Use your needle nose pliers and carefully pull out a row of pine cone pieces all the way around the cone. This will allow a space for you to saw the cone apart! Very carefully, use your craft saw to cut apart the pine cone. ... Carefully peel the pine cone pieces off
By far the simplest and quickest method is to take a regular pair of pruning clippers or diagonal wire cutting pliers and clip the pine cone where you want. The clippers will fit between the scales and make it a 5 second job for each cut.
This is assuming that you want to cut across the cone to make individual pieces to use as flowers. If you want to cut it in half the long way again the clippers are your tool of choice. Find the best side of the pine cone then start clipping off the scales on the opposite side. You are not actually cutting the pine cone in half as much as nibbling away half of it so it can be flat on one side for display.
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You need a very fine blade to prevent shredding. I would use a hack saw with a fine tooth metal cutting blade.
Hi Mel, hope this video helps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGNHRb2mOMs
Use your needle nose pliers and carefully pull out a row of pine cone pieces all the way around the cone. This will allow a space for you to saw the cone apart! Very carefully, use your craft saw to cut apart the pine cone. ... Carefully peel the pine cone pieces off
By far the simplest and quickest method is to take a regular pair of pruning clippers or diagonal wire cutting pliers and clip the pine cone where you want. The clippers will fit between the scales and make it a 5 second job for each cut.
This is assuming that you want to cut across the cone to make individual pieces to use as flowers. If you want to cut it in half the long way again the clippers are your tool of choice. Find the best side of the pine cone then start clipping off the scales on the opposite side. You are not actually cutting the pine cone in half as much as nibbling away half of it so it can be flat on one side for display.
Mel
Here is some info for your project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-RPcG3X7Kw
https://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/turn-pine-cones-into-festive-flowers/article_62ad01ec-153a-5215-a8d8-25ce3493a29f.html
I think you would have a better chance using long pruning shears.