These beautiful mirror polish Bubinga wood handle snips are designed for cutting live plants and fine work, they should not be used on dead wood, heavy branches or wire and could be damaged if used in this way. Each piece is hand forged and sharpened using traditional methods and has it’s own variations and irregularities. Toyama Hamono have specialized in making pruning shears, snips and secateurs since early 1860’s. The handles for these are drop forged and edge is sharpened to a beautiful convex curve. They come boxed with a blade sheath. Handmade in Japan.