WARNING
This product is a sharp cutting tool designed for cutting, carving, finishing, and making grooves in wood and similar materials. Contact with the blade edge, improper use, excessive force, failure to secure the workpiece, blade chipping or breakage, flying fragments during striking with a hammer or mallet, or careless storage or carrying may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, eye injury, injury to fingers, hands, or feet, serious personal injury, or injury to bystanders.
Read and fully understand all warnings and instructions before using this product.
Inspection Before Use
Before use, inspect the body, handle, blade, striking hoop, ferrule, fastening parts, joints, and all other components for rattling, looseness, damage, deformation, cracks, severe rust, or chips.
Using the product while it is damaged or loose may cause the blade or handle to detach, split, chip, scatter, or become uncontrollable during operation, resulting in deep cuts, puncture wounds, eye injury, or serious personal injury.
Do not use this product if the handle, blade, striking hoop, ferrule, or joint has any cracks, splits, chips, deformation, excessive wear, corrosion, or looseness. During use or striking, parts may break and cause injury to the hands, face, eyes, feet, or body.
Do not use this product if the blade edge has chips, cracks, bending, fractures, excessive wear, rust, or deformation. During use, the blade may chip or fragments may scatter, causing injury to the hands, face, eyes, or body.
If the joint between the handle and blade is loose, the blade may come out or shift out of position during use. If any abnormality is found, stop using the product immediately.
If the blade edge is significantly worn, excessive force may be required, which may cause slipping, blade kickback, the blade to run off the workpiece, falling, or injury. Do not use the product when cutting performance has significantly decreased.
If any abnormality is found, take appropriate action, such as repair, replacement, or disposal, and do not use the product until safety has been confirmed.
Work Area Safety
Secure sufficient working space and check the safety of the surrounding area before use.
Using the chisel when people, children, pets, obstacles, or fragile items are nearby may result in injury to the user or bystanders due to slipping of the chisel, wood chips, blade chips, or flying fragments during striking.
Work only in a bright, stable, and slip-resistant area. Do not use the product in dark locations, unstable areas, wet areas, or cluttered workspaces. Doing so may result in falling, slipping, contact with the blade, cutting errors, or injury.
Secure the workpiece firmly using a workbench, vise, clamp, or similar device. If the workpiece moves, the blade may slip, the cutting direction may shift, or the blade may contact your hands or body, resulting in deep cuts or puncture wounds.
Keep people, children, and pets away from the work area during use. In particular, do not allow anyone to stand in the direction of blade movement or in any direction where fragments may fly during striking.
Do not leave unnecessary tools, materials, cords, oil, water, wood chips, or other debris on the workbench. They may cause slipping, unstable workpieces, incorrect operation, or falling.
Personal Protective Equipment
Wear appropriate protective equipment, such as safety glasses, protective gloves, long sleeves, long pants, and safety shoes.
Wood chips, blade chips, metal fragments, dust, or other foreign objects may be thrown during cutting or striking. If they enter the eyes, serious eye injury, including impaired vision or loss of vision, may occur. Always wear safety glasses while working.
The blade edge is extremely sharp. Contact with the blade may result in deep cuts or puncture wounds. Do not touch the blade edge directly, even when wearing protective gloves.
However, depending on the work, gloves may catch on the material or tool and reduce controllability. Select appropriate protective equipment according to the work being performed.
Do not use this product while wearing sandals, while barefoot, while wearing open-toe shoes, or while wearing slippery footwear. If the chisel or material falls, it may cause cuts, puncture wounds, bruising, or other injury to the feet.
Keep loose sleeves, strings, towels, accessories, hair, and similar items away from the work area. They may catch, disturb your balance, cause incorrect operation, and result in injury.
In dusty environments, wear a dust mask as necessary.
Instructions for Use
This product is a manual tool designed for cutting, carving, finishing, and making grooves in wood and similar materials. Do not use it for any purpose other than its intended use.
Use for unintended purposes may result in blade breakage, product deformation, slipping from your hand, kickback, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
This product is a sharp cutting tool. Handle it with extreme care. Always hold the handle when handling the product, and do not hold or operate it by the blade or blade edge.
During use, keep hands, fingers, feet, and body away from the direction of blade movement, pushing direction, striking direction, and cutting direction. If the blade slips, deep cuts, puncture wounds, injury to fingers or hands, or other serious personal injury may occur.
Do not work while holding the material with your hand. The supporting hand may enter the path of the blade and be cut. Secure the material firmly with a clamp, vise, workbench, or similar device.
Do not point the blade edge toward yourself or others. Accidental contact may result in cuts or puncture wounds.
Do not work near your feet or body. If the blade slips, it may cause deep injury to the feet, legs, abdomen, hands, arms, or other body parts.
Do not apply excessive force, pry, twist, or bend the blade sideways. The blade may chip, break, scatter, or kick back, resulting in injury.
Do not remove too much material at one time. Excessive cutting may cause the blade to bite into the material, split the workpiece, slip, or become uncontrollable. Work gradually and safely.
Maintain the blade edge properly to keep it sharp. A dull blade requires excessive force and may cause slipping or loss of control, resulting in injury.
If abnormal vibration, rattling, unusual noise, blade bending, loosening of the handle, or shifting of the striking hoop or ferrule is noticed during use, stop using the product immediately. Continued use may cause the blade or parts to detach, break, scatter, or cause serious personal injury.
Do not use this product when tired, feeling unwell, under the influence of alcohol, or when medication may reduce alertness. Reduced judgment or reaction time may result in contact with the blade, striking errors, falling, or injury to others.
Stay focused while using the product and do not look away from the work. Talking with others, using a mobile phone, or working while listening to music may distract you and result in accidental contact with the blade.
Striking Safety
When using this chisel by striking it with a hammer, mallet, or similar striking tool, inspect the striking face, handle, striking hoop, and ferrule for any abnormalities before use.
Using the product when it is not suitable for striking may cause the handle to split, the striking hoop or ferrule to come off, the blade to chip, or fragments to scatter, resulting in injury to the eyes, face, hands, or body.
When striking, hold the chisel firmly and work in a stable posture. If your hand slips or shifts, the hammer may strike your hand, the chisel may slip, or the blade may come off the material, resulting in injury.
Keep bystanders away during striking. Wood chips, metal fragments, blade chips, handle fragments, or other debris may fly and injure bystanders.
Using a metal hammer may damage the head, striking hoop, ferrule, or handle of the chisel, or may cause fragments to scatter. Use a striking tool suitable for the product specifications.
