Tobisho Secateurs (株式会社飛庄)

Tobisho Secateurs (株式会社飛庄)

Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan (山形市, 山形県) (Source: https://www.tobisho.jp/about) Founded 1930

Tobisho secateurs are hand-forged in Yamagata, Japan for professional gardeners and serious home users. At East West Tools you will only find their pruning tools. Type A Damascus, SR-1, and more – in stock and shipped across Australia from our Perth workshop.

Based in Yamagata (山形), Tobisho produces pruning and garden shears using traditional forging, precise heat treatment, and measured inspection. Many processes are completed by hand, with over 200 individual steps from material prep to finishing. (Source: https://www.tobisho.jp/process)

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About Tobisho Secateurs (株式会社飛庄)

Tobisho (株式会社飛庄) operates in Yamagata City, Japan, and focuses on pruning and garden shears. The firm states that its approach blends established forging methods with inspection supported by the Yamagata Industrial Technology Center to control sharpness retention and durability. (Source: https://www.tobisho.jp/about)

The manufacturing flow covers more than 200 steps, including forging, brazing on specific models, heat treatment (quenching and tempering), grinding, “urasuki” hollowing, edge shaping, assembly, and hand finishing. (Source: https://www.tobisho.jp/process)

Tobisho dates its modern company founding to 1930 (Showa 5) under Shōjirō Tobitsuka. The current facility is in Hinokicho, Yamagata City. (Source: https://www.tobisho.jp/about)

For customers searching for Tobisho Australia, we offer a small, focused range of Japanese pruning shears supplied directly from Yamagata and checked in Perth before dispatch. This includes flagship tools like the Tobisho SR-1 pruning shears for all-round garden work and the finely balanced Tobisho topiary clippers for detailed hedge and topiary shaping.

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