A common request for long blade shears with a hand protector has drawn our interest to this product. This is a magnificent quality tool that will last a lifetime! 
Made from high carbon heat-treated Japanese steel (S60C)
A specially designed locknut prevents slippage;
You can get your hands into the branches while protecting them.
The main use: 
Cutting pruning work and finishing operation to fabricate.
For Agriculture, Gardening, production of a Japanese garden ,etc.
About a maker, TOBISHO (YAMAGATA pref):
Tobisho is a blacksmith in 200 or more at history. The number of masters is the 8th. In pruning shears, it is the 2nd. 
The blacksmith town in Yamagata was built by Yoshiaki Mogami. He is a samurai. Therefore, Yamagata was set to one of the producing districts of a Japanese sword. Then, in Yamagata, since production of the fruit tree prospered, the technology of pruning shears developed. 
Also in it, Tobisho has original heat treatment and gloss technology, and is very famous in pruning shears. Many agriculture and the specialist on a gardener are using it. 
The notes on use :
* Please do not twist. 
* please do not drop
* Please do not use it for any purpose other than wood branch. 
* It rusts for a steel part. Please wipe after use well. 
* Pleasey a whetstone, if it becomes difficult to cut. 
* If edged tool oil is applied, it will last long more.