Pacific Northwest Gardening: "tools and cools" and such like stuff, 1 by Kylaluaz

Kylaluaz wrote:
I got that phrase "tools and cools" from an announcement of an estate sale I intend to go to and thought it worthy of repeated use. :)

but the reason I am opening this thread is to share about tools in general and in specific to gleefully crow about a new tool I just received in the UPS delivery..... I ordered it just yesterday from a outfit I happened across online and I am jazzed about it because it is the cheapest one I located in my brief search and not only did it arrive fast because a local distributor, but the heft and balance is superb.

So I am sharing and I just want to say I have zero interest in this company financially at all. But. Went to put it on Garden Watchdog and realized the post of the company name has to be approved even before I can give my feedback, so I am doing the feedback more informally, here.

I have had several of these type tools here and there and this one is far and away the best one I have ever held in my hands. The first one I ever had broke the handle one day, finally, after much heavy use. It was a decent one but not as good as my baby here. The replacement I got was too big for me to be comfortable with but I used it okay anyhow. A couple others since then have been poorly balanced or the head did not fit well upon the handle, or something.

This one is sharp, balanced and feels sturdy and once I picked it up I just wanted to get outside and let it bite into the ground.

HA!

Oh yeah, the source of my cool tool is called shovelandhoe.com. Check it out if so inclined, I think it may be a good resource for us PNWers. Plus which, they sent me a little bag of Christmas candy with my order!

and no, they are not just new and doing this til they get wore out, I saw on their website they've been around since 2006 or 2007 or something, you all may already even know of them.