Tobisho Secateurs/Pruners
(Senteibasami)
Award winning Tobisho secateurs, with the fancy yellow and red handles. Hand forged, deep in the mountains of Yamagata, from amazing blue paper steel. The advantages of hand forged over machined secateurs? Normal secateurs have one bit of steel (the blade) welded to another (the handle) creating potential weakness. Hand forged secateurs are pressed and bashed out of one piece of (very high quality) steel, from blade to handle, so are much much stronger.
The big chunky catch at the bottom has a crisp action that’s easy to use, even with cold wet hands or muddy gloves. Lovely weight and feel to them, with a beautifully refined action and smooth cut.
The red and yellow handles? Not sure really, quite smart though - but if you don't like them, you can peel them off to give a more traditionally japanese look. (see the picture below)
Standard size (8") 250gm.
SORRY, OUT OF STOCK UNTIL LATE MARCH 2012
