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Holding the Toyama Hamono T4-3 bonsai shears—note the index finger extended outside the loop.

How to Hold Springless Traditional Japanese Garden Shears

Most modern pruning shears have a spring. You close them, and the spring opens the blades again. Traditional Japanese garden shears do not work that way. I exhibit at trade shows overseas, and when customers pick up our traditional shears...

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