How to make a bamboo pear picker - GIF

[ranald]

Great video, I love seeing things like this being made. Why didn’t I think of this?
If anyone is thinking of making one of these I suggest that you leave the spikes on the top end rather than trimming them off. You can gather smaller fruit like plums between the spikes and push or twist them off into the basket. Give it a try and if it doesn’t work for you you can always cut them off afterwards. Commercial plastic ones available here usually have the spikes.

The spikes are great for the twisting of fruit (like the video with the pears): we only learn that at Horticulture schools or from our parents where folk from all round the world have been doing it for centuries. They are really good for mangoes=dont want one of those to get bruised or scone your noggin.
a couple of decades back, I was trying to source bags( I looked for years=no internet then) for a similar comercial mango fruit picking tool (I thought i invented) when finally fiskars released one here. Oh well on to the next idea.