A vegetation cutting device (10) comprises, a housing (12), and a motor (20) located within the housing. The motor comprises a rotating output shaft (22) for driving a pair of reciprocating blades (26,28). The vegetation cutting device also comprises a rotatable front handle (32) being rotatably mounted on the housing and is adapted to rotate with respect to the housing. The rotatable front handle comprises, a first trigger (36) wherein the motor is operable on actuation of the first trigger. A release button (40) is in mechanical cooperation with the rotatable front handle for actuating rotation of the front handle. The vegetation cutting device also comprises an interlock mechanism (62,72) mechanically coupling the release button and the first trigger wherein actuation of the release button prevents actuation of the first trigger and actuation of the first trigger prevents actuation of the release button.
