Short model hedge shears with short wooden handles of 30 cm, and a long razor-sharp blade of 200 mm. 
This short, lightweight model is ideal for topiary boxwood or the Japanese garden (o-karikomi), because you are close to the work. Also for pruning in tight spaces the 231 is ideal. 
The blade of the 231 is 25 mm longer than the blade of the 217 boxwood shears. 
This has the advantage that you can penetrate deeper into the crop, and cut faster with large surfaces. 
Okatsune hedge shears are the undisputed number 1 in Japan, the country where pruning has been elevated to an art form.
* Total length: 570 mm
* Handle length: 300 mm
* Blade length: 200 mm
* Lightweight: 807 gr