Tobisho Topiary Shears (10.64 inches/270 mm)with guard ring

Ok, for a start Tobisho makes just about the best tools you’ll find: drop forged, great steel, lovely balance!A common request for long blade shears with a hand protector has drawn our interest to this product. This is a magnificent quality tool that will last a lifetime!Made from high carbon heat-treated Japanese steel (S60C).A specially designed locknut prevents slippage;You can get your hands into the branches while protecting them.The main use: 
Cutting pruning work and finishing operation to fabricate.
For Agriculture, Gardening, production of a Japanese garden ,etc.About a maker, TOBISHO (YAMAGATA pref):Tobisho is a blacksmith in 200 or more at history. The number of masters is the 8th. In pruning shears, it is the 2nd.The blacksmith town in Yamagata was built by Yoshiaki Mogami. He is a samurai. Therefore, Yamagata was set to one of the producing districts of a Japanese sword. Then, in Yamagata, since production of the fruit tree prospered, the technology of pruning shears deve