Another, in this case mechanical, fix. The pivot on my neighbors pruners broke. It looks like it was originally designed as a fabrication but was then changed to a casting on cost grounds. The tensile straight of the alloy chosen was not sufficient so both side plates cracked. Some hacksaw and file work produced two new stainless steel side plates, two new pivot pins took a few minutes on the lathe. The pins were silver soldered in one side and screwed the other with some thread retainer. Better than new.

Another, in this case mechanical, fix. The pivot on my neighbors pruners broke. It looks like it was originally designed as a fabrication but was then changed to a casting on cost grounds. The tensile straight of the alloy chosen was not sufficient so both side plates cracked. Some hacksaw and file work produced two new stainless steel side plates, two new pivot pins took a few minutes on the lathe. The pins were silver soldered in one side and screwed the other with some thread retainer. Better than new.