Excessive striking or striking too hard may cause blade chipping, handle splitting, joint loosening, splitting of the workpiece, or loss of control. Do not strike harder than necessary.
If the blade becomes deeply embedded in the material, do not pry it out by force. Forcing it out may cause the blade to chip, break, kick back, or cause your hand to slip, resulting in injury.
Woodworking Safety
Check the type, hardness, grain direction, knots, cracks, nails, screws, metal fragments, and other foreign objects in the material before working.
If nails, screws, metal fragments, sand, stones, or similar objects are present in the wood, the blade may chip, fragments may scatter, or the blade may kick back, resulting in injury to the eyes, face, or hands.
When working on knots, hard wood, or dry and hardened material, the blade may suddenly stop or kick back. Work slowly and carefully.
When working on edges or thin parts of the material, the material may split, chip, or scatter. Secure the material firmly and do not apply excessive force.
When removing wood chips by hand, always stop working first and check the direction and position of the blade. Placing your hand near the blade may result in cuts.
Prohibited Uses
Do not use this product for any purpose other than its intended use.
Do not use this product toward people or animals.
Do not throw, drop, step on, strike, or otherwise handle this product roughly. Invisible cracks or deformation may occur and lead to breakage during use.
Do not use this product as a pry bar, prying tool, nail puller, screwdriver, scraper, hammer, drilling tool, metalworking tool, or masonry tool. The blade or body may break, causing cuts, puncture wounds, or injury from flying fragments.
Do not attach this product to power tools, machines, modified fixtures, long poles, extension handles, or similar devices. This product is designed for manual use. Modified use may cause blade breakage, scattering of fragments, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
Do not modify the blade by heating, grinding, bending, drilling, welding, or excessive sharpening with a grinder. Such modification may reduce strength and cause breakage during use.
Do not check the sharpness of the blade with bare hands.
Do not leave the blade exposed.
Do not allow children to use this product. Keep it out of reach of children. This product is a sharp cutting tool and may cause injury even if touched accidentally.
Do not point or swing the blade edge when people are nearby.
Blade Safety
The blade edge is extremely sharp. Do not touch the blade edge during use, cleaning, inspection, sharpening, carrying, storage, or disposal.
Contact with the blade may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, bleeding, or injury to fingers or hands.
If the blade is chipped, broken, or cracked, stop using the product immediately. Continued use may cause fragments to scatter, resulting in injury to the eyes, face, or body.
When sharpening the blade, pay close attention to the direction of the blade edge, wear protective gloves, and work in a stable location. Contact with the blade edge during sharpening may cause cuts.
After sharpening, the blade edge will be sharper. Handle it with extreme care.
Do not place the product down without protecting the blade edge. If the blade edge is exposed on a workbench or in a toolbox, fingers may be cut when handling the product.
Carrying Safety
When carrying the product, do not point the blade edge toward yourself or others.
When carrying the product, use a blade cover, case, sheath, packaging material, or similar protection so that the blade edge is not exposed. If the blade is exposed, it may cut hands, feet, clothing, bags, vehicle interiors, or bystanders.
Do not place the product in a pocket, bag, toolbox, vehicle, or storage box with the blade exposed. Fingers may be cut when removing the product.
When storing or carrying this product together with other tools, make sure the blade does not strike other tools, chip, or cause the protective cover to come off.
When carrying the product, always hold the handle. Holding the blade or blade edge may result in deep cuts or puncture wounds.
Storage Safety
After use, remove wood chips, sap, moisture, dirt, oil, dust, and other residue from the blade and body, and allow the product to dry before storage. Storing the product with dirt or moisture attached may cause rust, deterioration, reduced cutting performance, or reduced strength.
After use, always use a blade cover, case, sheath, or other safe storage method so that the blade edge is not exposed.
Store the product in a place where children and unauthorized persons cannot touch it accidentally.
Do not store the product in humid areas, exposed to rain, in direct sunlight, in places subject to high temperatures, or near chemicals. Such conditions may cause rust, deterioration, deformation, or reduced strength.
When storing the product on a wall or shelf, secure it firmly to prevent it from falling. If it falls, it may pierce feet or the body, or damage floors or surrounding objects.
Store the product so that the blade edge does not contact other objects. Contact may cause blade chipping, damage to surrounding objects, or injury when removing the product.
Maintenance Safety
Do not use the product if cutting performance has decreased. A dull blade requires excessive force and may cause blade slipping, kickback, breakage, cutting errors, or accidents.
Do not touch the blade edge directly when cleaning the blade. Even during cleaning, contact with the blade edge may cause deep cuts.
When removing wood chips, sap, dirt, oil, or rust, clean the product using a method suitable for the product. Strong chemicals or corrosive cleaners may damage the blade or handle, causing reduced strength or breakage.
Stop using the product if there is significant rust, cracking, deformation, looseness, or deterioration.
When sharpening, repairing, or replacing parts, follow a method suitable for the product specifications. Improper repair or modification may cause breakage or injury.
Injury and Accident Response
If an injury occurs during use, stop using the product immediately.
Seek medical attention promptly if the blade causes a deep cut, bleeding does not stop, fingers, hands, or feet are seriously injured, foreign matter enters the eye, or wood chips, metal fragments, or blade fragments strike the face, head, or body.
If a broken blade or broken parts scatter, check the safety of the surrounding area and do not pick up fragments with bare hands. Sharp fragments may cut the fingers.
If you are injured during woodworking, wood chips, dust, or dirt may have entered the wound. Seek medical attention as necessary.
User Responsibility
Use this product properly in accordance with the instruction manual and warning labels.
Misuse, modification, improper storage, use for unintended purposes, failure to inspect the product, use while worn or damaged, or failure to confirm safety may result in accidents, personal injury, product damage, or property damage.
The user is responsible for checking the work environment, workpiece, surrounding safety, footing, and product condition before using the product safely.
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WARNING
This product is a sharp cutting tool. Improper use may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, eye injury, injury to fingers, hands, or feet, or serious personal injury. Read and follow all warnings before use.
Do not use this product for any purpose other than its intended use. Use for unintended purposes may cause blade breakage, kickback, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
Secure sufficient working space and check the safety of the surrounding area before use. Do not use this product when people, children, or pets are nearby.
Before use, inspect the body, handle, blade, fastening parts, and components for rattling, looseness, damage, deformation, cracks, or severe rust. Do not use the product if any abnormality is found.
Do not use this product if the handle or blade has cracks. It may break during use or striking and cause injury.
This product is a sharp cutting tool. Always hold the handle when handling it. Holding the blade or blade edge may result in deep cuts or puncture wounds.
