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A pair of fully nickel-plated carbon steel embroidery scissors with beautiful bows decorated with vine leaves and bunches of grapes, ornately wrapping themselves around the handles. Grape scissors are used to delicately trim grapes from the bunch and are a refined accompaniment to a choice pla..
£54.00
Ex Tax:£45.00
A partially serrated carbon steel sickle knife, with a tape splitting hook to the back, and a poplar handle. Incredibly sharp both to the flat and the serrated sections of the blade these are by intent used to open and break down cardboard boxes, the small hook ideal for ripping through tape without..
£10.00
Ex Tax:£8.33
A sharp edged hand-forged adze from Pallares Solsona in Spain, who have been making kitchen knives and Agricultural tools in Catalonia since its founding in 1917 by brothers Lluís and Carles Pallarès Canal. An ancient and versatile cutting tool, adzes have been used since the Stone Age for smoothing..
£118.00
Ex Tax:£98.33
Opinel's No.8 mushroom knife, made with a mushroom cleaning brush mounted to a beech handle and an 8cm curved stainless steel blade. Opinel have been producing their iconic pocket knives in the Savoie region of France since 1890, and although the renowned locking ferrule was only introduced in 1955 ..
£23.00
Ex Tax:£19.17
A long-bladed, hand-forged stainless steel trowel designed by Christopher Lloyd — horticulturalist and author, who for many years resided at Great Dixter developing its famous gardens. This narrow tool is especially suited for work amidst well planted borders, in rockeries, and between shrubs. Made ..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
A hand-forged, stainless steel planting trowel with an ash wood handle. Use it for planting bulbs, seedlings and small plants or use the large head for breaking and turning the soil — this trowel can even be used to separate smaller perennials. The firm of Sneeboer began manufacturing garden to..
£64.00
Ex Tax:£53.33
Built to last a lifetime, of stainless steel with an ash handle. This is the perfect tool both for the careful scraping away accreted layers of earth, or for delicate cementitious repairs. The firm of Sneeboer began manufacturing garden and other tools in 1913. Still forged, ground, and assembled en..
£70.00
Ex Tax:£58.33
An ash-handled, hand-forged steel dandelion digger perfect for all gardens and allotments. This tool allows the easily removal or weeds with long taproots such as dandelions out of the ground. The firm of Sneeboer began manufacturing garden tools in 1913, and were in the 1940s amongst the first to e..
£39.00
Ex Tax:£32.50
An ash handled, hand-forged stainless steel flowerbed trowel, with a tapering blade for planting or transplanting young plants whilst minimising damage to surrounding specimens. Made in the Netherlands by Sneeboer, who began manufacturing garden tools in 1913. Originally designed to withstand the ri..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
A heavy duty stainless steel digging fork with four sharpened tines, ideal for harvesting, digging and aerating the soil. The overall length of this ergonomically superior digging fork is 118 cm and the 23 cm flat tines will slice through the most compact soil. The firm of Sneeboer began manufacturi..
£189.00
Ex Tax:£157.50
A digging spade with foot-protecting steps either side of a slightly out tapering, sharpened blade with longer than is typical ‘T’ shaped ash handles, attached within thick steel straps by brass rivets. With a length of about 115cm, a width of 16.5cm, and a blade height of about 28cm. The firm of Sn..
£140.00
Ex Tax:£116.67
A left-handed potting trowel, designed to work in tight space around pot-plants, and for the scooping and deposition of compost without spilling. Hand-forged in stainless steel, with an ash hardwood handle, crafted in the Netherlands by Sneeboer, who began manufacturing garden tools in 1913. Origina..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
A right-handed potting trowel, designed to work in tight space around pot-plants, and for the scooping and deposition of compost without spilling. Hand-forged in stainless steel, with an ash hardwood handle, crafted in the Netherlands by Sneeboer, who began manufacturing garden tools in 1913. Origin..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
An ash-handled, hand-forged stainless steel weeding fork, strong enough to prise out even the most stubbornly rooted small weeds, as well as for use in breaking up and loosening soil or compost. Made in the Netherlands by Sneeboer, who began manufacturing garden tools in 1913. Originally designed to..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
This ash-handled, hand-forged stainless steel weeding trowel has a strong and narrow sharpened blade, especially useful for removing tap rooted weeds (dandelions and the like) as well as planting longer rooted seedlings, or those like sweet-peas that benefit from a deep narrow hole. Made in the Neth..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
An ash-handled, hand-forged steel transplanting trowel for handy use in the garden. The strong, sharp pointed blade is easily able to penetrate soil and can perform multiple garden tasks with ease — from transplanting bulbs and sprouts to creating plant holes. Additionally, the handle is placed on a..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
This deep-reaching, ash-handled, two-pronged stainless steel hand weeder can break up even the heaviest soils allowing easy removal of deep rooted weeds. Made in the Netherlands by Sneeboer, who began manufacturing garden tools in 1913. Originally designed to withstand the rigours of daily use by th..
