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Anyone know what this tool is?

nessa304nessa304 Posts: 3
in The potting shed

I found this tool buried in an old compost heap on our new allotment plot, 5-7 years under soil and not a rust spot on it. It looks like a trowel but it has a serrated edge on one side. Can anyone tell me what it was and what it was used for? Also how was the handle attached as I’d like to make it useable again if at all possible. Thx


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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello Nessa. Welcome to the forum. A picture might help in the identification but from your description it sounds like a Japanese Hori Hori trowel. This is mine:
    As you can see, the wooden handle is riveted onto the trowel.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited April 2020
    Lucky find if it is a hori-hori - they're not cheap as chips :). Hopefully you can fit a new handle on it.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • nessa304nessa304 Posts: 3
    I'm an idiot. Here is the photo.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    This is about as near as I can get but basically they are all designed to dig and cut through annoying roots

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    I do think you might find it extremely difficult to fit a handle to yours though.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • nessa304nessa304 Posts: 3
    thank you
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    You are most welcome.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Not a horihori but looks as if somebody thought the basic principle was a good one and came up with a variant.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I read the thread title and thought it was going to be a picture of Piers Morgan....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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