Fiskars 46" Spade Garden Shovel, Steel Flat Spade with Ergonomic D-Handle, Sharp Blade Square Shovel for Lawn Edging, Digging, Heavy Duty Yard Tool, Easy Cuts in Grass and Turf

This garden shovel is absolutely fantastic and well worth the investment! The sturdy stepping place is a game-changer; it gives me the solid footing I need to dig into tough soil without a problem, something a lot of other shovels are missing. It's incredibly easy to use, making my gardening and planting a breeze. While it is a bit heavy, I see that as a testament to its exceptional quality and durability. This isn't a flimsy tool—it's built to last. I've used it for planting countless flowers and shrubs in my yard, and it has performed flawlessly every single time. It's a solid, reliable tool that makes gardening so much easier.

Nice shovel. Lowes Hardware is overpriced but this shovel is reasonably priced. Sturdy and well made. The welding is good and the handle is sturdy all metal.

Can't believe I haven't reviewed this shovel until now. I've already bought 4 over the last 4 or 5 years. Going to order my 5th one soon. Yeah this thing is heavy, not just heavy duty. It gets the job done. I have a scrawny upper body build, I weigh about 133±. This shovel should be out of my league but for some reason I'm drawn to this beautiful tool. I've built a large trail and continue upgrading it using mainly this shovel, an Eswing Ax and a cheap Chinese handsaw. I've done everything with this shovel. I dig and move earth, dig out and pry heavy rocks and slice through thick tree roots, weed whack through bushes and young trees. That's why eventually I end up eventually cracking the blade. It's heavy duty but I don't think its meant for what I put it through.My mom is probably around 110-115 lbs. She doesn't like this shovel and won't use it. You probably won't either if you're anything like her: petite and not very strong.

I had some heavy digging to do around the house and decided it was time to retire my old, rusted shovel that I'd had for decades. This was the highest rated one I could find, so I ordered it. I spent the following full weekend digging up several dozen large and tough agave that had overgrown some areas of my yard. I couldn't have done it without this shovel. The combination of the wide stomp edge and sharp blade let me dig into hard packed desert dirt that is full of rocks and heavy roots.I live out in the desert in Arizona, and the soil is so hard that you often need a pick axe to loosen it before you dig. I was able to do this project with only my new shovel.The steel handle was a real plus. It is sturdy enough that I could trust it not to break when I got the blade up under a tough agave root and needed to pry things loose. I was able to put my full weight into it, which I would have been afraid to do with my old wooden-handled shovel. The extra long handle also helped with this, as it gave me additional leverage for the prying.I've seen questions and comments about whether the steel handle gets hot working in the sun. I live in the desert outside Phoenix, and it was a balmy spring day when I did my digging (only 105, I think). The sun was overhead, and intense, and the handle never overheated. I did wear leather work gloves to protect my hands, but picked up the shovel with bare hands several times when I left it lying on the ground during breaks and never noticed the heat.Others have questioned whether the steel handle is too heavy for some users. I'm a 60 year old woman, and not athletic by any means. Yes, it's heavy than my old style shovel, but that didn't make it difficult to use. As I mentioned above, the long steel handle was one of the features that make this an exceptional shovel. Most of the work with a shovel doesn't involve lifting. It involves stomping, leveraging, then lifting shovels of dirt. The weight of the shovel didn't interfere with that. Someone who has difficulty lifting a six-pound shovel probably won't be doing the kind of work you'd need such a tool for.I don't want to suggest that this was an easy job. I worked outside most of Saturday and again on Sunday, and was sore, exhausted, and bleeding after digging up and dragging around about 300 pounds of agave.with spikes that are deadly sharp. This is hard work, but if I'd tackled it with my old shovel, I would probably have given up after only a couple of these stubborn desert plants.My husband was out of town when I bought the shovel and did this project. I think he was tired of my talking nonstop about this amazing shovel. He eventually reminded me that it's "just a shovel." Oh no, I argued, it's a wonder-shovel. When he got home, he had to see for himself how a shovel could get me so excited. Then he spent THAT weekend digging up stumps from old shrubs I'd chopped down, and then digging holes to plant all the new things I bought. He loved it, too.

A perfectly flat and straight, squared-off blade. Very well-built for home/garden use. Found I could use the shovel to scrape off a think layer of soil in one place and use that dirt to fill in a ditch elsewhere. Also good to shovel-off you-know-what from your front yard.Because of its straight, thin-ish blade it can be used to cut off weed and grass ingrowth into the mulched areas around newly-planted small trees. Could also be used for edging lawns.Bought it because I saw a video where it was used to slash, or cut into the soil deep enough to make a, slim crevice that would be wide enough to bury a low voltage wire - all without digging a more labor intensive ditch which would also take time to backfill. The idea is that you stand on the shovel until it's been pushed all the way down, then wiggled a bit to widen the top surface opening. This is a clever idea if your soil is naturally soft. But, if your soil is anything like mine with hard clay appearing 6-8 inches below the surface, this probably won't work - it's too hard to push the shovel's blade down all the way. However, a few days after a long, hard rain might make all the difference even for challenging soils.You may not use this one too often, but when you do it's the perfect tool to use. One of those specialized tools that's nice to have if you don't mind spending the extra money. It might stand in the corner of my garage for another 2-3 years before I reach for it again.