The present invention relates to pruning shears and the objective of the present invention is to cut the branches and the stems of landscaping plants fruit trees and the like while minimizing slipping and the like which occur during pruning when the branches or the stems have large diameters or are stiff particularly to absorb the shock applied to the hands of an operator when the thick branches or stems are cut and to easily hang the pruning shears on the tree branch while working. In addition the present invention has a means for accommodating a portable rotary saw for cutting tree branches or stems deviating from a cutting range of the pruning shears.