Shrub Shears Okatsune 217

Description from Okatsune Europe

Okatsune 217 is the pure essence of the shrub shear:

• Razor-sharp, always with a clean cut
• Simple design for optimal ease of use
• Ultra lightweight, and yet particularly robust

Okatsune shrub shears are very user friendly, and a pleasure to use. You will notice that you can very accurately shape your hedge with ease. The handles of Japanese white oak are well-known to absorb vibration, therefore working with these shears will be a very pleasant experience. The combination of the 175 mm long blade, and the handles of 300 mm ensures a perfect balance, and sufficient strength that you need to easily cut the hedge, or prune the branches.

The blades of these Japanese shrub shears (Karikomi Basami) are uniquely forged from the finest IZUMO YASUGI steel, and have a very high Rockwell hardness of 60.0 to 61.0. This hardness ensures that the blades stay sharper for longer, and always make a clean and precise cut in the wood. However, soft metal in the core of the blade make the shears tough. This toughness makes sure that the cutting blade always fits well on the counter-blade and does not break, not even under heavy load.

The blades are very easy to grind with the Okatsune whetstone (Okatsune 412). A leather sheath for the blade is included.