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In this guide
Fiskars sells this tool under the plainest name in its catalog: Pruner, article 391091-1013. The listing describes a bypass blade of fully hardened, precision-ground steel, a low-friction coating, a self-cleaning sap groove, non-slip grips, an easy-open lock and an all-steel body, and it rates the cut at 5/8 inch in diameter. It shows no price and no ordering route for the tool on the page itself; the only purchase control is a Buy Now at Amazon link, which on October 5, 2026 opened a $12.98 listing shipped and sold by Amazon.com.
What the listing leaves out matters as much as what it includes. No weight, no overall length, no blade length and no care instructions appear anywhere on it. The lifetime warranty printed in the features block turns out, on the warranty page itself, to be a limited warranty with a specific list of exclusions, and sharpening sits near the top of that list.
Our verdict
A plain all-steel bypass pruner, $12.98 on Amazon, with a 5/8 inch cut rating and a lifetime warranty on the body. With no published weight or length, decide on the rating, the material and the exclusions in the warranty.
- A good fit for
- Someone pruning green stems and light branches who wants a steel-bodied pruner to keep for years, and who accepts that sharpening and blade wear are their own job.
- We would skip it if
- Your regular cuts run thicker than a pencil and a half, you want a stated weight or overall length before ordering, or you expect a warranty claim to cover a dull or rusted edge.
Reasons to consider it
- The blade is described as fully hardened and precision ground, with a low-friction coating meant to shed sap and resist rust
- All-steel construction and a self-cleaning sap groove are the two published details that address stickiness and long-term durability
- The US limited warranty runs for as long as the first owner owns the tool, with repair, replacement or refund at Fiskars's option
The compromises
- Maximum cutting capacity is 5/8 inch in diameter, which rules out most established shrub wood
- Fiskars publishes no weight, no overall length and no blade length, and the Fiskars US product entry shows no price and no direct purchase control, only a link to Amazon
- The warranty excludes sharpening, normal wear, spare blades and any purchase from an unauthorized reseller, and a claim may require shipping the tool back at your cost
What we have not verified: Fiskars's US listing gives no price, no dimensions, no handle material beyond non-slip grips, and no care instructions, and it is silent on whether a replacement blade exists for this article number. Fiskars' warranty terms leave open how a blade corroded through neglect is judged, and its exclusion list is long enough that the outcome for one specific tool cannot be read off it.
The things in this guide
A closer look at the products, who they may suit, and what to check before buying.
Pruner (391091-1013)
The all-steel construction and the coated hardened blade are the parts that decide how long a bypass pruner stays usable, and Fiskars backs the body for as long as you own it.
Before you buy: Hold one in a store if hand size is a concern, since Fiskars publishes no handle spread or overall length, and budget for a sharpening stone because the warranty will not pay for a dull edge.
Price checked October 5, 2026. Retailer prices can change.A 5/8 inch rating makes this a stem tool
Fiskars rates the maximum cut at 5/8 inch in diameter and describes the intended work as stems and light branches. The blade is bypass style, meaning the sharpened blade passes a hook the way scissor blades pass each other, which is the geometry that leaves a clean face on green wood instead of crushing the fibers. Bypass is the right choice for living growth; anvil pruners, which close a blade onto a flat bar, suit dead wood where crushing does no harm.
In use that rating draws the line at roughly a thick pencil or a rose cane, and it hands established shrub wood and small limbs to a lopper. A gardener doing deadheading, perennials and young shrubs sits inside the rating; anyone cutting last year's lilac or fruit-tree water sprouts sits outside it and will lever the handles, which is the fastest way to spring a bypass pruner out of alignment. The rating is Fiskars's number, and the listing states no blade length to judge what portion of that capacity the tip can reach.
All steel, a coated blade and a groove for sap
The listing names three things about the metal: the blade is fully hardened and precision ground, it carries a low-friction coating meant to help it glide through wood, shed sap and resist rust, and the body is all steel. A self-cleaning sap groove is cut into the blade, the handles get non-slip grips, and an easy-open lock holds the jaws closed for transport and storage.