Wear appropriate protective equipment, such as safety glasses, protective gloves, long sleeves, long pants, and safety shoes.
Secure the workpiece firmly with a clamp, vise, workbench, or similar device. If the workpiece moves, the blade may slip and cut your hand or body.
During use, keep hands, fingers, feet, and body away from the direction of blade movement.
When striking the chisel with a hammer or mallet, inspect the handle, striking hoop, ferrule, and blade for abnormalities before use. Flying fragments during striking may cause injury to the eyes or face.
Do not pry, twist, bend the blade sideways, or apply excessive force. The blade may chip or break and cause injury.
Do not allow children to use this product. Keep it out of reach of children.
After use, remove wood chips, moisture, and dirt, protect the blade edge, and store the product in a safe place.
If any abnormality is noticed, stop using the product immediately.
WARNING
This product is a sharp cutting tool designed for cutting flowers, plants, branches, stems, leaves, gardening materials, and similar items. Contact with the blade edge, improper use, excessive force, failure to secure the cutting object, blade chipping or breakage, kickback or spring-back of cut materials, malfunction of the spring or locking mechanism, or careless storage or carrying may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, pinching injuries, eye injury, injury to fingers, hands, or feet, serious personal injury, or injury to bystanders.
Read and fully understand all warnings and instructions before using this product.
Inspection Before Use
Before use, inspect the body, blades, handles, grips, pivot, screws, nuts, rivets, spring, locking mechanism, stopper, joints, and all other components for rattling, looseness, damage, deformation, cracks, severe rust, or chips.
Using the product while it is damaged or loose may cause the blades to detach, shift, break, chip, scatter, or become uncontrollable during operation, resulting in deep cuts, puncture wounds, eye injury, or serious personal injury.
Do not use this product if the blades have chips, cracks, bending, fractures, excessive wear, rust, or deformation. During use, the blades may break or scatter, causing injury to the hands, face, eyes, or body.
Do not use this product if the handles, grips, pivot, spring, or locking mechanism have damage, cracks, deformation, looseness, or rattling. During use, your hand may slip, the blades may suddenly close, the blades may remain open, or parts may detach.
Do not use this product if the blades are difficult to open or close, catch during operation, do not return properly, or do not align correctly. Forcing the product to operate may result in blade breakage, slipping, pinching, or cutting injuries.
For products with a locking mechanism, confirm before use that the lock operates properly. If the lock is not fully engaged, the blades may open during storage or carrying and cut your fingers or body.
For products with a spring, make sure the spring is securely installed. If the spring detaches or breaks, the blades may open or close suddenly, causing pinching or cutting injuries to the fingers.
Do not use the product when cutting performance has significantly decreased. Dull blades require excessive force and may cause blade slipping, kickback or spring-back of the cutting object, slipping from your hand, or injury.
If any abnormality is found, stop using the product immediately, take appropriate action such as repair, adjustment, replacement, or disposal, and do not use the product until safety has been confirmed.
Work Area Safety
Secure sufficient working space and check the safety of the surrounding area before use.
Using the product when people, children, pets, vehicles, glass, buildings, equipment, or obstacles are nearby may result in injury to the user or bystanders due to blade movement, cut materials, branches, fragments, or flying foreign objects.
Work only in a bright, stable, and slip-resistant area. Do not use the product in dark locations, unstable areas, wet areas, sloped areas, muddy ground, or cluttered workspaces. Doing so may result in falling, slipping, contact with the blades, cutting errors, or injury.
Before starting work, check around the cutting object for stones, wire, metal pieces, nails, screws, hard branches, plastic pieces, electric wires, pipes, and other foreign objects. If the blades strike a foreign object, the blades may chip, break, kick back, or scatter fragments, causing injury to the eyes, face, hands, or body.
Keep people, children, and pets away from the work area during use. In particular, do not allow anyone to stand in the direction of blade opening and closing, the direction in which cut materials may fall, the direction in which branches may spring back, or any direction in which fragments may scatter.
Using this product on a stepladder, ladder, roof, tree, or other unstable elevated location involves a risk of falling. Avoid awkward postures, one-handed operation, and overreaching. Always maintain a stable stance and balance.
When cutting overhead branches or objects at height, check the direction in which the cut material may fall. Falling objects may strike the head, face, shoulders, arms, vehicles, buildings, or bystanders, resulting in injury or property damage.
Personal Protective Equipment
Wear appropriate protective equipment, such as safety glasses, protective gloves, long sleeves, long pants, and safety shoes.
Branches, stems, leaves, wood chips, blade chips, dust, sap, or other foreign objects may be thrown during cutting. If they enter the eyes, serious eye injury, including impaired vision or loss of vision, may occur. Always wear safety glasses while working.
The blade edges are extremely sharp. Contact with the blades may result in deep cuts or puncture wounds. Do not touch the blade edges directly, even when wearing protective gloves.
Do not use this product while wearing sandals, while barefoot, while wearing open-toe shoes, or while wearing slippery footwear. If the tool or cut material falls, it may cause cuts, puncture wounds, bruising, or other injury to the feet.
Keep loose sleeves, strings, towels, accessories, hair, and similar items away from the work area. They may catch, disturb your balance, cause incorrect operation, and result in injury.
When working around thorny plants, plants that may cause skin irritation, poisonous plants, or areas where insects may be present, avoid exposing your skin and wear protective equipment appropriate for the work.
Instructions for Use
This product is a manual tool designed for cutting flowers, plants, branches, stems, leaves, gardening materials, and similar items. Do not use it for any purpose other than its intended use.
Use for unintended purposes may result in blade breakage, product deformation, slipping from your hand, kickback, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
This product is a sharp cutting tool. Handle it with extreme care. Always hold the handles or grips when handling the product, and do not hold or operate it by the blades or blade edges.
During use, keep hands, fingers, feet, and body away from the blade opening and closing area, the direction of blade movement, and the cutting direction. If the blades slip or suddenly close, deep cuts, puncture wounds, pinching injuries, injury to fingers or hands, or other serious personal injury may occur.
When cutting while holding the cutting object by hand, take special care to keep the supporting hand out of the path of the blades. Fingers may be cut.
Whenever possible, stabilize the cutting object and avoid cutting in an awkward posture or with an unstable grip. If the object moves, the blades may slip and cut your hand or body.
Do not point the blade edges toward yourself or others. Accidental contact may result in cuts or puncture wounds.
When working near your feet or body, take special care to prevent the blades from contacting your feet, legs, hands, or body. Even small blade movements at close range may cause deep injuries.
