What’s Your Favorite Tool in the Shop?

From floral knives to wire cutters and glue guns—what’s your ride-or-die piece of equipment in floral design?

My Japanese floral knife — honed daily — gives cleaner cuts; “clean stems, longer vase life.” Snips for wire; you team blade or snips?

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