Okatsune 101 7-inch Bypass Pruners, Small (One Pack)

This is a very nice pruner. I used it yesterday to pruned my shrubs around the house. This is sharp and the size small fit me perfectly. I also owned felco 6 which I been using for many years. Felco, made to fit your hands comfortably unlike okatsune because the hump on felco handle is slighly deeper on both side to prevent your hand from sliding forward while cutting. As you can see, the hump on okatsune is not deep enough and it is only on one side., Therfore, when you make a cut your hand goes forward at times. Both are sharp and cut a thumb size branch without any problems. Okatsune is much more lighter in weight than felco. I like the lock on okatsune. The felco lock is bothersome, annoying as it sometimes locked on you while you are about to make a cut. Felco cut is smooth, flawless. Okatsune cut is also smooth and flawless but it has this snapping cut sound everytime you made a cut. Felco spring has more resistance than okatsune. If you have arthritis problem, I suggest you get the okatsune. Overall, both okatsune and felco 6 are both good pruners. I recommend both to any avid gardeners.

These bypass pruners are very sharp and cut beautifully, with a satisfying clack. They're much nicer than the pruners I found at the big-box stores, for not much more money. One of my better gardening purchases.

I've been using these pruners for several months now...totally worth the small amount of premium price paid. These are lightweight with a creative EASY way to lock them..they come in various sizes to fit different size hands. As a petite woman, I am using the small size pruners which are just perfect. And maybe most important is that the force required -- even to cut most branches -- is minimal. (even for those with hand arthritis.) Cannot recommend this product highly enough! Fantastic!

The media could not be loaded. Highlights of my Video Review:1. I actually ordered both these Small ones and the XL ones because I couldn't decide which to get. I show the comparison in my video along with my old favorite, which is more of a traditional/standard pruner.2. Several elderly gardeners who have been gardening most their lives actually introduced these to me and I was very skeptical - but after one use, I was totally sold and had to get my own set.3. I've bought so many normal pruners throughout the years and never found ones that particularly wow'ed me until these. I love these.4. Has some kind of springy action that really makes cutting a breeze5. Easy, one handed operation - easy to flip the grip-lock just by wiping it against your leg or something.6. Easy to take apart and sharpen - or...they open wide enough that you can do a quick sharpening job without even taking it apart7. Has worked on live and dead branches just fine. Has outperformed anvil style pruners that claimed to be 5X more powerful than regular bypass pruners. Has outperformed all other pruners I've ever used. I've never used Felco pruners before though and I've heard those are the best on the market...those are out of my price range though and many reviewers have said that these are just as good with a better latch system.8. These Small sized ones are perfect for my pocket so I can carry them around for all day gardening...and fit perfectly in my hand. I would recommend these for the ladies with small hands and the XL ones for men with large hands.9. Made in Japan - Excellent Quality

These easily cut through branches with a minimum amount of effort. Comfortable and easy to use.

I bought these to replace a totally worn out pair of Felco F 2. These are excellent quality, but the design is a little off. They are sharp, extremely well-made, and seemed to be a nice size, similar to my Felcos, but I kept pinching my palms when I used them. Perhaps I needed a slightly larger size? In case you're wondering, I'm an average sized North American male (around the 50th percentile in weight and height) and I have average sized hands, not fat, not thin, dead average.

Excellent shears for small hands! Super high quality, superior ease of use. One-handed lock-unlock feature is indespensible. The Okatsune 104 is great for my 6'3" friend, but this 101 is perfect for my little hands (I am a petite 5'1" woman). Beware, though. There are fakes out there, and I got one. The difference is immediately evident in EVERY aspect, despite that the fake is a pretty darned good look-alike. LOOK-ALIKE, NOT FUNCTION-ALIKE. Okatsune shears and snips operate smoothly, quietly and powerfully. Parts and materials are of high quality (the closure clasp on the real thing is made of steel, for instance, whereas the fake I got had a brittle plastic clip...the fake was clunky and loud...the fake had extremely cheap, brittle plastic electronic heat shrink tubing covering the handles, whereas the real thing employs a grippy rubber-like material). We now own 4 Okatsune shears: the 101 pruner, the 104 pruner, the 207 "professional" thinning shears and the short-jawed 307 thinning shears. Will never go back to any other brand. I have not had trouble with the shears slipping up away from my firm grasp, like some reviewers have mentioned.

I have smaller hands and a touch of arthritis and neuropathy. These pruners are sharp, and provide good cut control. I feel the heft of them in my hand but they do not feel heavy or clumsy. I now tend to reach for these first although I do have others. They have been of great value to this gardener!