Please recommend me a bamboo cutting/thinning tool.

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    I'm using a pair of secateurs at the moment, but it's a pain, when the culm is moist it doesn't cut cleanly. Any suggestions?
     
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    If you've got a pair of tree loppers they may be better but I think maybe go for a folding tree saw it would be good for thicker canes. Various ones available at various prices to choose from.
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    I don't have a little pruning saw but they are easy enough to get -- if anyone has one which is a particular joy to own, or one which was particularly bad, please say.

    It's not the thickness of the canes that's a problem, it's the moistness. I need a blade which will go through wet wood.
     
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    Try a Hack Saw Howard.
     
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      As you say the thickness is not a problem, and it's soft wood, then what you need is a pair of bypass loppers. These have two cutting blades that cross each other and cut cleanly through soft wood. The length of the handles can be anything from about 3ft upwards. The length of the hadle gives you leverage and the blades should slide through the bamboo.

      For thicker, or hard, or dead wood you use an anvil lopper. This has one cutting blade and a flat soft metal plate for the cutting blade to cut against.

      I wouldn't use a saw unless the wood is old, hard and at least 2" diameter.

      You can look them up on the internet. :blue thumb:
       
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        Excellent. Ordered!
         
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