ARS Shortnose Fruit Snips - 155mm Length - Straight Blade Tool for Wine Grape Harvesting

ARS Shortnose Fruit Snips - 155mm Length - Straight Blade Tool for Wine Grape Harvesting

When the intensity of the wine grape harvest begins, speed and precision are the only things that matter. The ARS Shortnose Snips are engineered for the high-volume environment of the vintage, featuring specialized short, straight blades designed for rapid-fire cutting within tight clusters. This Japanese-made tool ensures you can harvest with surgical accuracy, protecting both the fruit and the vine while maximizing your daily yield.

Best For The commercial vineyard worker or grape harvester requiring a fast, ultra-durable, and lightweight straight-blade snip for high-repetition wine grape harvesting and bunch thinning.

Key Features

• Short Straight Blade Design: The compact, straight profile is specifically engineered for high-speed cutting in dense grape clusters, allowing for rapid fruit removal with unmatched accuracy in tight spaces.

• All-Steel High-Carbon Construction: Forged from legendary Japanese steel, the entire tool is built for exceptional hardness and durability, ensuring the blades retain a razor-sharp edge through thousands of continuous harvest cuts.

• Surgical-Grade Bypass Action: Delivers an exceptionally clean, flush cut to the stem, promoting faster plant healing and ensuring the harvested grapes are handled with the professional care required for premium wine production.

• Ergonomic PVC-Coated Grips: The high-visibility red handles provide a secure, non-slip hold and reduce hand vibration, ensuring comfort during grueling all-day harvesting shifts and making the tool easy to identify in the field.

• Ultra-Lightweight & Compact (155mm): With a length of just 155mm, these snips provide maximum maneuverability in crowded canopies, significantly reducing hand and wrist fatigue during prolonged, high-frequency use.

Sizes Available

This item is sold as a single 155mm professional shortnose fruit snip unit.

Specifications

• Brand: ARS Japan
  

• Material: All-Steel Construction; Red PVC-Coated Grips

• Capacity: High-volume harvesting of wine grapes and soft-stemmed crops

• Dimensions: 155mm Overall Length

• Other specific data: Short straight-nose profile. Made in Japan.

Ideal For (Uses)

• Professional harvesting and vintage work in commercial wine vineyards.

• Precise bunch thinning and canopy management for high-value grapes.

• Harvesting herbs, microgreens, and small-stemmed flowers.

• Detailed precision pruning in nurseries and propagation setups.

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.