Abstract: A cutting implement, such as a pair of secateurs, either of the anvil type or of the cross over type, in which two handles are pivotable relative to one another, the first of the handles including a removable blade having a pair of substantially parallel fingers which pass within one of the handles on either side of the pivot, and a detent is provided on one of the fingers and said other handle, a leaf spring, which normally urges the handles to an open position, holding the detent in engagement. In the anvil construction, the anvil is formed in one piece with the other handle, by bending two portions of the other handle in opposite directions, so that they both lie in a plane substantially perpendicular to the blade.