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Put some white paint on the handles................ you'll never pose them then...
Just bought some ARS shears and secateurs, a pleasure to us, well engineered. The shears KR1000 are so light, its almost unreal, they are half the weight of the Corona HS 3950 that I've been using for years, and they are considered light weight. The secateurs ARS VS 8Z, ahh bliss they open with one hand, squeeze the handles, the catch undoes, no more pesky swivel catch that locks by itself just at the wrong moment.
Chelwood leaf rakes are the best. Wolf for three pronged cultivators and hoe's. Don't touch a Bulldog hoe, they are awful. The forged Bulldog/ Wolf edging irons (I think they are made in the same factory) are the best. Narrow grafting or cable laying spades are very good, we buy the ones with steel shafts.
If there is one thing I would say "just buy it" about though, it's the plastic hand shovels as used for salt or in the food industry. They are infinitely better than the pressed steel ones with the wooden handles you get from the hardware store.
This is the one,
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No, this one. 26YP
Bulldog lawn edger 'cos all the other brands are rubbish. A selection of Wolf Garten multi tools but particularly the 10cm and 7cm Cultiweeder. I know the idea is that one handle does all but I find it useful to have three sizes:- small, 140cm wood and 170cm wood. Also I keep a look out for old tools in good condition as the steel is usually better. Can't live without my old Skeltons rabbiting spade. And a 2 lb digging hoe saves a lot of time when digging large areas
My old Brades onion hoe like this:- https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&authuser=0&site=imghp...
And loads of others that get hauled around in the trailer!
Stainless steel tools look nice but are brittle and will easily snap. This would include some well known garden tool brands that are over priced and not up to the job for pro use. Nowadays even some Burgon and Ball gear falls into this category.
I think the plastic hand shovels that another poster mentioned are good but check out plastic stable shovels 'cos they are also very useful.
We use Bulldog,they are a great brand and are extremely robust.None of the usual snapping of forks and bending of spades!.
They are not the cheapest averaging from £35 per spade/rake etc but we find they last the longest for us.
I have the Wolf hoes, pruning saw, the roped cutting head you put on the end of a pole, lawn rake,4 MT telescopic pole and telescopic loppers that get abused and all work fine
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