here in New Zealand the kiwifruit industry uses the same German Lowe anvil secs that I have exclusively. My understanding is that anvil secs do much less damage to plants that have soft or delicate bark and make a much cleaner cut but are only really good for thicknesses up to 3/8". Cheers.

absolutely the most bonkers, hilarious and top quality video you've made to date.

LOL I went through this last year. I have many pruners (and loppers) made by falco, fiskars even inherited locally made cutters (back when Canada still made stuff). After moving to a semi rural plot pruning became a real chore. Enter the Dewalt pruner (I also have lots of yellow batteries), the power made me giddy and I can prune all day long till my shrubs and small trees are level with the lawn…oops.

My favourite pruning channel has uploaded again!!!! *-*

First time I have ever been online at the exact moment a TOT video has been uploaded!

The little squeaker trying to cut the 1” had me absolutely rolling hahahahahaha

The Bacho ERGO is the go. I've had a set for 10 years and have used them heavily as a Vineyard manager. The roll handle helps with fatigue as well as the large size so you can get both hands on big cuts. Lowe anvils in size 7 are what you need for lots of small cuts, say trimming canes or any detail work. What you have there are for weekend warriors.

I've used Corona bypass shears for decades now. Originally made in Corona, California for citrus grove workers, they're durable, easy to maintain, and used to be reasonably priced... not sure about now that they've been bought up by a conglomerate. Their most basic design is very similar to those Toshibo shears. A quick Google search finds them in the $25 to $45 range, depending on the model and seller.

Those klebtek power shears are amazing. I am shocked. I prune back some small trees and bushes in my front yard every year. I use manual sheers. Each season, I make at least a few questionable decisions to prune back some bigger branches. If they're maybe 25mm in diameter, I can sometimes get by with a bigger set of manual bypass shears that have long handles for extra leverage. I don't remember the brand. I probably bought them at the orange big box store. The extra leverage makes a big difference. When those aren't cutting it, I pull out a hand saw for those few cuts, and it's fine. However, in my back yard, I have a walkway going to a deck above my garage. My neighbors have a jungle in their back yard. I don't know what kind of trees they're growing back there, but each season, they completely overhang my walkway with new branches that make my walkway impassable. It's always a pain to prune back these branches, which can get pretty thick. Those klebteks would be amazing for this, although the other advantage of having manual sheers with long handles is that they give you a longer reach. So I can reach over my fence and cut the branches in my neighbors' yard rather than cutting them in my yard. That buys me a little time at the start of the next season before they grow back into my yard. I own many tools from Milwaukee's M18 and M12 tool lines. So I also have the batteries. I think Milwaukee tools are generally pretty durable and powerful. However, I gotta say that some of them can feel a bit klunky. I bought a few 18V Makita tools, and I think the ergonomics of Makita's tools are generally better. Their subcompact 18V drill is my go-to drill because it's incredibly light, surprisingly powerful, and it fits into tighter spaces than any Milwaukee drill that I've ever seen. I also own and prefer Makita's circular saws. Sometimes those cheap mystery-brand Chinese tools can be amazing. I own a tiny battery-powered no-brand made-in-China air blower. It's lightweight and tiny. Can I get the PSI that I get from my 40 year old extremely loud and heavy plug-in air compressor? No. However, the little battery-powered air blower is very useful for blowing out sawdust from the air filter in my shop vac. I think it was $20 on amazon. It charges via a USB cable. It works fine. In this case, it's very useful to have a tool that is cheap, lightweight plastic than something heavy-duty so I can hold up my shop vac over a garbage can with one hand and blow the dust out of the filter with the other hand.

Oh boy the valentine's day picnic part was hilarious!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Always a fan of the Mad Max Thunderdome disarming sequence. That cordless pruner there looks like it's been taking ergonomics cues from the Warhammer 40k universe.

Tony, thx for getting me involved into machining, i got myself a Logan 820 10" last week, and it's been amazing.(besides the worn out chuck that drives me crazy) Making scrap material has never been easier

16:55 I choked on my beer, laughing, that tool made my day.

