Large double bow boxwood shears by Burgon & Ball - RHS Range

These large boxwood shears made of Burgon and Ball steel are a flexible, lightweight, manoeuverable, and precise cutting tool designed to trim the lawn and cleanly cut tender stems, grass, and not too thick green wood. The double bow handle provides great pressure and maximum comfort. Made of hardened carbon steel, the inclined blades are perfect for boxwood and topiary maintenance, light pruning, and refining lawn edges!

Its double and comfortable handles, as well as the blade length of these hand shears (13cm (5in)), 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 soon to be 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 the 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 the appearance of rust. It's a very precise balance that needs to be found between chromium and carbon, different for each part of the tool. The heat treatment allows to provide exactly the right hardness to the 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 to be found, which the Burgon & Ball company with its almost 300 years of experience has validated for its tools to be both efficient and enjoyable to use.