It beat the mattock (handle snapped whilst levering) and the pick (handle snapped whilst levering) and got me through three blades on the oscillating saw that I used on roots too deep for the mattock. Three afternoons later, the stump was out. It now sits in the garden as a trophy.
...and I was only doing it as a favour for my neighbour.
Your iron bar is for levering. 😉
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I use a slaterer's hammer. it's mattockish but with a shorter handle which isn't yellow. If leverage is needed, I wedge a long thing underneath.. The shorter handle means you can get up close and personal with your adversary. Can I join, or must I buy a real mattock?
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Can I join, or must I buy a real mattock?
Our emblem is a short handled mattock after all.
Although growing up it was tinned “fruit cocktail” and evaporated milk!