£60.00
Ex Tax:£50.00
A handy ‘stone scratcher’ with an ash-wood handle and hand-forged steel head. This hooked tool is ideal for removing weeds between cracks in tiling, pavement and brickwork — almost like that of a dental scraper. Additionally, it can be used to aerate between plants or crowded crops such as garlic an..
£39.00
Ex Tax:£32.50
A split bamboo hand rake made with eight heat formed clawed tines cut, shaped, and tied. Ideal as a small rake for work in borders clearing and tidying leaves and debris. Especially useful when doing small planting work, hand weeding, or otherwise working close to the ground. Measures approximately ..
£16.00
Ex Tax:£13.33
A lightweight pair of stainless steel garden snips or bud shears, with brightly coloured handles for a comfortable, non-slip grip and a handy strap for hanging them from your wrist when not in use, great for when you are up a step-ladder! Made in Japan by a specialist Garden Scissor and Shear maker,..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
Small but perfectly formed, these forged carbon steel secateurs with leatherette handles are the perfect partner for flower arranging and collecting, greenhouse work, and for all those on the spot light pruning jobs when their pocket size keeps them handy when one doesn't want to carry or require la..
£90.00
Ex Tax:£75.00
A pair of aluminium handled secateurs, dimpled for extra grip, primed for everyday garden use and houseplant care. ‘Shumatsu’ translates to weekend in Japanese, the perfect time to undertake the small tasks in the garden that these were designed for. Being carbon steel, these should be cleaned and d..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
A lightweight pair of forged carbon steel garden snips or bud shears, with textured handles for a comfortable, non-slip grip and a volute coil compression spring for soft-feel squeeze. Made in Japan by a specialist Garden Scissor and Shear maker, these snips are great for light garden use (cutting f..
£32.00
Ex Tax:£26.67
A pair of small garden snips with leather wrapped handles for comfort and a leather loop for keeping them closed when not in use. The name Mekiri refers to the act of trimming new buds on bonsai or other plants to allow the plant to focus energy into fewer branches for a better result. These snips a..
£73.50
Ex Tax:£61.25
A sturdy stitched and riveted thick leather holster with belt loop on the reverse side from Nishigaki, perfect for holding their secateurs. This useful instrument allows for tools to be kept close to hand and safe from damage or loss. Embellished with Nishigaki's iconic crab logo. Suitable for both ..
£19.50
Ex Tax:£16.25
A sturdy stitched and riveted thick leather holster with belt loop on the reverse side from Nishigaki, perfect for holding their pruning shears with hand guard. This useful instrument allows for your shears to be kept close to hand and safe from damage or loss. Embellished with Nishigaki's iconic cr..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
A sturdy stitched and riveted thick leather holster with belt loop on the reverse side from Nishigaki, perfect for holding their leaf shears with hand guard. This useful instrument allows for your shears to be kept close to hand and safe from damage or loss. Embellished with Nishigaki's iconic crab ..
£26.50
Ex Tax:£22.08
A pair of traditional Japanese leaf shears with hand guard, made of high carbon stainless steel, giving a great edge with easy maintenance. Made in the historical hardware manufacturing centre of Miki City, Japan, by family-owned company Nishigaki. Lightweight, ergonomically shaped, textured non sli..
£74.00
Ex Tax:£61.67
A pair of fine garden snips, hand wrapped with palm rattan, with a core and 50mm blades crafted from S58C Carbon Steel. Lovely snips for flowers and around the home, with a soft spring and an easy leather catch, which also work very well as a pair of desk scissors. Made in Sanjo, Japan, an area well..
£70.00
Ex Tax:£58.33
Standard size, strong secateurs from Okatsune of Japan made with blades of Hitachi Yasugi high carbon steel and a simple single pivot design. The steel is hardened to 60 to 61 on the Rockwell scale for a long lasting edge and the handles covered in red and white grips, both for comfort and because t..
£49.00
Ex Tax:£40.83
The Okatsune 104 bypass secateurs are particularly suitable for the large hand with their length of 210 mm (10 mm longer than model 103). The blades of these razor-sharp secateurs are forged from the finest Japanese steel (the same steel from which the Katana sword of the Samurai are made), and enab..
£55.00
Ex Tax:£45.83
Hand-smithied ‘Verdugo’ scissor shears from Spain — traditionally used on sheep, these make ideal light topiary or flower shears. Without an overtightened pivot, these are designed to be used quickly when shearing wool, but give a great cut on soft garden growth and shrubs. From the workshops of Cuc..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
A pair of sturdy carbon steel garden scissors, great for cutting flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as snipping twine whilst in the garden. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean cuts on softer green stems, whilst the blades are strong enough to cut through woodier stems and ..
