> >Anvil lopper or bypass lopper - why would you pick one over the
> >other?

> Depends on what you're cutting.  Some plants like to be cut with a
> bypass, some with an anvil type.  I always look up the recommended
> technique for each plant before destroying it.  ;-)

>> >Anvil lopper or bypass lopper - why would you pick one over the
>> >other?

>> Depends on what you're cutting.  Some plants like to be cut with a
>> bypass, some with an anvil type.  I always look up the recommended
>> technique for each plant before destroying it.  ;-)

>At the moment that isn't even an issue, I'm clearing a bunch of trees
>a bit at a time and just using the loppers to cut up branches into
>haul-away friendly length. The anvil broke on the beefy looking but
>inexpensive flea market loppers I was using. The anvil is apparently
>made of cheap pot metal and succumbed to stress fractures after a
>moderate amount of use. Otherwise it's intact but I don't even know
>where I'd get a replacement anvil for an off-brand POS lopper.