Kaneshin Hand-Forged Wire Cutter, White Steel, 160mm, made in Japan.
• Useful for cutting and removing wire from bonsai trees.
• Hand-forged from a single steel bar, using white steel (Shirogami) from Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, the same type commonly used for deba kitchen knives.
• This traditional Japanese sword-making method combines soft iron with hard steel to give the blade both hardness and toughness.
• Cuts copper wire up to 1.6 mm (#16 gauge) and aluminum wire up to 2.0 mm.
