10 Easy Pieces: Garden Shears, Trimmers, and Clippers

Whether shaping boxwood into ethereal clouds or taming driveway grass, sharp long blades are essential. Our favorite precision clippers:

Daisuke Tajika Forged Steel Long Landscaping Shears (Japan, family tradition since 1928): ideal for hedges and dense growth. $230 from Nalata Nalata.

Forged Hedge Trimmers (beechwood handles, chrome-plated carbon steel blades, serrated edge cuts single grass blade cleanly). €73 from Manufactum.

Okatsune 217 (Hiroshima): short, lightweight for topiary boxwood/Japanese garden (o-karikomi). Handles 30cm, blades 175mm. €84.95 from Okatsune Europe.

Masanume Shears Short (Niwaki UK): Aogami Blue Paper Steel blades, white oak handles. "Ideal for box clipping, topiary, delicate jobs." £125.

Burgon & Ball Precision Shear: ergonomic design prevents fatigue. £34.99 from Scotsdales.

Okatsune Shears No. 60: hot hammer-forged Izumo Yasuki Steel (Japanese sword steel) for max sharpness. Ideal for yew/boxwood hedges. £70 from The Garden Edit.

Berger Hedge Shears (Germany, family-run): 32", chrome-plated forged aluminum blades resist rust. $88 from Terrain.

Jakoti Hand Shears: carbon steel blades, ergonomic handles for grasses, deadheading, topiary, shrubbery. £26 from Handshears.

Berger Wavy Edge Hedge Shear: keeps branches from sliding, notch at blade base. $65.95 from Garden Tool Company.

Grass Trim-Shears (Italy): handle rotates 90° for "grass growing right up to edges" of paths/driveways. $19.50 from Garrett Wade.

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