This faithfull samurai bypass lopper is a mini lopper for pruning small shrubs trees and for general gardening it has a sk 5 high carbon steel blade and an easy cut geared action the non stick coated cutting blade resists rust and reduces friction the lopper has powder coated lightweight aluminium oval tube handles and soft comfortable non slip rubber grips it cuts branches up to 30mm thick specifications capacity 30mm length 460mm maintenance remove any resin and pruning remains from the blades