Re: Brands of garden tools?

Marge Talt wrote:

> Well, Chris, I don't think that's an unnecessary gripe - I think it's fully
> justifiable!  I'd gripe, too.  IMO the main point of a garden fork is
> turning soil and I use mine to work hard clay and lift rocks and all kinds
> of stuff.   It even shifts large clumps (and I mean LARGE) of Miscanthus
> without whining....and on the one I had before, a large clump snapped the
> shaft in two.
> 
> Unlike Jaime, I prefer a good British made tool...got mine through Smith
> and Hawkin but cannot bring the brand name to mind just now.  It was not
> cheap, but it has done yeoman's service for more than 10 years with nary a
> drop of oil or any loving care except trying to remember not to leave it
> out in the rain. 

I didn't say I didn't prefer them, Marge, because I do.  'Swhy I 
spent what I did on the one I got.  But either you have a far 
superior technique of digging your clay/rock or something, 
'cause that is the selfsame fork I bought whose tines bent in 
no time flat.  They did have a marvelous warranty, but I 
couldn't see shipping it back every month or so.  :))  I'd get 
another one now to use in the beds that I have worked 
some already, where I wouldn't hurt it so badly.  Besides, the 
clerks at Sears know me by name now and keep a few extras around 
just for me.  <G>  

Jaime
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