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Scissors type
Hedge Shears

Standard hedge shears for pruning and shaping hedges. Six sizes available with blade lengths ranging from 150 mm to 300 mm.
Loppers

Single-edged blade to cut thicker branches.
Leaf-cutting Shears

Shears used exclusively for leaf-cutting. Particularly for professionals who require a very fine finish for their topiary and hedges.
‘Nokokari’ Shears

Shears which have a serrated blade and a straight blade to better grab and cut branches without slipping.
Japanese Style Pruners

Pruners with looped handles used for pruning thin branches and flowers.
Pruners / Secateurs

Pruners used to cut thicker branches (up to 15 mm diameter).
Ikebana Shears

Scissors used for Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangements).
‘Mekiri’ Bud Cutting Snips

Snips used for thinning out pine needles and cutting very fine branches. It can be also used for bonsai, flloristry, etc.
Topiary Shears

Shears used for pruning soft leaves and very thin stems/branches.
Dressmaking Scissors

Also known as Rasha scissors, these scissors are used for cutting fabrics.
Japanese Thread Snips

Snips used to cut threads to go through at final finishing of dressmaking. Recently they are also used for candy art sculptures and some people use them for picking soft herbs.

Handy knowledge when choosing Scissors / Shears

Steel

Steel (hagane) is an alloy composed of iron and carbon. Steel manufacturing requires very delicate and challenging technologies. Mistakes in applying the wrong heat levels will result in fragile or defective materials. Harder steels are strong in one way; however hard steels are a compromises of adhesiveness at a molecular level and may be more prone to chipping or breakage. It is important to select right materials to suit the purpose of the product.
About materials

There are many types of steel, such as White Paper Carbon Steel (Shiro-gami), Blue Paper Carbon Steel (Ao-gami), Blue Paper Super Carbon Steel (Ao-gami Super). Each Steel has unique hardness and adhesive nature suited to different tools and tasks.
‘Urasuki’ Technique

‘Urasuki’ is a technique to shave inner blades to create a slight hollow. The gap created between two blades enables to the blades to move efficiently for sharp cuts even in the presence of some resins and plant sap.