Herein a hand-held shears (2) for gardening purposes is disclosed. A first set of cutting blades (6) or a second set of cutting blades (8) are connectable one at a time to a housing (4) of the shears (2) to be driven by an output shaft of an electric motor. The hand-held shears (2) are configured to provide a first maximum speed of a first blade (16) of the first set of cutting blades (6), when the first set of cutting blades (6) is connected to the output shaft (46), and to provide a second maximum speed of a first blade (20) of the second set of cutting blades (8), when the second set of cutting blades (8) is connected to the output shaft (46).
