These Japanese secateurs are designed for general garden use, ideal for pruning small branches, flowers, and houseplants. 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.