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To remove mud, use warm soapy water to soak your tools and let them dry. For sticky sap, resin, insect residue or rust, we find that a good scrub with steel wool and a few drops of multi-purpose oil can get rid of most of it very easily.

Don't forget to disinfect your tools often, especially if you have pruned some plants with fungi or pests, so they don’t spread bacteria to healthy plants.
You can also use linseed oil to nourish and protect your wooden tool handles.

First you need to clean them well in warm soapy water, and then dry completely.

Regardless of the blades, hold the tool firmly in position then pass the sharpener over the edge of the blade. You can use a file, whetstone or sharpening stone depending of the size of your blade.