High quality bypass loppers for pruning trees and shrubs in the home and garden the cutting blade of this loppers slides past a counterblade in a scissor action hence the name bypass the pivot bolt of the bahco lopper is offset from the natural centre line of the tool this unique design feature creates a slicing motion during cutting which greatly assists the pruning of live wood and spreads the cut over a larger area of the blade for increased life the hook shape of the bahco lopper counterblad