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Shears (Double-bladed cutting)

Double-bladed cutting instruments, various kinds of which are required in gardens, some for trimming hedges, others for clipping grass edgings, and others, again, for pruning. Hedge or hand Shears are in general use for cutting Holly or Yew Hedges, &c. Grass-edging Shears are provided with long handles, which workmen may use while standing in nearly an upright position: the form with a wheel attached for running along by the edge of the grass is not to be recommended in preference to the ordinary kind. Pruning Shears are made in several small sizes, for using with one hand to cut branches that are only of moderate dimensions; a form with strong handles about 3ft. long, sometimes called Parrot-bill Shears, is one of the most useful pruning instruments for cutting branches that are too large for severing with a knife or any other kind of Shears.