Quality Gardening Tools

[dstig1]

If you want really nice stuff Lee Valley makes great tools. But spendy
Garden - Lee Valley Tools

 

[Ford850]

If your going to look at RazorBack you might want to check one these companies for pricing:

A. M. Leonard
RazorBack All Steel Spade with 15in Blade | A.M. Leonard, Inc.

Gempler's
All-Steel Spade Gempler's

Might want to check them for other quality hand tool too... I have dealt with both in the past with good results....

I forgot about A.M. Leonard. They have a very wide selection of tools for the homeowner and professional. A.M. Leonard Tools for the Horticultural Industry since 1885. I've bought from them over the years. It's fun just to browse their selection of specialty tools, many I haven't seen for years.

 

[jjp8182]

So I've had to buy a variety of garden/hand tools and so far the Ames brands (Ames, True Temper, Razor Back, etc.; AMES Includes Many Famous U.S. Brands | AMES USA ) would get my vote (with the higher prices actually reflecting quality across their brands) along with Bully Tools, and Fiskars (mostly their cutting tools), along with the Home Depot Husky brand, and Lowe's Kobalt brand (have a couple mattocks from that line). ...and if you really don't mind forking over the cash Nupla striking tools are pretty good (not sure who else even makes high quality dead-blow tools with interchangeable faces)

Just added a Mutineer handle and hoe heads from Johnny's Select Seeds so I'll see how that turns out ..... heard good things about the products sold by Gempler's and A.M. Leonard though too.

The biggest gripe, I'd have with any/all of them is (with few exceptions) even though they generally get the steel right (or right enough) they seem to get the finish on wood handles so very wrong and it ends up feeling rougher than a 2x4 in hand. So because of that I generally go with fiberglass handles - or fiberglass wrapped handles (the better fiberglass handles will likely have either wood or steel reinforced cores at the high pressure/bend points).

Just me though, and I'm not using these things daily (and with the hard clay around here, if I did I'd be investing in equipment instead).

 

[5030]

Never knew Ames was those other brands too, but then with cordless tools, one or two companies own them all as well.

 

[5030]

Fiskars makes great stuff. I have one of their pole pruners, axe, extendable limb saw, several of the loppers, and my wife has several of the hand pruners. All quality tools. Do they make hoes, shovels, etc.?

I don't believe so, just manual cutting tools. I swear by their axes and hatchets. Great stuff. So are their bypass loppers but Corona is just as good. Menards (here sells them both.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Stainless Tools are the only way to go in my opinion. You don't find them all rusted if you forgot to clean them and put them away.

 

[bcp]

I really like my Long-handled Steel Digging Shovel (57-1/2") | Fiskars

More:
Shovels & Digging Tools | Fiskars

Bruce

 

[Gem99ultra]

Fiskars makes great stuff. I have one of their pole pruners, axe, extendable limb saw, several of the loppers, and my wife has several of the hand pruners. All quality tools. Do they make hoes, shovels, etc.?

I also like Fiskars. However, the last 3 pair of pruning shears I bought from them didn't hold up well, nor did their machete. No doubt I chose their cheapest model of both, so I don't hold that against them. I should have learned, buy cheap, buy twice - or three times :laughing:

 

[Takman]

This might have been mentioned. I didn't read all the posts. I have a few and ordered through gemplers.com when that had a free shipping promo.

Rogue Hoe Distributing, LLC | "When only the toughest hoe will do!"

 

[bunyip]

Wolfe are nice but expensive, German and we use Felco secatuers which are arguably the best you can get.