Fiskars Big Grip Garden Knife

Pros: Fabulous knife.
Cons: Doesn't come with a sheaf

Oh my goodness, this is a fabulous tool! I cannot tell you the rapture I experienced in finding a knife that can do almost EVERYTHING! This knife is like no other knife I have ever used or even seen. The blade is about 7 inches long and about 1.5 ...

Pros: Excellent multipurpose tool; great construction; great price.
Cons: No sheath included for carrying.

Initial Review 03/18/08 I've been considering a Japanese Hori-Hori garden tool for some time. The heavier soils here in Central Texas, combined with some tough root systems, are almost impervious to the broad blade of a typical garden trowel. ...

Pros: weeds entire dandelion and pecan tree roots. great in heavy clay soil! doesn't bend!
Cons: I can't find them in the stores this year!

Last summer '07 the Fiskars Big Grip Garden knife was available at Wal-Mart. I bought one for myself to see if it would work, and was so impressed, I bought several more to give as gifts. i wanted more this summer, but to my dismay, Wal-Mart did not carry them.

I live in West Texas with heavy clay soil. No garden trowel that I have ever tried would dig in this soil. I always had to get out a shovel to put in pot plants or dig holes with a strong weeder. This tool can dig anywhere in this soil and not bend! On top of that, it is the first thing i have ever used that can pull up the entire dandelion root! Better yet, I can weed out the multitude of pecan trees that have a very long tap root, and grow back like dandelions if the entire root does not come up! I hate using poison to get rid of weeds, and this tool does the trick in our soil. It is a fantastic all purpose garden tool, and it is worth what ever you pay for it!