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Help with Garden Hand Tools
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| Lauriejo 2006-11-10, 9:25 am |
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Hi.
Can anybody advise me on the best brand / make of hand tools. It will
be a gift for a very keen gardener whose current crop of cheapo tools
keep breaking !
Are there any places online that anyone can recommend to buy from as
well.
Many thanks.
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Lauriejo
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| Robert 2006-11-10, 1:25 pm |
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"Lauriejo" <Lauriejo.2h287y@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
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: Hi.
:
: Can anybody advise me on the best brand / make of hand tools. It will
: be a gift for a very keen gardener whose current crop of cheapo tools
: keep breaking !
:
: Are there any places online that anyone can recommend to buy from as
: well.
Bulldog tools have always had a good name
http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/docs/home.php
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| Howard Haigh 2006-11-10, 1:25 pm |
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"Robert" <beachcomber@ultimate-anonymity.com> wrote in message
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> "Lauriejo" <Lauriejo.2h287y@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Lauriejo.2h287y@gardenbanter.co.uk...
> :
> : Hi.
> :
> : Can anybody advise me on the best brand / make of hand tools. It will
> : be a gift for a very keen gardener whose current crop of cheapo tools
> : keep breaking !
> :
> : Are there any places online that anyone can recommend to buy from as
> : well.
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> Bulldog tools have always had a good name
> http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/docs/home.php
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I have a Bulldog wooden-handled garden fork and it's great but I can't
comment on their hand tools. I know the factory in Wigan but upon visiting
the website am shocked to discover that Bulldog owners the Rollins Group
believe that Wigan is in Cheshire (see the Factory Tour page) and what the
hell is a 'Cicstene Monk' (About Us page)...
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| Gill Matthews 2006-11-11, 9:25 am |
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"Lauriejo" <Lauriejo.2h287y@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi.
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> Can anybody advise me on the best brand / make of hand tools. It will
> be a gift for a very keen gardener whose current crop of cheapo tools
> keep breaking !
>
> Are there any places online that anyone can recommend to buy from as
> well.
>
I have had my Spear and Jackson stainless spades and forks for more than 20
years I also use Wolf tools as I find the interchangeable heads allow me to
have a wide range of infrequently used tools without taking up too much
shed space. gardens4less.co.uk sell these online
Gill M
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| Gill Matthews <gill@termagant.co.ukwhich.invalid> writes
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>"Lauriejo" <Lauriejo.2h287y@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:Lauriejo.2h287y@gardenbanter.co.uk...
>I have had my Spear and Jackson stainless spades and forks for more than 20
>years
My Spear and Jackson stainless steel fork lost a tine after about 1
year.
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Kay
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| Gill Matthews 2006-11-11, 5:25 pm |
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"K" <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Gill Matthews <gill@termagant.co.ukwhich.invalid> writes
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> My Spear and Jackson stainless steel fork lost a tine after about 1 year.
Well I don't know whether its me that's lucky or you that's unlucky but
various other family members have tools of the same make with no probs
Gill M
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| Kristina 2006-11-11, 5:25 pm |
| You could try the Sneeboer range of hand tools available from Harrod
Horticultural. They are expensive, but the particular tools that we
have bought are not readiily available elsewhere, and the quality is
excellent. They even have two hand tool sets (priced at =A354.50 each).
Check out the website at:
www.harrodhorticultural.com
Kristina
on the Black Isle
www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/
Lauriejo wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Can anybody advise me on the best brand / make of hand tools. It will
> be a gift for a very keen gardener whose current crop of cheapo tools
> keep breaking !
>
> Are there any places online that anyone can recommend to buy from as
> well.
>
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| Janet Tweedy 2006-11-11, 8:25 pm |
| In article <dZBNNsBWvhVFFw0h@scarboro.demon.co.uk>, K
<k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> writes
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>My Spear and Jackson stainless steel fork lost a tine after about 1
>year.
Mine also!
However I do have the Wolf interchangeable head range of tools and they
are wonderful. The current ranges are well built and sturdy, and you can
put a longer or shorter handle on each tool. Having a longer handle on
the hand fork makes weeding etc much easier somehow.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| Janet Tweedy 2006-11-12, 9:25 am |
| In article <1163287390.319129.161000@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Kristina <apple_orchard@btinternet.com> writes
>You could try the Sneeboer range of hand tools available from Harrod
>Horticultural. They are expensive,
What about a proper Sussex trug? That's always something that a gardener
would want but never actually get round to buy.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:22:24 +0000, Janet Tweedy
<jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
~In article <dZBNNsBWvhVFFw0h@scarboro.demon.co.uk>, K
~<k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> writes
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~>My Spear and Jackson stainless steel fork lost a tine after about 1
~>year.
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~Mine also!
~However I do have the Wolf interchangeable head range of tools and they
~are wonderful. The current ranges are well built and sturdy, and you can
~put a longer or shorter handle on each tool. Having a longer handle on
~the hand fork makes weeding etc much easier somehow.
I'll second the Wolf stuff. I keep the 18" handle in my trug (yes,
bought as a present for me!! Though at my request... and it's also
incredibly useful!) as well as heads of a Dutch hoe, swan (onion) hoe
and three-pronged cultivator. The whole lot's easy to carry and
assemble. Have long handle for use standing up, and now have the
extending handle and both an apple picker and loppers for dealing with
my Bramley.
Also have the rake head.
I save any garden gift tokens I'm given to buy more bits, and given
I'm also an allotment holder, it really saves time and effort as I
only have to carry one long handle to the plot. And they save on
storage space too.
jane
Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.
Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!
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| Martin 2006-11-13, 9:25 am |
| On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:55:11 +0000, jane
<jane@moonrose.demonmapson.co.uk> wrote:
>I save any garden gift tokens I'm given to buy more bits, and given
>I'm also an allotment holder, it really saves time and effort as I
>only have to carry one long handle to the plot. And they save on
>storage space too.
You don't put your spades on the back seat of your new Jaguar as shown
on Digging Deep last week? :-)
Instructional video?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=glgAB9HsOXc
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Martin
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| jay jay 2006-11-13, 9:25 am |
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June Hughes Wrote:
> There is a lovely man who frequents craft shows and makes really useful
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> trugs. All you need is a little linseed oil to coat them with and you
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> can leave them out all winter without a problem.
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> June Hughes
Hi , that's a good idea for the trug. Best to use *boiled* linseed oil
(you can get It at B&Q) - it will soak well into the wood and won't
remain sticky. I'm going to do mine today!
Jay Jay
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jay jay
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| Lauriejo 2006-11-23, 1:25 pm |
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Thanks for all your replys.
It has been really helpful 
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Lauriejo
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