ARS Straight Blade Stainless Florist Knife - 160mm Open Length - Folding Japanese Knife for Floral Arrangement & Professional Floristry

ARS Straight Blade Stainless Florist Knife - 160mm Open Length - Folding Japanese Knife for Floral Arrangement & Professional Floristry

In professional floristry, the quality of your cut directly determines the lifespan of your display. The ARS Straight Blade Stainless Florist Knife is the professional Japanese standard for achieving surgical-grade stem preparation. This ultra-lightweight folding knife ensures a clean, crushed-tissue-free cut that maximizes water uptake, keeping your arrangements vibrant and fresh significantly longer than when using standard scissors.

Best For The professional florist or floral designer requiring a razor-sharp, hygienic, and portable folding knife for the precise angled cutting and preparation of delicate stems and high-value blooms.

Key Features

• Hygienic Stainless Steel Blade: Crafted from high-grade stainless steel to provide superior resistance against rust and sap corrosion, making it effortless to sterilize between tasks—an essential requirement for preventing the spread of bacteria in commercial floral work.

• Precision Straight Blade Action: The razor-sharp straight edge is specifically engineered for clean, angled cuts that promote maximum hydration and faster recovery for freshly cut flowers, ensuring they remain turgid and healthy.

• Safe Folding Design: Features a secure folding mechanism that allows the blade to be safely tucked away into the handle, enabling safe transport in an apron pocket or tool roll while protecting the surgical edge from damage when not in use.

• Ultra-Lightweight 30g Handling: At just 30 grams, this knife offers unmatched maneuverability and finesse, significantly reducing hand fatigue during intensive, high-volume arrangement sessions or all-day wedding prep.

• Superior Japanese Craftsmanship: Built in Japan to exacting standards, the blade is designed to maintain its surgical sharpness through thousands of cuts, providing a reliable, long-term professional asset for any floral studio or retail shop.

Sizes Available

This item is sold as a single 160mm professional folding florist knife unit.

Specifications

• Brand: ARS Japan
  

• Material: High-Grade Stainless Steel

• Capacity: Precision cutting of soft and medium flower stems

• Dimensions: 160mm Overall Length (Open)

• Other specific data: Weight: 30g. Folding blade profile. Made in Japan.

Ideal For (Uses)

• Achieving perfect angled cuts on flower stems for maximum water absorption in bouquets and centerpieces.

• Stripping excess foliage, thorns, and small lateral stems from roses and woody plants.

• Detailed foam carving and shaping of floral blocks for intricate arrangement bases.

• Daily professional use in high-volume retail flower shops and floral design studios.

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.