Wazakura Yasugi Steel Traditional Bonsai Scissors (180mm)

Traditional bonsai scissors can help you achieve precise, beautiful pruning results while providing comfort and durability, whether its pruning foliage and branches or trimming roots during repotting.

Specification
Size: L 180mm× W 100mm × H 17mm
Length of Blades: 55mm
Weight: 175g
Material: YCS3 Alloy Tool Steel ※YCS is a trademark of Hitachi Metals, Ltd. 
Made in Japan (Sanjo, Niigata prefecture)

Made in Japan by 3rd generation of artisans
Experience the time-honored art of bonsai with our exquisite collection of genuine Japanese bonsai tools, skillfully handforged by third-generation bonsai tool artisans in the historic city of Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture. Sanjo is known since the 17th century for the metalwork skills of their artisans and blacksmiths.

Yasugi Specialty Steel
Bonsai tools made of Yasugi Specialty Steel, a unique steel produced only in Japan. Yasuki steel is made in the Hitachi Metals plant in Shimane prefecture (Japan). It is created by combining iron and steel, removing impurities (phosphorus, sulfur, etc) that reduce sharpness, and forging and rolling the steel many times with hot processing. The characteristics Yasugi Steel tools are extra strong, wear-resistant and long-lasting sharp tools.

General Purpose, Beginner friendly
Made of carbon steel blades, the scissors are ideal for general purpose (pruning and trimming, shoot and leaf cutting) and for beginners. It can easily cut a diameter of up to about 1/2 inches. Uses also include ikebana and general gardening work.

Butterfly Handle, Golden Engraving
Large and looped handle, very close to the blade, that fits comfortably in your hand, allowing for a better control. With a beautiful golden engraving of our brand name in traditional Japanese kanji characters.

Clean Cut, Sharp Edge
With a short rounded but pointed edge, it severs flower fibers cleanly resulting in better water absorption. The length of the blade makes it ideal for detailed work,.


This heavy-duty stainless steel tool allows you to maintain the engine room of your Bonsai, the root ball. Robust blades are designed to navigate through the labyrinth of roots, removing the undesired portions. The shear severs the root fully, in one clean cut, allowing for optimum ramification. Root shears are to be used for root pruning only, not for the leaves and branches.

This tool has an approximate length of 200mm.

Chojo bonsai shears and branch cutters are made from brushed stainless steel that will maintain its edge for decades given appropriate use. Our tools can be professionally resharpened should the need arise.

The video below provides an example of how to use this tool.