Rap, something you said caught me. Is it unusual to have many different methods? I have too many to count. It depends on the situation. Regular cutting is actually rather new in my history, developing over the past 6 or 7 years...though I had gotten into lots of gardening accidents that drew blood and always seemed to need bandaging. I say "regular" because I have cut off and on since I was 14 but only on rare occcasions and only once each time rather then the 3 or 4 times each event that I do now. Anyway over the years I have used so many different types that what you said jolted me for a second because it never occurred to me that it would be unusual..
Carrie