ARS Curved Nose Fruit Snips - 155mm & 160mm Length - Precision Harvest Tool for Soft Fruit & Citrus

ARS Curved Nose Fruit Snips - 155mm & 160mm Lengths - Precision Harvest Tool for Citrus, Pears & Avocados

Harvesting high-value, thin-skinned fruit requires a specialized edge that prioritizes crop safety without sacrificing speed. The ARS Curved Nose Fruit Snips are engineered for this exact purpose, featuring specialized, rounded blade profiles that follow the contours of the fruit. This Japanese-made tool ensures you can achieve a surgical, close-to-the-stem cut while virtually eliminating the risk of accidental puncturing or skin damage, maintaining the premium market value of your harvest.

Best For The commercial orchardist, fruit harvester, or home grower needing a lightweight, safe, and ultra-precise snip for the damage-free harvesting of citrus, pears, avocados, and soft fruit.

Key Features

• Safety Curved Blade Design: The tips are gently curved away from the cutting plane, allowing the blades to hug the fruit surface without puncturing the skin, which is essential for harvesting varieties where even a minor nick can lead to rot.

• High-Carbon Japanese Steel: Forged for exceptional hardness and durability, the blades provide razor-sharp, clean cuts that retain their edge through thousands of high-volume harvest repetitions.

• Ergonomic Non-Slip Grips: Features comfortable, contoured handles that provide a secure hold and reduce hand vibration, ensuring operator comfort during grueling all-day harvesting shifts.

• Ultra-Lightweight Handling: Weighing as little as 90g, these snips offer maximum maneuverability in tight branch junctions, significantly reducing hand and wrist fatigue compared to heavier industrial shears.

• Surgical-Grade Bypass Action: Delivers an exceptionally clean, flush cut to the stem, promoting faster plant healing and ensuring the harvested crop has a professional, high-end presentation.

Sizes Available

This professional series is available in two variants to suit specific handling preferences and visibility needs:

• Standard Red (310): All-steel construction with a 155mm overall length and classic red grips.

• Bright Blue (310-Blue): Features 160mm overall length with high-contrast bright blue handles for easy identification in the field.

Specifications

• Brand: ARS Japan
  

• Material: High-Carbon Steel Blades; Non-slip PVC Grips

• Capacity: Precision harvesting of soft-stemmed fruit and citrus

• Dimensions: Available in 155mm (Red) and 160mm (Blue) Overall Lengths

• Other specific data: Blade Length: 26mm; Weight: 90g (Blue model). Curved nose safety profile. Made in Japan.

Ideal For (Uses)

• Professional harvesting of citrus varieties including lemons, limes, and mandarins.

• Picking pears and avocados where puncturing the fruit skin must be strictly avoided.

• Bunch thinning and detailed canopy management for high-value fruit crops.

• Harvesting flowers and herbs where a close, clean cut to the stem is required.

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Oversized, heavy, and structural goods ship via specialist freight. Freight is calculated at checkout from estimated packaged volumetric or physical weight. Carrier depot audits may adjust the rate — if the increase exceeds 10%, we will contact you before processing.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup — default method
✔ Direct delivery — requires an operational forklift on site unless Tailgate Delivery has been specifically requested and quoted (contact us — this cannot be selected at checkout)
✔ Tailgate hydraulic lift delivery — must be specifically requested; contact us for a quote (not available as a checkout option; extra fees apply; required if you do not have a forklift)
✔ Forklift loading at our warehouse (no extra charge if you arrange your own freight)
✔ Direct truck delivery (available in Victoria)

Important Notes:

• Shipping costs vary by location and method
• Any carton or consignment over 25–30kg (or over 200cm) must be palletised
• Without a specifically requested and paid Tailgate Delivery quote, palletised freight requires a forklift on site — otherwise the carrier will redirect to the nearest depot
• Bulky and oversized items cannot be delivered to a PO Box — provide a physical street address
• Failed deliveries, locked gates, unattended sites, or incorrect business/forklift declarations may incur carrier redelivery, demurrage, and restocking fees as set out in our Terms & Conditions

Business Delivery:

• Selecting a business/commercial delivery rate warrants that the address has an operational forklift and certified operator during business hours
• If the carrier cannot unload, the consignment may be redirected to a depot and secondary fees may apply
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

See our Terms & Conditions (Article 8) for full freight and delivery rules.

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse is a logistics hub, not a retail showroom. Listing a product online does not mean it is stored at our Thomastown warehouse — many lines ship from supplier hubs (split fulfilment may apply).

How lead times work:

• Product page ETA: The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) / lead-time badge shown on the product page at checkout is the agreed delivery timeframe for that order under Australian Consumer Law.
• Metro baselines: Advertised ETAs apply to standard metropolitan zones. Regional and remote addresses may take longer and may attract surcharges.
• Peak seasons: Orders in March–May, August–October, EOFY (June), Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November), and Christmas/New Year (December–January) may automatically add a 2–4 week buffer beyond the product page ETA.
• Supplier-dependent / backordered items: If stock is delayed, we will notify you with a revised ETA. You then have 7 days to accept the new timeframe or cancel for a full refund.
• Adloheat: Custom-made products from Adloheat (Pakenham, VIC) may take 4–12 weeks depending on the order.

Full fulfilment, cancellation, and freight rules are in our Terms & Conditions.

Biosecurity & Interstate Shipping Restrictions

Due to strict state biosecurity regulations, we are unable to ship some products to certain states and territories:

• Potting Mixes cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory (NT), or Tasmania (TAS).
• Seeds cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA).

Orders placed for these items to restricted states will be cancelled and refunded. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the items being ordered can lawfully be delivered to their state or territory.