These fab little garden scissors are absolutely brilliant for cut flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as for pottering about aimlessly looking for something to snip. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean cuts on softer green stems, as well as being beefy enough to cut through woodier stems up to around pencil thickness. The traditional round handles are easy to grab, comfy to hold, and allow for the perfect sensitivity of delicate and accurate cuts, combined with great grip for more substantial stuff They’re fairly small, perfect for smaller hands and jobs in the garden and the home. Use the tips for careful work and make bigger cuts further down the blades. Hold them slightly differently to ‘normal’ scissors’ – your index finger should rest on the outer edge of the handle. 188g. 50mm blades. Max cut Ø5mm. KA-70 Carbon Steel. Made in Japan. Fab little garden scissors, absolutely brilliant for cut flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as for pottering about aimlessly looking for something to snip. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean cuts on softer green stems, as well as being beefy enough to cut through woodier stems up to around pencil thickness. The traditional round handles are easy to grab, comfy to hold, and allow for the perfect sensitivity of delicate and accurate cuts, combined with great grip for more substantial stuff They’re fairly small, perfect for smaller hands and jobs in the garden and the home. Japanese trowel, all-round weeder, bulb-planter supreme and general subterranean rummager… the carbon steel blade runs right into the handle, so it’s tough and strong, but not invincible Brilliant for planting bulbs, weeding and all sorts of garden stuff - but whatever you do don’t take it as carry on luggage Comes with a tough canvas sheath. Niwaki means garden tree Not very exciting, but it implies far more than that Japanese gardens are landscapes, microcosms of nature, and the trees are all shaped to fit into those landscapes In 1997, Niwaki's founder Jake went to Japan as a wannabe sculptor, to investigate the cultural phenomenon of the cherry blossom season, Hanami There he discovered the gardens, the trees and later, how fabulous their tools are. Most Niwaki sharp tools are made from carbon steel - this means they will, through regular use, stain (and eventually rust) and gradually lose their edge. Keep them clean, with a Crean Mate ideally, or an old washing up sponge if you’re desperate. Japanese steel is hard and sharp, and can be more brittle than some people are used to - it will chip if abused. Do not cut wire, metal, stone, plastic or any other hard material (even bamboo fibres and some very hard woods, especially knots and burrs, can damage steel edges). Do not twist or apply uneven pressure. Cut diagonally across branches (not straight across) so you cut along the fibres. Pay attention to our maximum cut dimensions, and don’t overdo it (shears are not loppers). Use the base of the blades, not the tips, for heavier cuts. This product cannot be sold to any person under the age of 18.