Gardening, Rambo-Style
By Sean O'Hara
One side of this digging tool’s scoop is deeply-serrated (and sharpened!) to aid in cutting roots and vines, but it effectively looks like a 12″ long field knife — and a great way to accidentally scare the living crap out of your neighbors while gardening.
The “blade” is 7″ long, and its 5″ grip seems to come straight from the WWII K-Bar school of design with a red, ringed handle and a large hand-guard. A belt-loop holster lets you keep it “at the ready.” (We’re a little unclear on why one would put a muddy trowel back into a sheath, but you can.)
At $50 we think this tool should at least come with the complete “garden warrior action set” – including weed grenades and a trusty semi-automatic leaf rake – but $50 only nets you the tool and sheath.
Be careful: it’s a jungle garden out there.
Pro Gardeners Digging Tool [Garrett Wade]
Street Pricing [Google Product Search]
May 8th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
This is comically awesome. I should get this for my wife to carry around on her belt!, but could be pretty cool.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
This was featured in TOH Magazine this winter. These style tools are actually pretty handy- I like them for both mass planting annuals, and for dividings perennials. Fiskars make a nice version in the $15-20 range, but it doesn’t include a sheath.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
This looks like a lot like the “Japanese Farmer’s Knives” available from Lee Valley for about half the price:
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=10504&cat=2,51810&ap=1
The Lee Valley ones look better, too.
May 9th, 2007 at 6:37 am
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May 12th, 2007 at 11:10 am
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