Made of heavy duty carbon steel, this bonsai tool is ideal for splitting trunks with precision while minimizing damage to the tree. The cutting blades provide adequate clearance for achieving clean splits in your bonsai tree. Popular uses include bending large thick branches that can't be bent with wire or guy wires. Splitting of the branch will enable the ability to bend a branch more easily. Bonsai trunk splitter measures 10 1/2" in length.