Bosch makes pruning shears in their 12V lineup. Form factor very similar to your orange ones, $100 w/out battery I think. I do almost zero pruning and yet I had those in my cart at checkout before I regained consciousness and backed off :D

I don't know if this is machining video, tool review or just standup... sitdown rather... Anyway I'm all here for it 😁 Hilarious video ToT, thank you! 🤣

I love the way he's keeping his hand near the blade of the cordless, I keep expecting him to cut a finger off before the end.

Gardening tools/implements of destruction are not commonly found in my repetoire of assorted mechanical devices but a cheap pair of ratcheting anvil secateurs from my local aldi reduced a blackberry bush to bite-sized, easily transportable/compostable chunks and made short work of the, inch-or-so thick, scary-spiky-wild-shoots™ from below the graft line of my lemon tree. Its even earnt a place among my bedside table tools.

ToT you are handsdown one of my favorites and I set everything aside that I planned on watching when you release a new peice of art. Please keep em coming! I comment to help statistics

I got the Blue Makita Compatible secateurs about two years ago. Works FANTASTIC. Here In Australia i've got all my fruit trees and firebreaks. The one I got (I think you can order compatible with what-ever battery system you have and they all look similar ) Blades are cheap to replace and it is super torquey. Doesn't look so chunky like this one in the vid. Got it for about $150 on the usual chinese sites.

At the start of this video, I was ridiculing the mere idea of battery powered pruning shears. But, then you showed that thing just slicing through those big, honkin' branches. And, I thought about the last time I pruned the tree in the front yard (with manual pruning shears). My hands were blistered, bleeding wrecks (and my gloves ruined - gasp!). I might actually look into buying one of these newfangled things.

Finding that there's a new ToT video is like surprise Christmas. And it means I can take a break from re-watching all of the old videos. Thanks!!!!

Hey Tony, little trick I learned being a plumber who enjoys a clean bush! Next time you’re out pruning put a pair of ratcheting pipe cutters in your back pocket for those bigger hard cuts. It’s a life saver!

I don't prune plants. Ever. Still, this video was so entertaining that I watched it all the way through, without fast-forwarding anywhere, and I am glad that I did.This Old Tony, your videos truly are something else!

8:05 sooo close to being able to legitimately say "baby rubber buggy bumpers"

I bought the huge version of those (>$200). They're effing amazing. Saw the recommendation on the survival podcast. Agree about the scary digit removal propensity. Great video as always!

Jury Duty Joe: If you happen to see this, thanks so much for recommending this channel to us! It's great!

Dude, you're awsome... so matter-of-fact when it hits me in the face every time I'm still getting back up to get it one more time.

2 TOT videos in a month ??? .... This is gonna be a good year 🤘

I've been getting a lot of garbage tools from Milwaukee lately. 6 years ago, if it was Milwaukee I knew it would be bulletproof and well designed. The kast 20 Milwaukee purchases always lesves me with a who the heck decided to release this feeling...it seems like a rough draft tool not ready for market at a premium price I was fully committed to the platform with over 60 batteries. Now it's often a better deal to buy another brand, even including purchasing new batteries... Their ridiculously priced lawnmower and powerstation inverters for not great products was the tipping point, and now I'm invested in 4 other major brand platforms and loving it.

Just sitting here waiting for the day they release the MilwaukeeTalkie, a radio for construction workers who still buy stuff at the local DIY store 😛

Hi Tony, or can I say this old, I just bought the best ever cutters at the Lidl supermarket here in Brittany France where I live. It is a pvc pipe cutter made from aluminum with a stainless blade with closes in small steps. It cuts branches up to 42mm. just over an inch and a half easy peasy. Greetings Chris.

I've only done a little bit of pruning in my life, but even *I* was a little flabbergasted just how well and seemingly effortlessly those cheap electric pruners cut. Doubt I'll be buying any (I'm more of a "fast and loose with a fine saw" kinda guy, and I don't have any high-value trees), but I was still surprised.

