The kitchen shears are for the small jobs a knife is wrong for. Spatchcocking poultry, trimming pastry, opening packaging, cutting herbs straight into the pan. Every kitchen has a pair somewhere and they earn their keep on the tasks where reaching for a knife is overkill.

The French Chef shears are presented as an accessory rather than a flagship piece. Different steel tier, different price point, but properly built.

Key Features and Benefits

• All-Stainless Construction. Blades and handles in stainless steel. Comes apart for proper washing, the gap between blade and handle on integrated shears is where things grow.

• Built for Service Tasks. Heavy-duty enough for spatchcocking a chicken, fine enough for snipping chives. The pair that earns its place in the drawer because everything else in the drawer is awkward for what these handle properly.

• Honest Positioning. Different steel tier to the knives. 3Cr13 stainless (Chinese standard, roughly equivalent to 420 stainless). Useful kit at an accessible price, not the flagship of the range.

• Easy Care. Hand wash, dry immediately, store with the rest of your blades.

Blades

• Material: 3Cr13 stainless steel

• Blade size: 3 inch / 76 mm

• Thickness: 3 mm

• Separable for cleaning

Handle

• Material: Stainless steel (integrated)

General

• Weight (packaged): 300 g

• Care: Hand wash only, dry immediately. Not dishwasher safe.

• Warranty: 12-month manufacturer defect