My neighbor gave me this Corona Procut lopper years ago. I used it quite often cutting bigger branches but now it's broken. I believed I twist it while cutting causing it to snapped. It made from forged steel. What is that? Is that a fancy name for pot metal. lol.. Lets see if I can weld it back to together. What did you know, is did stick. I was able to successfully fixed it. Now i can continue use it. Yeah!