Ever since the discovery of the spork, people have been trying with limited success to combine two implements into one and give it a catchy contracted name. Now some company has decided to merge two indispensable gardening tools, the rake and the trowel, into what they call the Trake.
Tierra Derco (Hen-Feathers Studios) casts the tool from aluminum, with a pointed measured trowel on one end and a narrow rake on the other, and they coat the handle with green vinyl for a comfortable grip. Besides only having to carry one tool, an advantage of combining the two tools end to end is that the 17″ total length provides a longer reach and more leverage.
Pricing for the Trake starts at $17.
Trake [Tierra Derco]
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Hmm, while i can understand these two tools are both used while landscaping i dont ever recall using the two interchangeably to the point where i would like them both in my hand at once. I guess if you have the money its ok.
I also would like to add on a personal note that despite the catchyness of the name it has already been taken. I use the term Trach (pronounced TRAKE) as a shortened name for tracheostomy tube. Lets not confuse medical equipment and garden tools please.
Those contracted names are a lot trickier than you’d think. I invented a new piece of clothing that combined a pair of shorts with a skirt. For some reason my “Shirt” fell flat, but another designer came up with the same idea and was successful when they named it a “Skort”! Go figure!
Why am I suddenly reminded of the “Flight of the Concords” camera phone?
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If they made one for eating, I would buy it…
Meh. Was never a big fan of the spork. I preferred the “foon” myself
[...] Oops! You Left The Garden Tools Alone In The Dark Ever since the discovery of the spork, people have been trying with limited success to combine two implements into one and give it a catchy contracted name. Now some company has decided to merge two indispensable gardening tools, the rake and the trowel, into what they call the Trake. [...]