Why choose between Sentei Garden Scissors and Sentei Secateurs when you can have both? What’s more, you can receive this practical and stylish duo in a fancy paulownia wood box, carefully wrapped in raw-edge tenugui cotton, ready to impress your loved one or treat yourself.

A little background: both tools have been forged in Sanjo, Japan from good old KA-70 carbon steel. This means they arrive extremely sharp, and they’re easy to sharpen when the time comes to freshen them, so they will last for years and years. In fact, the blades have been crafted to overlap slightly, allowing for the gradual reduction in blade width that occurs when you sharpen, making them future-proof by design.

The Sentei Garden Scissors have such a pleasing handle design you’ll reach for them for all sorts of jobs about the house and in the garden, but they excel at deadheading and working with cut flowers.

The Sentei Secateurs are the heavier duty of the two, with a max cut of Ø7mm. They have a relatively soft sprung action and open/close with a simple flick of the catch.

We’re slowly adding to our bonsai range of tools with some niche but essential items for those in the know.