Do not apply excessive force, pry, twist, or bend the blades sideways. The blades may chip, break, scatter, or kick back, resulting in injury.
If the blades become caught in the cutting object, do not pry them out by force. Forcing them out may cause the blades to chip, break, kick back, or cause your hand to slip, resulting in injury. Stop working, check the safety of the surrounding area, and remove the blades without applying excessive force.
Do not force the product to cut thick branches, hard branches, or dry and hardened branches that exceed its cutting capacity. Doing so may cause blade breakage, spring-back of the cutting object, slipping from your hand, strain to the wrist or arm, or injury.
Do not attempt to cut unsuitable objects by force. Use a tool appropriate for the object being cut. For objects exceeding the cutting capacity of this product, use an appropriate tool such as a saw, lopper, or pruning saw.
If abnormal vibration, rattling, unusual noise, blade bending, loosening of the pivot, or abnormality of the spring or lock is noticed during use, stop using the product immediately. Continued use may cause the blades or parts to detach, break, scatter, or cause serious personal injury.
Do not use this product when tired, feeling unwell, under the influence of alcohol, or when medication may reduce alertness. Reduced judgment or reaction time may result in contact with the blades, falling, or injury to others.
Stay focused while using the product and do not look away from the work. Talking with others, using a mobile phone, or working while listening to music may distract you and result in accidental contact with the blades.
Pruning and Gardening Safety
When cutting branches or stems, check the direction in which the branch or stem may bend, spring back, or fall. During or after cutting, branches may spring back and strike the face, eyes, hands, or body.
When cutting high branches, thick branches, or heavy branches, do not attempt to cut them all at once. Branches may suddenly break, fall, or spring back, causing serious personal injury or property damage.
Do not perform work, or consult a professional, if the branch to be cut may contact power lines, buildings, vehicles, windows, fences, or surrounding equipment.
Do not use this product near power lines. Contact between the shears or cut branches and power lines may result in electric shock, fire, or death.
When cutting thorny branches, hard stems, or dry branches, cut materials may spring back or scatter. Keep your face and eyes away and wear protective equipment.
When cutting branches or stems with sap, pesticides, chemicals, fertilizers, or plant juices on them, avoid contact with skin and eyes. Contact may cause skin irritation, chemical irritation, or eye injury.
When cutting plants affected by disease or pests, do not leave dirt or sap on the blades. Doing so may cause blade corrosion, reduced cutting performance, or spread of plant disease.
Hedge Shears and Two-Handed Shears Safety
When using products with long handles, such as hedge shears or two-handed shears, secure sufficient working space around you. If the handles or blades contact people, objects, buildings, or vehicles, injury or damage may occur.
Hold the handles firmly with both hands and use the product in a stable posture. Using the product with one hand or in an awkward posture may result in loss of control, falling, or cutting injuries.
When opening and closing the blades widely, do not place hands or fingers near the pivot, blades, or between the handles. Pinching or cutting injuries may occur.
When using hedge shears at height or on a stepladder, the swinging motion may cause loss of balance. Do not use the product in an awkward posture.
Spring and Locking Mechanism Safety
Products with a spring may cause the blades to open automatically. Do not place hands or fingers near the blade opening and closing area. Pinching, cuts, or puncture wounds may occur.
When releasing the lock, do not point the blade edges toward yourself or others. The blades may open at the same time the lock is released and cause injury.
When not in use, when carrying, or when storing the product, always close and lock the blades. If the blades are not locked, they may open and cut your fingers or body.
Do not use the product if the locking mechanism is damaged or does not operate properly. The blades may open or close unexpectedly and cause injury.
Prohibited Uses
Do not use this product for any purpose other than its intended use.
Do not use this product toward people or animals.
Do not throw, drop, step on, strike, or otherwise handle this product roughly. Invisible cracks or deformation may occur and lead to breakage during use.
Do not use this product to cut metal, wire, hard plastic, stone, concrete, glass, nails, screws, electric wires, cables, or other hard materials outside the intended use, unless the product specifications clearly state that such materials are suitable for cutting. Cutting unsuitable materials may cause blade chipping, breakage, scattering of fragments, kickback, or injury.
Do not use this product as a hammer, pry bar, prying tool, drilling tool, knife, scraper, or tool for knocking down branches. The blades or body may break, causing cuts, puncture wounds, or injury from flying fragments.
Do not attach this product to power tools, machines, modified fixtures, long poles, extension handles, or similar devices. This product is designed for manual use. Modified use may cause blade breakage, scattering of fragments, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
Do not modify the blades by heating, grinding, bending, drilling, welding, or excessive sharpening with a grinder. Such modification may reduce strength and cause breakage during use.
Do not check the sharpness of the blades with bare hands.
Do not leave the blade edges exposed.
Do not allow children to use this product. Keep it out of reach of children. This product is a sharp cutting tool and may cause injury even if touched accidentally.
Do not point, swing, or widely open and close the blade edges when people are nearby.
Blade Safety
The blade edges are extremely sharp. Do not touch the blade edges during use, cleaning, inspection, sharpening, carrying, storage, or disposal.
Contact with the blades may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, bleeding, or injury to fingers or hands.
If the blades are chipped, broken, or cracked, stop using the product immediately. Continued use may cause fragments to scatter, resulting in injury to the eyes, face, or body.
When sharpening the blades, pay close attention to the direction of the blade edges, wear protective gloves, and work in a stable location. Contact with the blade edges during sharpening may cause cuts.
After sharpening, the blade edges will be sharper. Handle them with extreme care.
Do not place the product down without protecting the blade edges. If the blade edges are exposed on a workbench or in a toolbox, fingers may be cut when handling the product.
Do not place fingers near the blade overlap area, pivot, or spring area. Opening and closing the blades may pinch, cut, or crush fingers.
Carrying Safety
When carrying the product, do not point the blade edges toward yourself or others.
When carrying the product, close the blades and, if the product has a locking mechanism, always lock it. If the blades are not locked, they may open and cut hands, feet, clothing, bags, vehicle interiors, or bystanders.
If a blade cover, case, sheath, packaging material, or similar protection is provided, use it so that the blade edges are not exposed.
Do not place the product in a pocket, bag, toolbox, vehicle, or storage box with the blades exposed. Fingers may be cut when removing the product.
When storing or carrying this product together with other tools, make sure the blades do not strike other tools, chip, cause the lock to release, or cause the protective cover to come off.
When carrying the product, always hold the handles or grips. Holding the blades or blade edges may result in deep cuts or puncture wounds.
