PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting tool capable of efficiently performing cutting work of materials to be cut off such as peduncles of fruits, and capable of reducing the labor burden of an operator.SOLUTION: A cutting device 1 includes a pair of cutting main bodies 10 provided with blade body parts 11a, 30a at its tip end side and continuously provided with grip parts 15, 35 from the blade body parts 11a, 30a toward their rear side, and a central blade body 50 connected as freely rotatable between the pair of cutting main bodies 10 by centering around the shaft part 3 arranged at a midway in longitudinal direction, while being overlapped between the midways in the longitudinal direction of the pair of the cutting main bodies 10, and extending between the blade body parts 11a, 30a of the cutting main bodies 10. At the inside of each of the opening and closing directions of the pair of blade body parts 11a, 30a, blade edges 11b, 30b are provided, and the blade body parts 11a, 30a corresponding to both sides of the central blade body 50 are opened and closed by the opening and closing of the grip parts 15, 35 of the pair of cutting main bodies 10.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】果柄等の切断物の切断作業を効率的に行い、また作業者の労力負担を軽減可能な切断器具を提供する。【解決手段】切断器具1は、先端側に刃体部11a,30aが設けられ刃体部11a,30aから後側に向かって握り柄部15,35が連設された一対の切断本体10と、一対の切断本体10の長手方向中間部間に重ね合わされた状態で長手方向中間部に設けられた軸部3を中心として一対の切断本体10間に回動自在に連結されて一対の切断本体10の刃体部11a、30a間に延びる中央刃体50とを備える。一対の刃体部11a,30aの各開閉方向内側に刃縁11b、30bが設けられ、一対の切断本体10の握り柄部15,35の開閉によって、中央刃体50の両側に対応する刃体部11a、30aが開閉する。【選択図】 図1