Here is a picture of the block that I made to help in cutting budwood-- it is like a third hand and helps keep you from cutting yourself.

I like the way it works for me-- you can use both hands on the cutting blade for part of the cut and then grab hold of the bud just before finishing the cut.

-- Skeet

That's good Skeet, then if the blade slips, it will only hit the wood & not a finger.

Thanks Patty,

It is real easy to make-- all you need is a small block of wood and drill 3 holes--1/8 --3/16-- and 1/4 inch to hold the various sized budwoods.

I did not think of it until I had finished the ones I did here at home-- but I did use it at my sisters' and I really liked the control it adds to cutting the buds.

BTW-- So far I nave only lost 5 of the 42 here -- none at one of my sisters--don't know about the others.