ARS Topiary Hedge Shears - 180mm Blades - Lightweight Japanese Shears for Professional Topiary & Shaping

ARS Topiary Hedge Shears - 180mm Blades - Lightweight Japanese Shears for Professional Topiary & Shaping

When maintaining formal hedges or creating intricate topiary, precision and weight are the most critical factors for success. The ARS Topiary Hedge Shears are a professional favorite, designed with exceptionally light yet strong alloy handles and razor-sharp Japanese steel. This perfectly balanced tool ensures you can achieve flawless shapes and clean cuts across your entire garden without the fatigue of heavy, standard shears, especially during the vigorous growth of the spring and summer seasons.

Best For The professional landscaper or dedicated topiary enthusiast needing a high-precision, ultra-lightweight shear for creating perfectly shaped hedges and intricate ornamental designs.

Key Features

• Ultra-Lightweight Ergonomic Alloy Handles: Constructed from high-strength alloy, the one-piece handles are designed to minimize physical fatigue during prolonged use, allowing for superior control and comfort during all-day trimming tasks.

• Hard-Chrome Plated High Carbon Steel: The razor-sharp blades are forged from premium high-carbon steel and hard-chrome plated to actively resist rust and sticky sap buildup, ensuring the tool glides through foliage and is effortless to clean and disinfect.

• Specialized Wide-Tip Blade Design: Features a wider blade profile that increases structural strength at the tip, providing the stability and precision needed for the most detailed shaping and close-quarters topiary work.

• Enlarged Shock Absorbers: Equipped with high-quality, oversized buffers that absorb the jarring impact of every cut, protecting your hands and wrists from strain and ensuring a smooth, stable pruning action.

• Quick-Tension Adjustment System: Includes a secure pivot bolt with a locking device that allows you to quickly adjust blade tension, ensuring the tool is perfectly tuned for everything from fine leaves to branches up to 10mm.

• Replaceable and Re-sharpenable Blades: Built for long-term professional use, the blades are designed for easy re-sharpening and total replacement, guaranteeing a lifetime of precision performance and a high return on investment.

Sizes Available

This item is sold as a single 653mm professional topiary shear unit.

Specifications

• Brand: ARS
  

• Material: Hard-Chrome Plated High Carbon Steel; Ergonomic Alloy Handles; Rubber Shock Absorbers

• Capacity: Recommended maximum cut diameter 10mm

• Dimensions: Overall length 653mm; Blade length 180mm

• Other specific data: Weight 780g. Secure pivot bolt locking device. Quality Japanese manufacture.

Ideal For (Uses)

• Precision topiary shaping of Buxus (boxwood), lonicera, and other small-leafed ornamental shrubs.

• Maintaining sharp, perfectly straight lines on formal hedges and borders.

• Professional garden maintenance where a lightweight tool is required to reduce operator strain.

• Fine detail trimming in tight spaces or on high-value ornamental specimens.

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.