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recommend a spade and/or fork

djjjukdjjjuk Posts: 211
in Tools and techniques

Hi,

im in need of a new spade and fork. im looking at trying to get as best i can quality wise. im looking at the ones Bulldog produce, their premier range. anyone have any first hand knowledge of these they could share? or recommendation of any other.

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  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,697
    I'm afraid I can't recommend a spade or fork but I can praise the azada, a little beauty that cuts through the soil and does good service as hoe, spade and fork. Look on the Get Digging site (they're not paying me). I use one on my allotment and don't miss the other tools at all.
  • Forester2Forester2 Posts: 1,477

    If you can afford it always get stainless steel.

  • djjjukdjjjuk Posts: 211

    Forester2: i see that is more expensive, however from what i can gather it will degrade quicker than carbon steel?

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,339

    When I look for new garden tools I always refer to freds shed for ideas and recommendations. http://www.fredshed.co.uk/homepage.htm
    I've bought the bulldog premier spade and fork - excellent quality, just by the feel, weight and look, it's easy to see these are superbly made tools. Had mine a year now and very pleased indeed with them.
    Other stuff I've bought that Fred has recommended-
    felco secatuers - like a knife through butter
    and the deer-skin pruning gauntlets - which the toughest of thorns has yet to penetrate, yet they feel like a second skin
    The links that Fred gives on his site are not necessarily the cheapest, but the recommended products are 1st rate


    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,409
    My OH is notorious for destroying garden tools - doesn't know his own strength - we have several garden forks with mangled spikes. He bought a bulldog one 3 years ago and it is still in one piece (and it gets used lots) - so would definitely recommend image
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    my favourite fork, well, fave tool of any sort, is a old "potato fork" with 5 rather flat tines. It was given to my be an old gardener who was retiring, and given how old he told me it was then ( 1987 ) it must be about 75 years old now. Spear and Jackson Neverbend.

    Devon.
  • Duncan BlackwellDuncan Blackwell Posts: 87
    I have a bulldog shovel, handle is naff and didn't last 5 minutes. The blade itself is a quality item but the plastic handle was cheap and nasty. Will replace with a new handle off Amazon. Decent looking shovel in Lidl tomorrow
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    I bought a long handled ( I'm 6ft tall) stainless steel spade in Lidl a couple of years ago for £9.99 and, I'm surprised to say, it's been great. Bargain. As has been said by Verdun, the soil doesn't tend to stick to stainless steel, which , on clay is wonderful.

    Devon.
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