CUTS LIVE AND DRY STURDY STEMS - Roll Cut Secateurs also know as roll-cut pruner comes with cutting blade made from metallic steel and anvil made of brass. The blades are chrome plated for durability and prevents any bacterial infection to the plant stem after cutting. Roll - Cut Secateur is suitable for cutting 12mm diameter young branches which requires a clean cut and dry old dead branches which is crushed and cut by the force on the anvil. WIDE CUTTING CAPACITY - These anvil secateurs have cutting capacity of 24 mm or 1.0 inch on the live stems and dry, dead and old hard tree twigs and stems. When the stems are too tough to cut you need to roll it over the stem and cut at its circumference. Thus the name roll-cut. SHARP CUT WITH LESS EFFORT - The Roll Cut Pruning Secateurs blades edges are sharp to prevent slipping and giving a firm hold of the stems so that cutting can be done effortlessly. The strong and ultra sharp blades require less force and strength to cut through small branches of shrubs and young trees and also prune dry dead wood and hardwood stems and twigs efficiently.