An excellent item. It has what appears to be a strange hook at the end of the blade. Strange it might look but I have found it incredibly useful. My first use of the saw was with a 3 metre extension pole, also by Gardena, cutting Willow branches over a waterway. Cutting off the branches meant that they fell in the water; recovery was easy with the blade hook. Excellent.
One slight query with this item, common with all Gardena products, is the 25 year guarantee. Even with light use a pruning saw such as this would be of little use after anything more than about 3 or 4 years use; it certainly wouldn't last for 25 years. Maybe the construction of it would last that long but the sharpness would not. Also whilst it offers this guarantee I could find no details on the packaging of how to claim. It just makes one wonder how really useful such a guarantee is in real terms!