Storage Safety
After use, remove soil, grass, sap, moisture, dirt, oil, pesticides, fertilizer, dust, and other residue from the blades and body, and allow the product to dry before storage. Storing the product with dirt or moisture attached may cause rust, deterioration, reduced cutting performance, reduced strength, or malfunction.
After use, always close the blades, lock them if the product has a locking mechanism, and use a blade cover, case, sheath, or other safe storage method so that the blade edges are not exposed.
Store the product in a place where children and unauthorized persons cannot touch it accidentally.
Do not store the product in humid areas, exposed to rain, in direct sunlight, in places subject to high temperatures, or near chemicals. Such conditions may cause rust, deterioration, deformation, reduced strength, or malfunction.
When storing the product on a wall or shelf, secure it firmly to prevent it from falling. If it falls, it may pierce feet or the body, or damage floors or surrounding objects.
Store the product so that the blade edges do not contact other objects. Contact may cause blade chipping, damage to surrounding objects, or injury when removing the product.
For products with a spring, store the product in a condition where excessive force is not applied to the spring. Deformation or breakage of the spring may cause malfunction or unexpected opening and closing of the blades.
Maintenance Safety
Do not use the product if cutting performance has decreased. Dull blades require excessive force and may cause blade slipping, kickback, breakage, cutting errors, or accidents.
Do not touch the blade edges directly when cleaning the blades. Even during cleaning, contact with the blade edges may cause deep cuts.
When removing soil, grass, sap, dirt, oil, pesticides, fertilizer, or rust, clean the product using a method suitable for the product. Strong chemicals or corrosive cleaners may damage the blades, handles, spring, or locking mechanism, causing reduced strength, malfunction, or breakage.
If dirt or rust builds up around the pivot, screws, spring, or locking mechanism, the product may not open or close properly, the lock may not function properly, or the blades may become misaligned. Clean, lubricate, and adjust as necessary.
When lubricating the product, wipe off excess oil. If oil gets on the grips or hands, your hand may slip, causing contact with the blades or dropping the product.
Stop using the product if there is significant rust, cracking, deformation, looseness, or deterioration.
When sharpening, repairing, or replacing parts, follow a method suitable for the product specifications. Improper repair or modification may cause breakage or injury.
Injury and Accident Response
If an injury occurs during use, stop using the product immediately.
Seek medical attention promptly if the blades cause a deep cut, bleeding does not stop, fingers, hands, or feet are seriously injured, foreign matter enters the eye, or branches, wood chips, metal fragments, or blade fragments strike the face, head, or body.
If broken blades or broken parts scatter, check the safety of the surrounding area and do not pick up fragments with bare hands. Sharp fragments may cut the fingers.
If you are injured during gardening work, soil, plant fragments, sap, pesticides, fertilizer, or dirt may have entered the wound. Seek medical attention as necessary.
User Responsibility
Use this product properly in accordance with the instruction manual and warning labels.
Misuse, modification, improper storage, use for unintended purposes, failure to inspect the product, use while worn or damaged, or failure to confirm safety may result in accidents, personal injury, product damage, or property damage.
The user is responsible for checking the work environment, workpiece, surrounding safety, footing, and product condition before using the product safely.
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WARNING
This product is a sharp cutting tool. Improper use may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, pinching injuries, eye injury, injury to fingers, hands, or feet, or serious personal injury. Read and follow all warnings before use.
Do not use this product for any purpose other than its intended use. Use for unintended purposes may cause blade breakage, kickback, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
Secure sufficient working space and check the safety of the surrounding area before use. Do not use this product when people, children, or pets are nearby.
Before use, inspect the body, blades, handles, pivot, screws, spring, locking mechanism, and all other components for rattling, looseness, damage, deformation, cracks, or severe rust. Do not use the product if any abnormality is found.
Do not use this product if the blades have chips, cracks, bending, excessive wear, rust, or deformation. The blades may break during use and cause injury.
This product is a sharp cutting tool. Always hold the handles or grips when handling it. Holding the blades or blade edges may result in deep cuts or puncture wounds.
Wear appropriate protective equipment, such as safety glasses, protective gloves, long sleeves, long pants, and safety shoes.
During use, keep hands, fingers, feet, and body away from the blade opening and closing area and the direction of blade movement.
Do not cut thick branches, hard branches, metal, wire, stone, plastic, or other materials that exceed the product’s cutting capacity. The blades may chip or break and cause injury.
Products with a spring may cause the blades to open suddenly. Do not place hands or fingers near the blade opening and closing area.
When not in use, when carrying, or when storing the product, close the blades and lock them if the product has a locking mechanism.
Do not allow children to use this product. Keep it out of reach of children.
After use, remove soil, grass, sap, moisture, and dirt, and store the product safely with the blade edges protected.
If any abnormality is noticed, stop using the product immediately.
WARNING
This product is a sharp cutting tool designed for cutting wood, bamboo, branches, and similar materials. Contact with the blade edge, improper use, excessive force, failure to secure the workpiece, blade breakage, or careless storage or carrying may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, eye injury, injury to fingers or hands, serious personal injury, or injury to bystanders.
Read and fully understand all warnings and instructions before using this product.
Inspection Before Use
Before each use, inspect the handle, grip, fastening parts, screws, locking mechanism, saw blade, and blade edge for any abnormalities.
Using the product while it is damaged or loose may cause the blade to detach, break, or become uncontrollable during operation, resulting in deep cuts or serious personal injury.
Do not use this product if the handle or saw blade has any cracks, fractures, deformation, chips, bending, excessive wear, rust, looseness, or rattling.
Do not use this product if the blade is chipped, bent, cracked, or severely worn. During cutting, the blade may break, scatter, or detach, causing injury to the fingers, face, eyes, or body.
When using a replaceable-blade saw, make sure the blade is securely attached. If the blade is not properly installed, it may detach during use and cause deep cuts, puncture wounds, or serious personal injury.
When using a folding saw, make sure the blade is fully opened and that the locking mechanism is securely engaged before use. If the lock is not fully engaged, the blade may suddenly close and cut your fingers.
If any abnormality is found, stop using the product immediately and take appropriate action, such as repair, replacement, or disposal.
Work Area Safety
Secure sufficient working space and check the safety of the surrounding area before use.
Using the saw when people, children, pets, or obstacles are nearby may result in injury to the user or bystanders due to the movement of the saw, the workpiece, chips, sawdust, broken branches, or other debris.
Work only in a bright, stable, and slip-resistant area. Do not use the product in dark locations, unstable areas, wet areas, sloped areas, or cluttered workspaces. Doing so may result in falling, slipping, contact with the blade, cutting errors, or injury.
