I came to appreciate a couple pairs of Felco pruners while working building maintenance. I liked them so much I bought my wife a pair of the smaller cutters for her roses, she is nowhere near as careful as I am and will use the small cutters to lop off dead limbs nearly an inch across. She has yet to wear out the plastic coating the handles, this past year I took them apart and sharpened both the smaller set I gave her and a larger set I brought home from work. I'm not sure but Felco may offer a set of replacement handle coverings. I have used the dip it plastic stuff for a few homemade tools I built for the Model A, as well as a covering over rifle rest for use on a bench that does not have a fixture to hold a rifle in place. I do have to drill a hole in the bench, then screw my rest in place. I welded some1/4" round stock bent into a "U" shape onto a 1/4" lag screw , works great, the plastic will wear off on the edges where it gets the most use but for the most part has held up to protect the barrel. I did use a couple of dippings, everything must be clean.
