To obtain pruning shears, which are easy to carry, simple in mechanism and firm, by arranging a fixed handle housing a pair of blades and a movable handle and rotating the movable handle to rotate the blades to operating position.

The pruning shears 1 are provided with the fixed handle 2 housing various pars like a case for a pen knife. In addition the movable handle 3 is connected to the handle 2 with a turning axis pin 4. In addition, a pair of blades, namely a recessed blade and a projecting blade 6 are housed in the handle 2 and connected with the pin 4. At the time of using, the handle 3 is gripped by a gripping means 13 to rotate in the direction of an arrow A from the handle 2. Then, the long hole 9 of the handle 3 is engaged with a projecting pin 8 to automatically draw out the blade 5. In addition, since the pin 8 and a slot 7 are engaged with each other, the blade 6 is drawn out from a fixed handle housing 2. At the time of housing the handle 3 in the handle 2 in addition, a leaf spring 11a is engaged with the blades 5 and 6.