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I have broken several of the type with a pronounced S bend in the neck, including the Kent and Stowe one linked above
Undoubtedly user error (and awful stony clay), but I now steer clear of that type
This DeWit one is not as expensive as the badass one and hasn't broken on me yet
- the neck is much more robust
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- the neck is much more robust
lemonade
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Those actually look like they're designed to function, with a 'neck' that is resistant to bending and attached to the blade with a large welded area. Will buy if mine break in the next 15 years, by which time I'll probably be compost. The Kent and whatsit have a tiny welded area, limited leverage before a bout of invective.
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clearly, i've not been gardening hard enough :)
(tbf, the state of the garden at present does bear this out)
Colin_the_Bald
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Trowels absolutely don't have to cost that much, they're purely for the aspirational. Trowels don't break, I've had a set of stainless ones by fuck knows who for as long as I can remember.
Garden forks on the other hand.... I would give my daughters hand in marriage to anyone who could design one that didn't bend or snap if you asked it to do a day's work.