£29.00
Ex Tax:£24.17
A lightweight pair of carbon steel scissors, with brightly coloured handles for a comfortable, non-slip grip. Made in Japan by a specialist Garden Scissor and Shear maker, these scissors are great for light garden use (cutting flowers and herbs, and other soft stems), and are also useful around the ..
£21.00
Ex Tax:£17.50
A pair of smaller carbon steel garden scissors in the traditional Koryu flower arranging style, with characteristically short and stubby blades, great for cutting flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as snipping twine whilst in the garden. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean..
£29.00
Ex Tax:£24.17
A pair of sturdy carbon steel garden scissors, great for cutting flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as snipping twine whilst in the garden. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean cuts on softer green stems, whilst the blades are strong enough to cut through woodier stems and ..
£29.00
Ex Tax:£24.17
A lightweight pair of forged carbon steel garden snips or bud shears, with textured handles for a comfortable, non-slip grip and a volute coil compression spring for soft-feel squeeze. Made in Japan by a specialist Garden Scissor and Shear maker, these snips are great for light garden use (cutting f..
£39.00
Ex Tax:£32.50
A special grafting knife from Pallares Solsona in Spain, with a strong and sharp narrow, tapered blade around 8cm carbon steel (rustable) blade and full tang beechwood handle. Great for detailed work in the garden. Hand produced in Catalonia at the workshops of Cuchillería Pallarès the one surviving..
£16.00
Ex Tax:£13.33
A handheld tined hoe or fork hoe, made of european ash and forged C45 steel, with a leather strap for storage and a heart shaped blade. A tined hoe is perfect for loosening and airating soil, as well as for spreading mulch or gravel. Adler was established in 1919, working out of Waghäusel, Germany. ..
£55.00
Ex Tax:£45.83
A diminutive razor or sickle hoe with a sharpened slightly curved carbon steel blade and poplar wood handle. From Asano Mokkousho, of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture Japan. Ideal for container and glasshouse gardening where the small size allows easy access in tight spaces and between tight planti..
£10.50
Ex Tax:£8.75
A double sided hoe forged in Tsubame-Sanjo, a city famed for its multitude of smithies and small metalworking workshops. Made of Japanese carbon steel, with a shaped hardwood handle, secured through the eye with a steel wedge which is simply knocked tighter as required. Thought to resemble a cuttlef..
£18.00
Ex Tax:£15.00
A hand forged carbon steel hoe with an almost semicircular 135mm blade mounted on a crane neck to a straight 350mm poplar wood handle. With a very sharp wide blade these shouldn't be forced too hard into the earth, but allowed to drop doing their own work using mostly just the weight of tool and arm..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
A blacksmith forged, carbon steel hoe with a parallel-sided 12cm blade mounted onto a straight 35cm poplar wood oval-profile handle. With a strong, gently curved blade, great for opening up overgrown areas, digging holes, weeding, and ploughing ripe soil. To use this grubbing hoe (also called an Aza..
£34.00
Ex Tax:£28.33
A stainless steel, wavy-bladed scraping tool, made in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. With a short hardwood handle into which the blade is riveted in place, this strong tool can be used to effortlessly clear weeds, moss and general grubbage from paving areas, between slabs in corners. 27cm length, with a..
£22.00
Ex Tax:£18.33
A double sided triangular carbon steel cultivating hoe or light pick from Asano Mokkousho, of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture Japan. A kind of one handed hoe, sharpened to the two leading edges and a point, best used under its own weight to cut through weeds and break up soil amidst beds and borde..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
A carbon steel bladed sickle fitted to a hexagonal poplar wood handle for a comfortable grip. This very sharp blade is excellent for cutting through roots and grasses with ease, and reduce the need for repetitive hacking away. The short, 120mm blade allows for excellent workability and access to sma..
£20.50
Ex Tax:£17.08
A small, snow beech-handled multifunctional stainless steel weeding sickle from Tsubame-Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture, north central Japan. With a comfortable wide wooden handle with leather hanging loop, and a tough curved blade, with angled serrations to both sides, for excellent cutting ability. Dr..
£29.50
Ex Tax:£24.58
A small, walnut handled multifunctional stainless steel weeding sickle from Tsubame-Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture, north central Japan. With a comfortable wide wooden handle with leather hanging loop, and a tough curved blade, with angled serrations to both sides, for excellent cutting ability. Draw t..
£30.00
Ex Tax:£25.00
A hand forged carbon steel sickle-hoe with a crane-necked tang fixed to a poplar wood handle, of a type thought to have originated in the vicinity of Yonezawa City but in this case from Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The carbon steel the blade takes an excellent..
£21.00
Ex Tax:£17.50
A kind of straight grass hook with a fine serrated blade. Right-handed as the blade is sharpened on only one side. From the workshops of Cuchillería Pallarès the one surviving knife and tool maker in a town once dotted with small manufacturers. Founded in 1917 by brothers Lluís and Carles Pallarès ..
£12.00
Ex Tax:£10.00