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UJC Mart Japan via Amazon has Okatsune No. 306 Onion Shears for $10.90. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $25+ orders.

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About this Item:
  • The Okatsune 306 are professional thinning shears with rounded tip specially designed for cutting very soft stems.
  • The extremely thin blades (2.3 mm) of these shears are the most delicate of all Okatsune thinning shears.
  • The round tip prevents damage to fruit, flowers, and hands. The shears are also suitable for cuttings, thinning, and cutting of rope, and paper.
  • The Okatsune 306 is not suitable for cutting hard (woody) stems.
  • Total length: 193 mm
  • Blade length: 45 mm
  • Blade thickness: 2.3 mm
  • Weight: 118 gr
  • Blade hardness: 59 – 60 HRD (Rockwell Hardness C-scale)
  • Izumo Yasugi steel

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This is as cheap, at least as I've at least ever seen, these Japanese made Okatsune garden shears sold on Amazon (or anywhere else for that matter).
  • Thinning shears / snips
  • Total length: 193 mm
  • Blade length: 45 mm
  • Blade thickness: 2.3 mm
  • Weight: 118 gr
  • Blade hardness: 59 – 60 HRD (Rockwell Hardness C-scale)
  • Izumo Yasugi steel

The Okatsune 306 are professional thinning shears with rounded tip specially designed for cutting very soft stems. The extremely thin blades (2.3 mm) of these shears are the most delicate of all Okatsune thinning shears. The round tip prevents damage to fruit, flowers, and hands. The shears are also suitable for cuttings, thinning, and cutting of rope, and paper. The Okatsune 306 is not suitable for cutting hard (woody) stems. For this you can should use the Okatsune 307.

The blades of these Japanese thinning shears (Mekiri Basami) are uniquely forged from the finest IZUMO YASUGI steel, and have a very high Rockwell hardness of 59 to 60. Therefore, the blades stay sharp for a long time and they consistently give a clean and precise cut in the wood, without giving much effort. Furthermore, Okatsune combines the hardness with a special flexibility, so that the cutting blade always aligns with the counter blade.

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I'm a professional gardener and I'm willing to spend good money on snips and I can say this brand is legit and imo the best out there. This is the brand all the knock offs try to imitate with the red qnd white. These are scary sharp and tight and will last a lifetime for most people. However I've never used this model, and for most people I'd recommend getting the bypass pruners but I'm buying this anyways.

Thanks OP excellent find! In for one.
That's three words.
A whole 71cents savings… hmm

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I'm a professional gardener and I'm willing to spend good money on snips and I can say this brand is legit and imo the best out there. This is the brand all the knock offs try to imitate with the red qnd white. These are scary sharp and tight and will last a lifetime for most people. However I've never used this model, and for most people I'd recommend getting the bypass pruners but I'm buying this anyways.

Thanks OP excellent find! In for one.
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A whole 71cents savings… hmm
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03-09-2023 at 01:05 AM.
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The label says "to cut soft and thin things" in Japanese.
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A whole 71cents savings… hmm

A penny saved is a penny earned. In this case, 71 pennies.
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03-09-2023 at 03:37 AM.
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Quote from Simeon :
I'm a professional gardener and I'm willing to spend good money on snips and I can say this brand is legit and imo the best out there. This is the brand all the knock offs try to imitate with the red qnd white. These are scary sharp and tight and will last a lifetime for most people. However I've never used this model, and for most people I'd recommend getting the bypass pruners but I'm buying this anyways.

Thanks OP excellent find! In for one.

How does this compare to the fiskars microtip?

For bypass pruners, this brand or felco?
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03-09-2023 at 04:39 AM.
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Quote from poormanq45 :
How does this compare to the fiskars microtip?

For bypass pruners, this brand or felco?
Simeon can reply with his opinion, but the Swiss-made Felco F2's are considered the industry standard and have been heavily copied for decades. That said, I think the BEST and sharpest pruners are the Japanese-made ARS HP-VS8Z pruners [amazon.com].

It's been really hard, as of late, to get a good deal on the Felcos, but search older posts on SD for the ARS pruners. I believe I've posted the ARS pruners for prices in the mid 30's in the past. Don't recall those posts getting much interest, though.
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Quote from GimmeYoTots :
Simeon can reply with his opinion, but the Swiss-made Felco F2's are considered the industry standard and have been heavily copied for decades. That said, I think the BEST and sharpest pruners are the Japanese-made ARS HP-VS8Z pruners [amazon.com].

It's been really hard, as of late, to get a good deal on the Felcos, but search older posts on SD for the ARS pruners. I believe I've posted the ARS pruners for prices in the mid 30's in the past. Don't recall those posts getting much interest, though.
The pruners you mention are quite good, but also in a different category of tool. The microtip and comparable tools are more like scissors. They serve a different purpose and generally cannot be used for woody stems.
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03-09-2023 at 05:03 AM.
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Quote from Simeon :
I'm a professional gardener and I'm willing to spend good money on snips and I can say this brand is legit and imo the best out there. This is the brand all the knock offs try to imitate with the red qnd white. These are scary sharp and tight and will last a lifetime for most people. However I've never used this model, and for most people I'd recommend getting the bypass pruners but I'm buying this anyways.

Thanks OP excellent find! In for one.

Cool profession. I bet you have the best yard on the block. I have a pair like these that I use to trim extra foliage on rose stems before putting in vases.
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The pruners you mention are quite good, but also in a different category of tool. The microtip and comparable tools are more like scissors. They serve a different purpose and generally cannot be used for woody stems.
See the second part of his question --- ("For bypass pruners, this brand or felco?")

I was responding to that question...
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