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| Hori Hori, Stainless Steel with Sheath | 
| List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 16665
Category: Home Improvement
Publisher: Joshua Roth Limited
Studio: Joshua Roth Limited
Brand: Joshua Roth
Label: Joshua Roth Limited
Media: Misc.
MPN: 1516
Model: 1516
UPC: 705181151601
EAN: 0705181151601
ASIN: B0007WFG2I
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Blade is concave shaped for scooping soil | | • | Blade is Stainless Steel with sharp beveled and serrated edges for cutting anchored roots | | • | Great for digging and prying | | • | Master Gardners love this tool | | • | Comes with Sheath which has belt loop and retaining strap |
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Product Description
The Hori-Hori Digging Tool was originally designed for excavating aged stock high in the mountains of Japan. This is an indispensable tool for digging - in the garden it cuts and scrapes weeds, roots and vegetables. It is also a great tool for rock hounds! Comes with sheath.
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| Customer Reviews:
Every gardener should have one. October 24, 2007
I bought one of these a fews weeks ago, but had to order a new one because I left the old one on the car trunk and drove off :( I didn't even get to use it except to open a bag of fertilizer. When it is in my hand I feel like a warrior lol
A Universal Garden Helper May 24, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
You open the gift box. Yes! it's just what you wanted! You drop the wrapping paper, leave the wine glass, and the astonished friends, you zoom out to the garden even though it's perfectly dark by now, and you find that dandelion illuminated by the front door's light. You heft the hori hori in your hand. You are a warrior. You are invincible. The enemy will die. This sturdy, hefty tool feels great in the palm of your hand. It easily slides into the soil alongside the offending dandy. A little pressure, and pop! the root, the leaves, the whole rosette of the heinous green Medusa is air born like a cork out of a bottle. You think yes! finally! the war is over, I am The Gardener.
Hori Hori: Best Garden Tool I Have/BEST GARDENER GIFT May 7, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
WEEDS SCREAM AND RUN when they see me coming with the hori hori. (Note that I don't know whether one hori hori brand is any better than another. It's the tool itself that's so great.)
If I could, I'd get one for each of my gardener friends. Sometimes I might need a spade or pruners or shovel, but overall, the hori hori is often the only tool I take outside to plant and weed.
Solid, unbending steel helps pry out deep weeds or dig a hole even in packed clay or gravel. The serrated edge is great for butterflying root-bound plants. And the centimeter markings helps me properly place seedlings and bulbs.
One thing I'd recommend that's been really helpful for me is to paint the handle with fluorescent paint AND tie some long (15-20") fluorescent plastic tape through the hole so that you don't lose it in the dirt; there'll always be some pink or orange ribbon sticking out even if you bury the hori-hori by mistake.
I've buried my hori hori twice. Once I actually called the local metal detector club to help me find it (it was within plain view of my back door for 4 months). The other time, I just ran out and bought a new one.
I've never damaged the blade on one of these. I killed the wood handle by leaving it buried for 10 months in soggy Seattle, but I still use the blade alone.
ANOTHER GARDEN TOOL RECOMMENDATION: Get a Circle Hoe.
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