July 30th 2026 Finally and thanks to Sarah at Burgon and Ball, who decided to sent by Royal Mail yesterday Wed 29th, the secateurs arrived today. Fedex had been ridiculously inept and had them at their warehouse near Exeter for maybe ten days.
The sad news is that the latch on the bypass secateurs is not fit for purpose and I have emailed 'Sarah about this. See Comment below for detail.
Anyway here they are:
Burgon and Ball bypass made in Taiwan
Fruitless search:
Flaffed around all, day Friday 10th trying to find secateurs not made in China and ended up at B&Q. but they didn't have the KentandStowe bypass cutters as advertised on their site.
A few calls to K&S really took me to Marshalls Gardens. They have disinformation on their site about the same product, use a £6.99 Evri fee, K&S was free postage, and ultimately a company called Westland may be the actual manufacturers. But MG are the only contact and they can't say where they are made even though it says Designed and Made in the UK on their questionable site.
Hours yesterday and today; cancelled the order as was stressed trying to communicate with them and their mess
On their site the top row with orange handles are made in Taiwan. The sales person checked and stated that whereas many of theirs are made in China these are def. Taiwan. whoopee!, ordered them £53.97 inc.
Burgon and Ball bypass made in Taiwan
Supplied with replacement blade and spare spring. ✅
The latch on the bypass secateurs did not engage after opening. The problem seems to have arisen as it was very tight pressing o the latch to get the secateurs open, and then would not re-engage as the latch didn't align with the base.
I took the latch off, which is very flimsy and bent it so it will engage. However it is so flimsy I'm pretty sure it will bend again and snap, so am preparing to make a replacement out of stainless steel.
Before and After
By the way: Though the screw holding the latch looks a bit 'loose and wayward' is was very very tight, maybe held with loctite glue ?? The frail latch
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