ToT, you’re a lucky man to have a wife that’s “speechless” over new tools. My wife practices her sarcasm when commenting on new tools…and she’s very, very good😂

I learnt a couple of things about the intricacies of pruners, which I hadn't really thought about before. I mean, you grab 'em and go, right? But Old Tony, Sir, thank you so so much for the laughs 🙏🙏🙏. Today I am thoroughly appreciating the smile you've put on my face. Thanks brother 👉👉👉. 😎

Whilst anvil bladed secateurs crush both the waste and plant side of a cut (which, for you non-gardener toolheads, is bad), they do have a very specific application they're ideal for. And when anyone works out what that is, we'll let you know.

I bought a pair of Kebtek cordless pruner because I watched this video. I didn't have a chance to use them until this week and I LOVE THESE PRUNERS!!!! They are everything that this Old Tony raved about. THANKS This Old Tony!!!

Hey Tony, I'm a little late to the party, I used to work in agrculture. We used to have the Pellenc you showed briefly. Yes they start at 1k, yes they have a cable, but you can run them for multiple days, prune hundrets of trees in a day and they keep on cutting. The big advantage of the Pellenc with the back or side mounted battery is that you remove the weight from your wrist. Additionally the Pellenc shears have a rubberized metal body and obviously offer rathily avaiable replacement parts. I can only recommend them, how you get them past your wife? no clue, but we have the 2 of them since 10 years.

These are the kinda vids we love. Real tool talk. People who don't use tool every day can't understand how important these things are. Thanks ToT

I have no idea how you did such a clean cut to the replica branch carved from butter every time you switched to those electric cutters!

This Old Tony and AvE are the reason I got into the trades, and god bless them i made the worst best decision of my life

Bernal ratcheting anvil pruners are far and away the best I've ever used. Unfortunately they recently went out of production. If you can find a used or new old stock pair grab em. Bernal still makes replacement blades.

TOT is one of those youtubers that release the "Mythic" rare videos that you absolutely HAVE to see every time.

Pick whatever brand hand pruners you want, as long as the brand starts with an "F" and rhymes with schmiskars or schmelco... I'm a $10k+ invested red-blood, too (auto tech). I look forward to Mil letting me down for many years to come with the wank-factor superceding decency and functionality. P.S. $5 says the TOT shop will have a Kebtek banner in the background from here on out.

It's pronounced 'Meelee-walk-ay' which is Algonquin for "The Good Land".

At 16:52 I almost spit out my coffee! That abomination looks like a Sawz-All had a drunk weekend with a pair of Swiss knife folding scissors! 🤣 Every time Tony drops a new video I know I'm going to get at least one or two good chuckles, and this one was a knee-slapper! I am sorry about your romantic picnic with your pruning shears getting intruded upon, though. Women just don't seem to understand what's really important to us guys on special occasions. I had a super **hot** date with my gas forge on Valentine's Day. I'll tell you all about it just as soon as my girlfriend gets back from her friend's house.😋

i don't watch other machining channels. or know anybody who does machining. the closest thing i've ever done to machining is drilling holes in a skateboard for mounting the wheels. which i did terribly, it blew out the back so i taped over it so you couldn't see. and yet, these videos are just riveting, it doesn't matter what they're about, my brain just eats up anything this guy says. i would watch an in depth tutorial on how to give a colonoscopy if it were voiced and written by tot. in fact, i would probably watch it twice, just cause the rewatch value of tonys videos are so high. i dont want to put any pressure onto tot, i know how it feels when people have high expectations. but they've already been met, the videos on this channel are an achievement on their own. thanks for making cool stuff tony.

As someone who just spent $5 on a cheap set of "sheers" AKA "thicc scissors", I look forward to this deep dive into overcomplicatedness. From a stick, to a stick with attachments, to a gas leaf blower, to a battery electric leaf blower, to a rake. My favorite (hands down, near my hips) power tool: the trusty floor buffer. Flip a switch and electric pixies make the drill sergeants go away. 100% full manual control, baby.

I had a fuel impact. It lasted 6 months. Sent it back to factory. 6 months later factory gets back to me and tells me the brushes are gone. ITS A BRUSHLESS TOOL! Mean time dewalt I got to use while i waited lasted 4 years. And dewalt fixed it for free. Free. Not even shipping. Detent went and they covered it. Wasn't even under warranty and they said no problem.