Anvil pruners - One blade that is sharp on both sides and comes straight down on a flat surface, slicing the branch being pruned.
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Anvil pruners cut with a crushing and chopping motion as opposed to the scissors-like action of the superior bypass pruners. They're used to cut through thick, woody stems and branches rather than delicate flower stems.
Buy anvil pruners if you need to take off dead branches or tough stems. They work similar to a chopping knife.
Buy bypass pruners if you need to achieve a simple and clean cut on your plants and flowers.
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With anvil pruners the blade is usually flat and one side is sharp and the other side is the flattened anvil side. Cuts from anvil pruners are not as clean and won't heal as quickly.
Anvil pruners are best for trimming trees and bushes with dead branches. Anvil pruners have a resting spot where the blade stops once it has cut a branch.
There are two styles, anvil pruners and bypass pruners. Anvil pruners have one blade that presses a branch against an "anvil," and cuts through it.
The two basic types of pruners are anvil pruners and bypass pruners. The blades of anvil pruners are bulkier than those of bypass pruners, and the cutting blade meets a flat edge. They are best for cutting tough limbs and removing dead branches.
Anvil pruners have straight upper blades that cut against flat lower plates. Although anvil pruners are usually cheaper, they tend to crush stems as they cut.
Anvil pruners are ideal for pruning dry branches and stems. In spring, thin out old growth on hydrangea, elderberry, butterfly bush, and other woody-stem shrubs. Prune away dead growth on roses in early spring.
I suggest that you have, as a minimum, a pair of bypass hand pruners, anvil pruners, and a double-edged saw. As a general rule, use the pruners for growth up to about three-quarters of an inch.
The scissor-type pruners (top pruners) are preferred over anvil pruners (bottom pruners.) Use them for pruning limbs or canes up to about 3/4" in diameter. Keep them sharp and clean.
Other garden tools used for cutting include hand pruners which are used for grooming your plants. Anvil pruners have one moving blade and bypass pruners have two moving blades. Which type you use is a matter of preference.
Hedge shears can be used on all hedges except larger woody branches
Hand pruners can be used on branches up to 3/4 of an inch thick
Anvil pruners are suited for cutting dead growth
Bypass pruners are ideal for making precision cuts in live wood ...
 See also: Prune, Cutting, Wood, Pruners, Blade
  
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