Large Burgon & Ball boxwood shears - RHS Range

These large Burgon and Ball carbon steel boxwood shears are a flexible, lightweight, manoeuverable, and precise cutting tool, designed to trim grass and cleanly cut tender stems, grass, and not too thick green wood. Made from tempered carbon steel, it will satisfy even the most demanding gardeners. Perfect for maintaining boxwood and topiaries, light pruning, and refining lawn edges!

Its handle is covered with a comfortable non-slip rubber, the tool size (32cm (13in)), as well as the blade length of this handheld shear (14.5cm (6in)), make it particularly suitable for gardeners with larger hands (and/or significant pruning quantities).

The English have the privilege of being the reference in gardening (especially when it comes to lawns). Promesses de Fleurs has chosen the English company Burgon & Ball for the quality of its materials and its nearly three-century-old steel manufacturing methods. The company has been working with steel in Sheffield since 1730, starting with a patent for solid steel sheep shears. The production of garden shears and equipment quickly surpassed that of sheep shears, but Burgon & Ball stainless steel tools are officially approved by the Royal Horticultural Society - probably the ultimate reward in gardening.

The steel used for Burgon & Ball tools is alloyed with carbon to give it strength, and with chromium to prevent rust. It's a very precise balance that needs to be found between chromium and carbon, different for each part of the tool. Heat treatment allows for exactly the right hardness of steel for each tool. Too hard and the metal can break or chip, not hard enough and it will bend or lose its sharpness. The thickness of the steel used also depends on the tool. The thickness of the steel affects the weight, so it's also a balance that Burgon & Ball, with nearly 300 years of experience, has validated to ensure that its tools are both effective and enjoyable to use.