Keep people, children, and pets away from the work area during use. In particular, do not allow anyone to stand in the direction of blade movement, the direction in which the workpiece may fall, or the direction in which branches may spring back.
Using this product on a stepladder, ladder, roof, tree, or other unstable elevated location involves a risk of falling. Avoid awkward postures, one-handed operation, and overreaching. Always maintain a stable stance and balance.
When cutting overhead branches or objects at height, check the direction in which the cut material may fall. Falling objects may strike the head, face, shoulders, arms, vehicles, buildings, or bystanders, resulting in injury or property damage.
Personal Protective Equipment
Wear appropriate protective equipment, such as safety glasses, protective gloves, long sleeves, long pants, and safety footwear.
Wood chips, branches, fragments, broken blade pieces, dust, or other debris may be thrown during cutting. If these enter the eyes, serious eye injury, including loss of vision, may occur. Always wear safety glasses while working.
The blade edge is extremely sharp. Contact with the blade may result in deep cuts or puncture wounds. Do not touch the blade edge directly, even when wearing gloves.
Keep loose sleeves, strings, towels, accessories, hair, and similar items away from the work area. They may catch on the product or workpiece, cause entanglement, disturb your balance, and result in injury.
Instructions for Use
This product is a manual cutting saw. Do not use it for any purpose other than its intended use. Use for unintended purposes may result in blade breakage, product deformation, slipping from the workpiece, or serious personal injury.
Secure the workpiece firmly so that it does not move during cutting. If the workpiece moves, the saw may slip, the blade may become pinched, or the saw may move off the cutting line, resulting in cuts to the hands, fingers, or body.
Keep hands, fingers, feet, and body away from the path of the blade and the cutting line during use. If the blade slips, deep cuts, puncture wounds, finger injury, or other serious personal injury may occur.
Do not point the blade toward yourself or others. Accidental contact may result in cuts or puncture wounds.
Do not apply excessive force, pry, twist, or bend the blade sideways. The saw blade may break, chip, or slip off the workpiece, resulting in injury.
Do not apply excessive force in an attempt to increase cutting speed. This saw is designed to cut using the sharpness of the blade. Excessive force may cause blade breakage, slipping, kickback, or loss of control.
If the blade becomes pinched in the material, do not force it out. Forcing the blade out may cause it to suddenly release and cut your hand or body. Stop working, check that the workpiece is properly secured, and remove the blade without applying excessive force.
If abnormal vibration, looseness, unusual noise, blade bending, or loosening of the lock is noticed during use, stop using the product immediately. Continued use may cause blade detachment, breakage, scattering of fragments, or serious personal injury.
Do not use this product when tired, feeling unwell, under the influence of alcohol, or when medication may reduce alertness. Reduced judgment or reaction time may result in accidental contact with the blade, falling, or injury to others.
Stay focused while using the product and do not look away from the work. When holding the workpiece with one hand and cutting with the other, take special care to keep the supporting hand out of the path of the blade.
Prohibited Uses
Do not use this product to cut metal, stone, concrete, glass, hard resin, materials containing nails or screws, or any other material outside the intended use, unless the product specifications clearly state that such materials are suitable for cutting. Cutting unsuitable materials may cause blade chipping, breakage, scattering of fragments, kickback, or injury.
Do not attach this product to power tools, machines, modified fixtures, or other equipment. This product is designed for manual use. Attaching it to machinery may cause blade breakage, scattering of fragments, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
Do not use this product as a hammer, pry bar, prying tool, tool for knocking down branches, drilling tool, knife, or scraper. The blade or body may break, causing cuts, puncture wounds, or injury from flying fragments.
Do not modify the blade by heating, grinding, bending, drilling, welding, or excessive sharpening with a grinder. Such modification may reduce strength and cause breakage during use.
Do not allow children to use this product. Keep it out of reach of children. This product is a sharp cutting tool and may cause injury even if touched accidentally.
Do not swing this product toward people or animals.
Do not throw, drop, step on, strike, or otherwise handle this product roughly. Invisible cracks or deformation may occur and lead to breakage during use.
Blade and Replacement Blade Safety
When replacing, cleaning, inspecting, or storing the blade, always pay close attention to the blade edge and wear protective gloves as necessary. Contact with the blade edge may cause deep cuts.
Do not use the product until the replacement blade is securely fixed in place. If the blade is not properly secured, it may detach and cause injury to the fingers, face, or body.
Use only the specified genuine replacement blade or a compatible replacement blade. Using an incompatible blade may cause blade detachment, breakage, poor cutting performance, or injury.
After replacing the blade, gently pull on it to confirm that it does not come off and that there is no looseness or rattling.
When disposing of a used blade, wrap the blade edge with cardboard, newspaper, tape, or similar material so that the blade is not exposed. If the blade is discarded while exposed, the user, cleaning personnel, or waste handlers may be injured.
Folding Saw Safety
When opening or closing the blade, do not place your fingers in the blade groove or moving parts. Fingers may be pinched or cut by the blade.
Close the blade slowly and carefully to avoid pinching or cutting your fingers or hand.
Do not use the product if the lock release button or locking parts are damaged or abnormal. The blade may suddenly close during use and cut your fingers.
Store and carry the product only when the blade is fully folded and secured. Carrying the product with the blade partially open may cut clothing, bags, or fingers.
Pruning and Gardening Safety
When cutting branches, check the direction in which the branch may bend, spring back, or fall. During or after cutting, branches may spring back and strike the face, eyes, hands, or body.
When cutting high branches, thick branches, or heavy branches, do not attempt to cut them all at once. Branches may suddenly break, fall, or spring back, causing serious personal injury or property damage.
Cut in multiple steps as necessary, while controlling the weight and falling direction of the cut material.
Use extreme caution when cutting branches that may contact power lines, buildings, vehicles, windows, fences, or surrounding structures.
Do not use this product near power lines. Contact between the saw or cut branches and power lines may result in electric shock, fire, or death.
Storage and Carrying
After use, remove wood chips, sap, moisture, dirt, and other residue from the blade, and allow it to dry before storage. Storing the product with dirt or moisture attached may cause rust, deterioration, reduced cutting performance, or reduced strength.
After use, always attach the blade cover, case, sheath, or use the storage mechanism so that the blade edge is not exposed during storage or carrying. If the blade is exposed, it may cut fingers or the body when handled or carried.
Do not place the product in a pocket, bag, or toolbox with the blade exposed. Fingers may be cut when removing the product.
