ARS Retractable 3 Sided Diamond Hone - Coarse #360 Grit - Precision Sharpening Tool for Pruning Shears, Secateurs & Knives

ARS Retractable 3 Sided Diamond Hone - Coarse #360 Grit - Precision Sharpening Tool for Pruning Shears, Secateurs & Knives

As the high-intensity pruning season approaches, maintaining a razor-sharp edge is the difference between effortless work and physical strain. The ARS Retractable 3 Sided Diamond Hone is a specialized maintenance tool designed to restore the factory-sharp performance of your essential cutting equipment. Featuring a unique three-sided geometry and a rugged retractable mechanism, this sharpener provides the versatility to hone a wide variety of blade profiles, ensuring your tools are always ready for surgical-grade performance in the field or at home.

Best For The professional arborist, nurseryman, or dedicated home gardener seeking a portable, high-speed sharpening solution to efficiently reshape and restore the edges of secateurs, loppers, and garden knives.

Key Features

• Versatile 3-Sided Geometry: The specialized three-sided design allows for unmatched precision on different blade shapes, making it easy to sharpen flat knives, curved secateur blades, and tight branch junctions that standard flat stones cannot reach.

• Coarse #360 Industrial Diamond Grit: Engineered for fast material removal, the #360 grit surface quickly eliminates nicks and reshapes dull edges, restoring the heavy-duty cutting efficiency required for thick woody stems and high-volume work.

• Safe Retractable Mechanism: The diamond blade slides securely into the handle for maximum portability and safety, protecting the abrasive surface from damage while ensuring the tool won't snag or cut through your pocket or tool belt.

• Dry Sharpening Convenience: Unlike traditional whetstones, this diamond hone requires no messy oil or water lubricants, allowing for immediate, on-the-spot maintenance whenever your tools begin to lose their edge during a busy harvest or pruning day.

• Durable Ergonomic Construction: Fitted with a robust, high-visibility red handle that provides a secure and comfortable grip, ensuring you maintain total control over the sharpening angle for a consistent, professional finish every time.

Sizes Available

This item is sold as a single 220mm retractable three-sided diamond sharpener unit.

Specifications

• Brand: ARS Japan
  

• Material: Industrial Diamond Surface; High-Impact Plastic Handle

• Capacity: Reshaping and sharpening blades with coarse #360 grit

• Dimensions: 220mm Overall Length

• Other specific data: Retractable blade design; Three-sided profile. Made in Japan.

Ideal For (Uses)

• Restoring the factory-sharp edge on ARS VSX, CB-Z, and FB-Z series professional secateurs.

• Reshaping and maintaining the cutting edges of heavy-duty bypass and anvil loppers.

• Sharpening professional grafting and budding knives for clean, successful nursery work.

• Portable tool maintenance for commercial orchardists, vineyard workers, and landscape contractors.

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Oversized, heavy, and structural goods ship via specialist freight. Freight is calculated at checkout from estimated packaged volumetric or physical weight. Carrier depot audits may adjust the rate — if the increase exceeds 10%, we will contact you before processing.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup — default method
✔ Direct delivery — requires an operational forklift on site unless Tailgate Delivery has been specifically requested and quoted (contact us — this cannot be selected at checkout)
✔ Tailgate hydraulic lift delivery — must be specifically requested; contact us for a quote (not available as a checkout option; extra fees apply; required if you do not have a forklift)
✔ Forklift loading at our warehouse (no extra charge if you arrange your own freight)
✔ Direct truck delivery (available in Victoria)

Important Notes:

• Shipping costs vary by location and method
• Any carton or consignment over 25–30kg (or over 200cm) must be palletised
• Without a specifically requested and paid Tailgate Delivery quote, palletised freight requires a forklift on site — otherwise the carrier will redirect to the nearest depot
• Bulky and oversized items cannot be delivered to a PO Box — provide a physical street address
• Failed deliveries, locked gates, unattended sites, or incorrect business/forklift declarations may incur carrier redelivery, demurrage, and restocking fees as set out in our Terms & Conditions

Business Delivery:

• Selecting a business/commercial delivery rate warrants that the address has an operational forklift and certified operator during business hours
• If the carrier cannot unload, the consignment may be redirected to a depot and secondary fees may apply
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

See our Terms & Conditions (Article 8) for full freight and delivery rules.

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse is a logistics hub, not a retail showroom. Listing a product online does not mean it is stored at our Thomastown warehouse — many lines ship from supplier hubs (split fulfilment may apply).

How lead times work:

• Product page ETA: The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) / lead-time badge shown on the product page at checkout is the agreed delivery timeframe for that order under Australian Consumer Law.
• Metro baselines: Advertised ETAs apply to standard metropolitan zones. Regional and remote addresses may take longer and may attract surcharges.
• Peak seasons: Orders in March–May, August–October, EOFY (June), Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November), and Christmas/New Year (December–January) may automatically add a 2–4 week buffer beyond the product page ETA.
• Supplier-dependent / backordered items: If stock is delayed, we will notify you with a revised ETA. You then have 7 days to accept the new timeframe or cancel for a full refund.
• Adloheat: Custom-made products from Adloheat (Pakenham, VIC) may take 4–12 weeks depending on the order.

Full fulfilment, cancellation, and freight rules are in our Terms & Conditions.

Biosecurity & Interstate Shipping Restrictions

Due to strict state biosecurity regulations, we are unable to ship some products to certain states and territories:

• Potting Mixes cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory (NT), or Tasmania (TAS).
• Seeds cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA).

Orders placed for these items to restricted states will be cancelled and refunded. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the items being ordered can lawfully be delivered to their state or territory.