Bahco Sandvik

The Bahco Group, offers a wide range of tools for your gardening and pruning needs. Bahco was the first tool maker in the world to institute a truly scientific approach to hand tool development. The history behind Bahco begins nearly 150 years ago, when Sandvik became the first modern specialty steel maker in Sweden. In the years following, Sandvik (which later became known as Bahco) produced specialty steels for demanding industrial applications. By the early 1980’s, Bahco was taking the lead in another important area: ergonomics. As a recent survey confirmed, comfort and ease of operation are the two most important characteristics to professional tool users — and these are the very elements that ergonomic design seeks to maximize.

All Bahco Pruner's guarantee the gardener a clean cut with maximum efficiency. They can also all be used to cut any type of plant. This style of pruner owes its name to the fact that the cutting blade “passes-by” the counter-blade in a scissor action. Bahco bypass pruner's slice through the wood as they cut it. This motion requires less force than a straight cut and causes less compression damage to the wood.

The bypass lopper is designed for cutting live wood. The cutting blade of this lopper slides past a counter blade in a scissor action, hence the name “bypass”. The pivot bolt of the Bahco Saws and Tools lopper is offset from the natural centerline of the tool.

Bahco has manufactured saws for more than 130 years. Continuous development work, in close cooperation with professional experts, is a vital ingredient in the quest for developing new and better saws. All Bahco pruning saws are manufactured in the world’s largest handsaw factory, in Bollnas, Sweden.

Bahco, a leading producer of professional cutting tools, has developed a new generation of snips. There are four models in the range, each with a different cutting head to suit the needs of different end users, all have been extensively tested in their respective applications.

These shears feature long, very sharply ground blades. They are used on most types of hedge, especially tightly packed hedges such as the varieties used for topiary and typical English gardens. The professional models have serrations near the bottom of the blade for gripping larger twigs and hard wood during cutting.