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Thought this was going to be the situation...

Thanks for the guidance.

Any ideas on how to sharpen the following knife?

http://www.orchardsedge.com/item/t630-11?referer=tools%2ftina

Thanks, I appreciate the insight/experience.

[Would you expect these larger blade assemblies to be easy to maneuver?]

Thank you Jeff.  I could see the smaller blades like our Felco hand pruners being easy to manage, but not sure about loppers where the blades are fairly large - like the Hickok loppers - http://www.wilsonirr.com/ecommerce/pruning/loppers/replacement-blade-for-hickok-lopper.php. Would you expect these larger blade assemblies to be easy to maneuver?
There are only a couple specialty anvil styled tools that we use - one with a replaceable blade, and another that is used for very tight work which doesn't allow for removing of the blade - wouldn't be the worst thing if we weren't able to sharpen this one.

Thanks for the suggestion.  Looked like it would be tough to sharpen the blades while bolted on the tool, but always good to check if someone has figured out a better way.

I am thinking about buying the Tormek sharpener, and in addition to sharpening chisels, planer blades etc, I want to be able to sharpen pruning tools.  As an example, http://hancockcofarmsupply.stihldealer.net/products/hand-tools/loppers/pl40/.

The blades are curved, and some pruning tools allow removing the blade (typically for replacement), but other tools are integral and wouldn't allow disassembling.
Is there a jig which would allow sharpening just the curved blade (e.g., removed from the rest of the pruner/lopper)?
Secondly, any strategy for sharpening the blade while still part of the pruner/lopper?  Or would it be too cumbersome to manage/maneuver?

If there isn't a good way to sharpen these tools on a Tormek, anyone know of a good way to sharpen these tools?  Workers use these in ways the tools aren't designed, and need to restore edges which are in fairly bad shape.