Same issue for me, small hands and not getting any stronger. Before this last freeze I wanted to harvest the tips of my rosemary, not just thumbnail pruning the tender inch, but 4 or 5 inches down the woody stems. My clippers were rusty or already put away so I used a pair of poultry shears from the kitchen. They worked like a dream, plenty of length and precision, no hand pain. Probably wouldn't work for a much bigger diameter, but they did fine for the woody stems.