Do not store the product in humid areas, exposed to rain, in direct sunlight, or in places subject to high temperatures. Such conditions may cause rust, deterioration, deformation, or reduced strength.
Store the product in a place where children and unauthorized persons cannot touch it accidentally.
Maintenance Safety
Do not use the product if cutting performance has decreased. A dull blade requires excessive force and may cause the blade to slip, break, cut incorrectly, or cause an accident.
Do not touch the blade edge directly when cleaning the blade. Even during cleaning, contact with the blade edge may cause deep cuts.
When removing sap or dirt, clean the product using a method suitable for the product. Strong chemicals or corrosive cleaners may damage the blade or handle, causing reduced strength or breakage.
Stop using the product if there is significant rust, cracking, deformation, looseness, or deterioration.
Injury and Accident Response
If an injury occurs during use, stop using the product immediately.
Seek medical attention promptly if the blade causes a deep cut, bleeding does not stop, fingers or hands are seriously injured, foreign matter enters the eye, or branches or fragments strike the face, head, or body.
If a broken blade or broken parts scatter, check the safety of the surrounding area and do not pick up fragments with bare hands. Sharp fragments may cut the fingers.
User Responsibility
Use this product properly in accordance with the instruction manual and warning labels.
Misuse, modification, improper storage, use for unintended purposes, failure to inspect the product, use while worn or damaged, or failure to confirm safety may result in accidents, personal injury, product damage, or property damage.
The user is responsible for checking the work environment, workpiece, surrounding safety, and product condition before using the product safely.
WARNING
This product is a sharp cutting tool designed for cutting, scraping, or removing grass, weeds, soft stems, and weeds around roots. Contact with the blade edge, improper use, excessive force, failure to inspect the work area, blade breakage, flying stones, soil, branches, or foreign objects, or careless storage or carrying may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, eye injury, injury to fingers, hands, or feet, serious personal injury, or injury to bystanders.
Read and fully understand all warnings and instructions before using this product.
Inspection Before Use
Before use, inspect the body, handle, blade, fastening parts, screws, rivets, joints, and all other components for looseness, rattling, damage, deformation, cracks, severe rust, or chips.
Using the product while it is damaged or loose may cause the blade to detach, break, scatter, or become uncontrollable during operation, resulting in deep cuts, puncture wounds, eye injury, or serious personal injury.
Do not use this product if the handle has any cracks, fractures, deformation, chips, excessive wear, corrosion, or looseness. During use, the handle may break or slip from your hand, causing the blade to contact your hands, feet, or body.
Do not use this product if the blade has chips, cracks, bending, fractures, excessive wear, rust, or deformation. During use, the blade may break or scatter, causing injury to the hands, face, eyes, feet, or body.
If the joint between the blade and handle is loose, the blade may come off or shift out of position. If any abnormality is found, stop using the product immediately.
If the blade edge is extremely worn, excessive force may be required, which may cause slipping, blade kickback, falling, or injury. Do not use the product when cutting performance has significantly decreased.
If any abnormality is found, take appropriate action, such as repair, replacement, or disposal, and do not use the product until safety has been confirmed.
Work Area Safety
Secure sufficient working space and check the safety of the surrounding area before use.
Using the sickle when people, children, pets, vehicles, glass, buildings, equipment, or obstacles are nearby may result in injury to the user or bystanders due to the movement of the sickle, or flying stones, soil, grass, branches, fragments, or foreign objects.
Work only in a bright, stable, and slip-resistant area. Do not use the product in dark locations, unstable areas, wet areas, sloped areas, muddy ground, or cluttered workspaces. Doing so may result in falling, slipping, contact with the blade, incorrect swinging, or injury.
Before starting work, check the grass, weeds, and ground for stones, wire, glass pieces, metal fragments, nails, screws, hard branches, plastic pieces, animal nests, hazardous objects, or other foreign materials. If the blade strikes a foreign object, the blade may chip, kick back, or cause foreign objects to fly, resulting in injury to the eyes, face, or body.
Keep people, children, and pets away from the work area during use. In particular, do not allow anyone to stand in the direction in which the blade is swung, the direction of blade movement, or any direction in which stones or foreign objects may be thrown.
Use extreme caution when working near walls, fences, stone walls, blocks, concrete, curbs, metal parts, pipes, electric wires, garden lights, sprinklers, or other surrounding structures. Avoid striking hard objects with the blade. Doing so may cause blade chipping, breakage, kickback, property damage, or injury.
Personal Protective Equipment
Wear appropriate protective equipment, such as safety glasses, protective gloves, long sleeves, long pants, and safety shoes or footwear that protects the toes.
Stones, soil, grass, branches, fragments, blade chips, dust, or other foreign objects may be thrown during use. If they enter the eyes, serious eye injury, including impaired vision or loss of vision, may occur. Always wear safety glasses while working.
The blade edge is extremely sharp. Contact with the blade may result in deep cuts or puncture wounds. Do not touch the blade edge directly, even when wearing protective gloves.
Do not use this product while wearing sandals, while barefoot, while wearing open-toe shoes, or while wearing slippery footwear. If the blade contacts your foot, deep cuts or serious injury may occur.
Keep loose sleeves, strings, towels, accessories, hair, and similar items away from the work area. They may catch, disturb your balance, cause incorrect operation, and result in injury.
In environments with heavy dust, soil dust, pollen, or plant debris, wear a dust mask as necessary.
Instructions for Use
This product is a manual tool intended for weeding, grass cutting, grass scraping, and weed removal. Do not use it for any purpose other than its intended use.
Use for unintended purposes may result in blade breakage, product deformation, slipping from your hand, kickback, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
During use, keep hands, fingers, feet, and body away from the direction of blade movement, the direction of swinging down, the direction of pulling, and the direction of scraping. If the blade slips or kicks back, deep cuts, puncture wounds, foot injury, or other serious personal injury may occur.
Do not point the blade toward yourself or others. Accidental contact may result in cuts or puncture wounds.
Do not cut while holding grass, weeds, or roots with your hand. The supporting hand may enter the path of the blade and be cut.
When working near your feet or body, take special care to prevent the blade from contacting your feet, legs, hands, or body. Even small blade movements at close range may cause deep injuries.
Do not apply excessive force, pry, twist, or strike hard objects with the blade. The blade may chip, break, scatter, or kick back, resulting in injury.
Do not attempt to cut hard roots, thick branches, wood, bamboo, metal, stone, concrete, plastic, wire, rope, hard stems, or other materials outside the intended use. Blade chipping, breakage, kickback, or loss of control may result in injury.