The listing's durability claim is about the body: all-steel construction. The coating is the part that ages, because a finish on a cutting edge wears back from the bevel the first time the blade meets a stone, and sap resistance after that depends on wiping the blade, not on the factory surface. Someone who cleans tools after use gets the full benefit; someone who leaves pruners in a bucket over winter gets a steel body that outlasts a blade gone brown. Fiskars does not publish the steel grade, the coating type, or whether the blade on this article number can be replaced, so not one of those can be weighed.
The lifetime warranty stops at the cutting edge
The features block says lifetime warranty, and the US warranty page defines the term: for a product not on the exclusion table, coverage against defects in materials and workmanship lasts as long as the original owner or gift recipient owns it. Pruners are not on that table. The same page lists what is not covered: improper use or maintenance, normal wear and tear, sharpening, accident, environmental factors, improper storage, external causes, and any parts, accessories or consumables including spare blades. Products bought from unauthorized resellers are excluded outright.
Read together, those clauses cover the failure a steel pruner is least likely to have, a broken casting or a stripped pivot, and exclude the ones it will have: a dulled edge, a rusted blade, a nicked bevel. A claim goes through an online form that asks for a photo of the whole tool and purchase details, Fiskars may ask you to ship the tool back at your own cost, and the remedy is repair, replacement with a new or refurbished equivalent, or a refund, at Fiskars's choice. Postage on a return is money the warranty does not give back, and the terms do not say how a blade that has corroded through neglect is judged.
No price, no dimensions, and a link to Amazon
Fiskars's US brand site currently carries category descriptions for pruning shears, loppers and tree pruners but no individual product pages, and its home page routes shoppers to Amazon, Walmart, The Home Depot, Target, Michaels, Ace Hardware, Lowe's and Tractor Supply. The surviving Fiskars listing for article 391091-1013 shows no price and no stock state, and its only purchase control is a Buy Now at Amazon link. That link opened Amazon listing B00002N66H, which does not show the Fiskars article number but gives the same 5/8 inch capacity and all-steel body. Weight, overall length, blade length and handle spread are absent.
The missing dimensions matter more than the missing price. A pruner's overall length decides whether it fits a back pocket or a holster, and its handle spread decides whether a smaller hand can close it from full opening; neither can be judged from a photo of the tool on white. Anyone with small hands or with joint pain in the grip should hold one in a store first, since Fiskars gives no number to check against. Whoever orders online should match the article number, because Fiskars's own category page describes pruners rated up to one inch, the listing's Amazon link points at a different number, and the article number is the only way to be sure which tool arrives.
When to leave it on the shelf
Skip it if most of what you cut is older wood. A stem-rated pruner asked to bite through a finger-thick branch gets twisted, the blades spread, and the next green cut tears where it should slice. A lopper or a folding saw does that job without wrecking the smaller tool, and the money goes further split across two purpose-sized tools than sunk into one pruner pushed past its rating.
Leave it as well if a stated weight or handle spread is part of how you buy, because Fiskars has not published either, or if you were counting on the warranty to cover the edge. What remains is a plain steel bypass pruner for light work from a brand that stands behind the body for as long as you own it. Many gardeners need exactly that and nothing more, and this one asks nothing of them beyond a wipe-down after use.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Fiskars: Pruner, article 391091-1013 listing (opens in a new tab)
- Fiskars: Warranty & Registration (Fiskars Limited Warranty, US) (opens in a new tab)
- Fiskars: Warranty claim form (opens in a new tab)
- Fiskars: Gardening & Lawn Care cutting tools (US brand site) (opens in a new tab)
- Fiskars: US brand site home page (opens in a new tab)
- Amazon: Fiskars Bypass Pruning Shears, 5/8" Cut Capacity (ASIN B00002N66H) (opens in a new tab)
