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Good day, good sirs.
I'm thinking of buying a cutter, but I'm not sure which is better. So, maybe ,you could help me.
Which one is worth buying for a bonsai-newbie or just a plant-lover?

1) Japanese, carbon steel, 210mm, $38

Or
2) Chinese, stainless steel, 165mm, $32


P.S. I hope it's ok to post links here? :whistle:

Hm.. When it comes to bonsai tools, quality and price most of the time go hand in hand. These look very similar. I think I would prefer the carbon steel, instead f the stainless. These can be sharpened better.

In the end the tools will both last a long time as long as you do not force them. The better the tool, the more abuse then can take before they bend. I basically only have cheap brandless tools, and find they work fine for me. But I do keep them sharp and rather do work in small steps, removing large sections small bites at a time.

And how cheap can be a brandless tool like a concave cutter?

depends a lot on where you are. But what you are showing, 20-30 euro is the start for reasonable cheap tools.

What is cheap in Europe or USA here, in Russia, becomes unreasonably expensive and hard to find :S

Thank you very much for your opinion, leatherback!

You can probably find people who make tools in Russia too?

Sure, anything you can pay for could be found )

And here it is!