If the blade becomes caught in soil, roots, grass, or foreign objects, do not force it out. Forcing it out may cause the blade to suddenly release and cut your hands, feet, or body. Stop working, check the safety of the surrounding area, and remove the blade without applying excessive force.
If abnormal vibration, rattling, unusual noise, blade bending, or loosening of the handle is noticed during use, stop using the product immediately. Continued use may cause the blade or parts to detach, break, scatter, or cause serious personal injury.
Do not use this product when tired, feeling unwell, under the influence of alcohol, or when medication may reduce alertness. Reduced judgment or reaction time may result in contact with the blade, falling, or injury to others.
Stay focused while using the product and do not look away from the work. Talking with others, using a mobile phone, or working while listening to music may distract you and result in accidental contact with the blade.
Weeding and Grass-Cutting Safety
When cutting grass or weeds, check the swing range of the blade and make sure there are no people or objects nearby. Contact between the blade and a person or object may result in injury or damage.
When working near the ground, take care not to strike stones, hard objects in the soil, curbs, bricks, metal fragments, or similar objects with the blade. If the blade strikes a hard object, the blade may chip, or fragments and foreign objects may be thrown.
Stones, glass, wire, insects, animals, small objects, trash, or other hazards may be hidden in grass or weeds. Inserting the blade without checking may result in unexpected injury or accident.
When scraping weeds near the roots, be careful not to let the blade dig too deeply into the ground. The blade may suddenly catch, causing your hand to slip or your body to lose balance.
When removing cut grass, weeds, or roots by hand, always stop working first and check the direction and position of the blade. Placing your hand near the blade may result in cuts.
Wet grass, mud, and ground after rain may make your hands or footing slippery. If you slip, the blade may contact your hands, feet, or body. Stop work as necessary.
When working around thorny plants, plants that may cause skin irritation, poisonous plants, or grass areas where insects may be present, avoid exposing your skin and wear appropriate protective equipment.
Prohibited Uses
Do not use this product for any purpose other than its intended use.
Do not swing this product toward people or animals.
Do not throw, drop, step on, strike, or otherwise handle this product roughly. Invisible cracks or deformation may occur and lead to breakage during use.
Do not use this product as a hammer, pry bar, prying tool, drilling tool, knife, scraper, pruning tool, or wood-cutting tool. The blade or body may break, causing cuts, puncture wounds, or injury from flying fragments.
Do not attach this product to power tools, machines, modified fixtures, long poles, extension handles, or similar devices. This product is designed for manual use. Modified use may cause blade breakage, scattering of fragments, loss of control, or serious personal injury.
Do not modify the blade by heating, grinding, bending, drilling, welding, or excessive sharpening with a grinder. Such modification may reduce strength and cause breakage during use.
Do not allow children to use this product. Keep it out of reach of children. This product is a sharp cutting tool and may cause injury even if touched accidentally.
Do not swing the blade widely when people are nearby.
Do not check the sharpness of the blade with bare hands.
Do not leave the blade exposed.
Blade Safety
The blade edge is extremely sharp. Do not touch the blade edge during use, cleaning, inspection, carrying, storage, or disposal.
Contact with the blade may result in deep cuts, puncture wounds, bleeding, or injury to fingers or hands.
If the blade is chipped, broken, or cracked, stop using the product immediately. Continued use may cause fragments to scatter, resulting in injury to the eyes, face, or body.
When sharpening the blade, pay close attention to the direction of the blade edge, wear protective gloves, and work in a stable location. Contact with the blade edge during sharpening may cause cuts.
After sharpening, the blade edge will be sharper. Handle it with extreme care.
Carrying Safety
When carrying the product, do not point the blade edge toward yourself or others.
When carrying the product, use a blade cover, case, sheath, packaging material, or similar protection so that the blade edge is not exposed. If the blade is exposed, it may cut hands, feet, clothing, bags, vehicle interiors, or bystanders.
Do not place the product in a pocket, bag, toolbox, vehicle, or storage box with the blade exposed. Fingers may be cut when removing the product.
When storing or carrying this product together with other tools, make sure the blade does not strike other tools, chip, or cause the protective cover to come off.
Storage Safety
After use, remove soil, grass, sap, moisture, dirt, and other residue from the blade and body, and allow the product to dry before storage. Storing the product with dirt or moisture attached may cause rust, deterioration, reduced cutting performance, or reduced strength.
After use, always use a blade cover, case, sheath, or other safe storage method so that the blade edge is not exposed.
Store the product in a place where children and unauthorized persons cannot touch it accidentally.
Do not store the product in humid areas, exposed to rain, in direct sunlight, in places subject to high temperatures, or near chemicals. Such conditions may cause rust, deterioration, deformation, or reduced strength.
When storing the product on a wall or shelf, secure it firmly to prevent it from falling. If it falls, it may pierce feet or the body, or damage floors or surrounding objects.
Store the product so that the blade edge does not contact other objects. Contact may cause blade chipping, damage to surrounding objects, or injury when removing the product.
Maintenance Safety
Do not use the product if cutting performance has decreased. A dull blade requires excessive force and may cause blade slipping, kickback, breakage, cutting errors, or accidents.
Do not touch the blade edge directly when cleaning the blade. Even during cleaning, contact with the blade edge may cause deep cuts.
When removing soil, grass, sap, or dirt, clean the product using a method suitable for the product. Strong chemicals or corrosive cleaners may damage the blade or handle, causing reduced strength or breakage.
Stop using the product if there is significant rust, cracking, deformation, looseness, or deterioration.
When sharpening, repairing, or replacing parts, follow a method suitable for the product specifications. Improper repair or modification may cause breakage or injury.
Injury and Accident Response
If an injury occurs during use, stop using the product immediately.
Seek medical attention promptly if the blade causes a deep cut, bleeding does not stop, fingers, hands, or feet are seriously injured, foreign matter enters the eye, or stones or fragments strike the face, head, or body.
If a broken blade or broken parts scatter, check the safety of the surrounding area and do not pick up fragments with bare hands. Sharp fragments may cut the fingers.
If you are injured while working in soil or grass, foreign matter or dirt may have entered the wound. Seek medical attention as necessary.
User Responsibility
Use this product properly in accordance with the instruction manual and warning labels.
Misuse, modification, improper storage, use for unintended purposes, failure to inspect the product, use while worn or damaged, or failure to confirm safety may result in accidents, personal injury, product damage, or property damage.
The user is responsible for checking the work environment, workpiece or work area, surrounding safety, footing, and product condition before using the product safely.