Shrub Shears Okatsune 217: Short Handled, Medium-bladed.

These shears are very nice. Perfect size, very sharp. A joy to use.

Excellent clean cuts. Well made, balanced - my go to item in the garden.

Be warned, these shears are lethally sharp, which, in the right hands, is exactly what you want. They are lightweight, beautifully balanced and a complete pleasure to use. They will cut privet, hawthorn, shrubs and box hedges to precise perfection and, to seal the deal, they come presented in a very elegant leather sheath. Simply the best shears we’ve ever owned over a lifetime of gardening.

These truly are a pleasure to own and use. “Out of the box” they look awesome with handsome handles and a leather sheath. The real pleasure starts when you use them. They are very light weight and cut beautifully, making it very easy to shape any shrub or bush. Totally worth the money.

Bought these garden shears after purchasing the secateurs and they are excellent. Very sharp and a joy to use. Although not cheap they are top quality.

Perfect balance of weight to strength and very sharp. Made short work of a big laurel hedge

Just received these awesome shears..They are light weight and so easy to use when pruning .They make pruning fun they cut through everything with ease,,extremely sharp. Just love them,,,

Really chuffed with my shears - they were beautifully packaged and top quality - I now have perfectly trimmed olive and box balls - would definitely recommend the wonderful garden company

very quick shipping from Japan. These shearers are very sharp and a joy to use. Worth paying the extra for quality. Im a landscape architect and keen gardener so really appreciate the quality. Owning these almost makes using them a ritual event! Perhaps as I mainly use them to prune cloud trees

I work as a freelance gardener and sometimes that means trimming a hedge. I don't use gas powered tools. Prior to purchasing these Okatsune shears, I owned a very basic and somewhat heavy set of shears and I didn't particularly enjoy hedge trimming. All of that completely changed after I bought these shears. Firstly, as a female gardener, these are really enjoyable to use because they are incredibly light weight and nimble so there is absolutely no arm or back fatigue using these as opposed to using heavier shears. Secondly, they are super sharp and trimming with them results in a beautifully precision cut hedge. Thirdly they allow me to get my work done faster. These shears are a dream to work with, I love using them for work and now I can say I really enjoy trimming hedges.

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Being a horticulture worker, I've tried a couple of models but nothing came close to these. They're so sharp that you can really concentrate on the shape that you're trying to get rather than how to get a good cut. I wouldn't beat them up with thick branches like I do my pruning shears because I want these to stay as sharp as possible for as long as possible. They really are fantastic to use, I kind of felt like Edward Scissorhands since they're so precise!

My "orange handled" hedge shears were not working right - something out of alignment so I was looking and found these rave reviews for OKATSUNE shears. The price was a little high but I am drawn to QUALITY so decided to take the plunge. Bought these 217 shears. They arrived new and sharp and clean. I did not use them as right after I ordered I saw some other reviews theorizing that Stihl Heavy Duty shears are made by Okatsune. Yet the picture didn't quite match these. I dug further and found that Okatsune also makes a 231 model which is same medium length handles but the blades are around 1" longer. THAT picture matched exactly to the Stihl product. So I went to local A hardware store and got those kind for a lower price. I like that I get more blade length for less money. Either way you can't go wrong I think. THESE ARE SHARP and I made quick work of my yews and boxwoods. These cut the boxwoods like buttah! On the yews they also cut like buttah and even on the thicker clumps of stems that are up to 1/2" in diameter, a little arm power and they slice through those too. I cleaned them off after to get the sap off then oiled them. I probably should have oiled them FIRST before using to make clean up even easier. I think they will last a long time. I am a little wary that the oak handles will be the thing that breaks at some point but hopefully not for awhile. They are attached by a couple rivets on each side.