There are a few companies we deem worthy of a blanket, blatant, Gimpy Seal of Approval and Fiskars is one of those few.

Fiskars understands hand and arm fatigue and they engineer their products to help us garden longer, with less pain, without spending a fortune on tools.

New this year is their Power-Pivot Bypass Pruner, seen in the photo to the left, and the Multi Garden Snip, seen below to the right - both of which will become use-all-the-time garden Gimpliments.

Fiskars says both come with lifetime warranties and are configured for optimum use of your stronger fingers to reduce fatigue and increase power and control.

They are one of the many interesting Gimpliments to be found on the Fiskars Web site, which includes entertaining videos of Fiskars’ engineers and designers at work and at play making art.

Eds. Note: And no, we are not on the Fiskars’ payroll. We buy their products ourselves just like everyone else. But if there comes a day we go looking for quality sponsors, Fiskars will be high on our list.