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These shears feel good in the hand and are constructed to last with all steel components. After reading the reviews I knew that the edge may need a little work to clean up the factory grind, but nothing I wasn't willing to do. After receiving the product I inspected the edge and it was in decent shape (not great but serviceable). After spending a few minutes cleaning up the edge I went out and tried to cut a 3/8" diameter crabapple branch/twig and to my surprise it took quite the effort to cut through. I tried a couple of smaller diameter twigs with the same difficulty. Inspecting the blade afterwards I could see that the edge had rolled and buckled completely dulling it (see images). This was not expected to say the least. I've use no name brand pruners whose handles would bend during cutting, but at least their cutting edge stayed sharp. I am not sure what kind of quality control goes on at Corona, but a quick file test would have shown that these are as soft as mild steel.