jcm05
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Post by jcm05 on Apr 23, 2010 6:46:24 GMT -5
Any recommendations for where to get one? I mean a good one. Not the cheap garbage they sell at Lowes that the head comes off a year after buying it!  |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 23, 2010 7:24:50 GMT -5
I bought a good one back in the 80's from a Canadian owned garden centre that guaranteed their tools and their trees. They've long been out of business. Their goods were too good obviously cuz no one had to go back to buy replacements.  I hope someone can give you an answer to this JT. Good tools make such a difference in the gardening experience. |
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Post by jcm05 on Apr 23, 2010 20:04:59 GMT -5
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 24, 2010 6:02:15 GMT -5
JT What about places like Lehman's? It would make sense to me that a place selling high end, hard to find homesteading items would have garden forks.  |
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Post by jcm05 on Apr 25, 2010 8:08:04 GMT -5
Thanks blue. I checked but they dont carry them.
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lored
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Post by lored on Dec 25, 2010 19:13:36 GMT -5
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grunt
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Post by grunt on Dec 25, 2010 21:00:54 GMT -5
Go with the steel handled stainless or the ergonomic from Lee Valley. You will have to destroy them to need to buy again. They don't wear out, and I have only ever managed to break one tine in 20 years on one of theirs metal handled ones.
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Post by bunkie on Dec 26, 2010 10:12:41 GMT -5
i agree with grunt on the metal handle. i have one with the wooden handle from elsewhere and after 6 years it came all apart on me.
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Post by stratcat on Jan 1, 2011 21:25:38 GMT -5
Just ordered up an ergonomic digging fork from Lee Valley. Happy Christmas! FREE SHIPPING until January 3rd!!! |
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Post by grunt on Jan 1, 2011 23:44:14 GMT -5
I have 4 variously constructed forks (two are metal handled) so can't quite justify buying the ergonomic fork from them, but I do have the ergonomic digging spade. Replaced the rivet holding the head on two years ago. It's going to outlast me, and I abuse it quite a bit.
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