Gilmour used to make these in the USA from what I understood, but these are Chinese and they are garbage. I just spent an hour pruning tomato plants and I may as well have just broken off the branches with my fingers rather than use this thing. Not only is it dull, but the bypass blade is misaligned leaving too much of a gap in the cutting action. All it does is partially break the branch and shred it. Maybe all the brands are Chinese at this point and all you can do is go for a low priced one like this. But if you can find a higher quality one for more money, do it. This is not worth the frustration and damaged plants.