hook 44 to lop off foliage captured between hook portion 42 and the jaw portion of blade 44 when lopping mechanism 40 is actuated pivoting blade 44 may also be removably attached to head 30 to facilitate replacement after suitable wear hook portion 42 and blade 44 are configured as a pair of downwardly extending jaws whereby the open jaws of the pruning tool 10 may be placed over and then lowered onto a branch limb stem etc so that the foliage to be lopped provides support to pruning tool 10 during the lopping operation blade 44 is shown pivotally attached to head 30 by threaded fastener 46 but may be pivotally coupled by any suitable means including pins bushings bearings etc in an alternative embodiment hook portion 42 may be in the form of an anvil not shown where hook portion 42 and blade 44 cooperate in a clamping operation where hook 42 and blade 44 contact each other in an abutting relationship saw blade 54 may be removably attached to head 30 by a guide tab 56 on head 30 corresponding to mating aperture not shown on saw blade 54 and retained by threaded fastener 60 shown as a through bolt and wing nut.